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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 10:46 PM
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Default How many of you with FI cars are also daily driving it?

I want to put either an ATI pro on my 350z or look a lil more into the twins. I want my car to still get a fairly decent mpg tho... so im just curious what you have in urs what hp/tq and whp and what mpg ur still getting, thanks in advance
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Old Oct 4, 2005 | 11:05 PM
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I drive mine every day. I get about 15-16 mpg city and about 18-20 mpg hwy. I have a heavy foot, though. Pushing about 400whp and 350 tq.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Badmonkey
I drive mine every day. I get about 15-16 mpg city and about 18-20 mpg hwy. I have a heavy foot, though. Pushing about 400whp and 350 tq.
Not getting the same torque # as BadMonkey but I drive my Z everyday like it was suppossed to be driven. Heavy footed as well!
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 04:11 AM
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I drive my Greddy TT setup daily about 70 miles or so round trip. Got about 14k on the turbos and 21k on the car. I probably get an average of 20 mpg city/highway (probably 75% is highway though). If I am all highway I get about 23 or so and about 17 in the city if I stay off the throttle
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 04:16 AM
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PE TT (stock boost, no reflash), about 90 miles a day roundtrip, about 8K on kit, 48K on car, 350 whp on mustang dyno, gas mileage averages 20.5 mpg, combined city and highway.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 05:09 AM
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I drive mine daily. I am at 450whp and I get around 18-20mpg.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 07:04 AM
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I made 434whp and 474trq at 11psi and am now running 13.5psi on the street daily. I only live 2 miles from work but average driving 800miles a month and get around 15mpg. This is 75% city driving.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 07:30 AM
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APS ST since end of July:

Drive a lot every day and have already put 7k miles on the turbo.

I can get as low as 11-12mpg in city when on boost or about 16-18mpg when not boosting. Get 20mpg + on hwy
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 08:08 AM
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I drive my car every night to meet up with friends and car talk...Its very reliable...I dont get very good gas mileage... i get about 200 miles per tank...
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by marluci7
I drive my car every night to meet up with friends and car talk...Its very reliable...I dont get very good gas mileage... i get about 200 miles per tank...
What up bro thinkin about doing some things to get to your hp level We'll see..... Yea my car is daily driving I get 25+ mpg as long as I stay out of the boost....
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 08:18 AM
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hey man... Even if i dont get on it , that gas needle still drops fast.... maybe cause the 100 octane and high boost... oh well...
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 08:47 AM
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Daily driven, same stats as most of the above.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by marluci7
hey man... Even if i dont get on it , that gas needle still drops fast.... maybe cause the 100 octane and high boost... oh well...
I'm getting no miles to the gallon as my car is in the shop right now getting a set of twin APS inplants along with other things
Do you have your car back Marin? Let us know what you think!!! I am anxious to hear...also hoping they have more time for my "baby" if YOU are back on the road!
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 08:52 AM
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My car is driven EVERY day and beat up on at least twice a week. Turbonetics ST 10k miles since May. 371/360 8 PSI of boost.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by calimarc
I'm getting no miles to the gallon as my car is in the shop right now getting a set of twin APS inplants along with other things
Do you have your car back Marin? Let us know what you think!!! I am anxious to hear...also hoping they have more time for my "baby" if YOU are back on the road!
hey bro,


its on the dyno right now.... I cant wait.... picking it up later on today.... I've been waiting for this for a long time.... after today he's all yours....
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by marluci7
hey man... Even if i dont get on it , that gas needle still drops fast.... maybe cause the 100 octane and high boost... oh well...
That is why bro 100 octane and 22lbs boost......your ****ed even if you stay off it but you'll smoke anything on the road... it's worth it though huh...
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by bigbri
That is why bro 100 octane and 22lbs boost......your ****ed even if you stay off it but you'll smoke anything on the road... it's worth it though huh...
lol.... yup... i really dont care that i have to put like 70 dollars gas every 3-4 days.... its worth it for me... i work to much and have alot of stress at work to care about gas....i try to drive it only at night when i can relax and enjoy...
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 09:26 AM
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Hey you two ( Marin and BigBri ) since we are talking about fuel economy and F.I. ~ Does the Methenol Injection effect miles to gallon any? I plan on getting this done early summer 2006 in time for the insane summer heat up here where I live. We deal with 110 degrees typically at some point in our summers
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 09:39 AM
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everyday, ~35 miles.
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Old Oct 5, 2005 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by calimarc
Hey you two ( Marin and BigBri ) since we are talking about fuel economy and F.I. ~ Does the Methenol Injection effect miles to gallon any? I plan on getting this done early summer 2006 in time for the insane summer heat up here where I live. We deal with 110 degrees typically at some point in our summers
Not really, Water+Methonol is only injected under boost , generally triggered by a Hobbs switch. Under NA load , no W+M is injected and hence no change in MPG. When you boosting you are generally not concerned with MPG, when your not boosting you may be.

However; a side bene of WI is that it keeps the chambers free of carbon deposits which can improve efficieny over the long term.
For example, if carbon builds up in chamber , ping under NA load can result and the OEM ECU would pull timing to compensate.

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