Soarer Central: Archive through September 22, 2009

Luke Burt wrote on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 09:58 am:
Holy •••• guys.

I average 11/12L/100km.

Running 360hp @ wheels. And that's with a decent amount of boosted driving..

You fellas need to go get tuned!

And Michael. Fill your car up, put your spare back in, use the aircon when you need it, and wind your windows down when you feel like it.

Don't be a knob. :-)

There is nothing to tune on a stock car, nothing at all, not even base timing.

What computer are you running?

And does any one know if doing the caps on my blitz ecu will effect anything? (obviously economy)

Luke Burt
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Queensland
5spd TT

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 10:37 am, by: Luke Burt (Burt)

Stock soarers run pretty rich. I was suggesting those of you upgrading in the future go get some form of tuning apparatus and get some fuel trimmed.

Sorry Michael, I thought you were serious haha. Some people literally do all those things..

Running an emanage blue, about to be going to a power fc though, so my EMB and harness will be up for sale!

Michael Bradshaw
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WA
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Monday, September 14, 2009 - 12:19 pm, by: Michael Bradshaw (Bradsm01)

worked it out more accurately now,and it seems not as bad as i thought. only 14L/100km, i'm thinking of getting an ecu, any ideas?

Matthew Tai
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NSW
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Monday, September 14, 2009 - 12:45 pm, by: Matthew Tai (Matttai)

i've been scraping over some speed humps and i think i've cracked parts of my exhaust/ cat. I'm assuming this can contribute to bad fuel economy? (as well as drop in power)

David Tra
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Monday, September 14, 2009 - 04:41 pm, by: David Tra (Bookie)

I get 11L/100km

Woot woot!

Tom Richards
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nsw
V8

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 07:33 am, by: Tom Richards (Tomr)

michael, your ecomony is crap, I get 650kms per tank in my V8 and a friend gets >700kms in his TT. We both have the "egg cup" BFI mod to the airbox.

where does your temp gauge sit? should be in the middle, if you are running cold (change the thermostat)fuel consumption will be up on a cold engine. It should get up to full temp in a couple of KMs driving.

Michael Bradshaw
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 - 01:30 pm, by: Michael Bradshaw (Bradsm01)

my temp gauge does sit in the middle. your friend sounds like he doesn't spend a lot of time on boost if he gets better fuel economy than the v8. unless the tanks are different sizes

Callum Finch
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 01:21 pm, by: Callum Finch (Sigeneat)

Michael Bradshaw wrote on Monday, September 14, 2009 - 12:19 pm:
worked it out more accurately now,and it seems not as bad as i thought. only 14L/100km, i'm thinking of getting an ecu, any ideas?

Try an ECU reset first (check the "Handy Tips" forum)
Although if you have a number of mods or a boost controller it may be running richer naturally.

Personally i average ~17L/100km but thats just because of the tune and the •••• that has been done to it.