Everything I love and hate about my 05 evo
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Everything I love and hate about my 05 evo
Well lets begin with my new 2005 Tarmac Black evo which is one of the coolest cars which im totally in love with. Although I give it much praise there are some flaws with the car you will not see or know about when test driving for instance..
The interior rugs and center console of very flimsy and not snug to the ground and recently it has slipped out.
The god damn floormat hook barely works
But the most annoying thing is this road noise right above my head where the winshield meets the head liner. All I hear is this clicking noise which has no random pattern just a clicking annoying sound that makes me have to put music on.
And you'll be lucky if you get 300 miles on a full tank
The interior rugs and center console of very flimsy and not snug to the ground and recently it has slipped out.
The god damn floormat hook barely works
But the most annoying thing is this road noise right above my head where the winshield meets the head liner. All I hear is this clicking noise which has no random pattern just a clicking annoying sound that makes me have to put music on.
And you'll be lucky if you get 300 miles on a full tank
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Originally Posted by Turbolover
300 miles on a tank? i get 220 if i let it go dry. do u do alot of highway driving?
I also get 220 per tank (not all the way dry, but with the warning light on) with mixed highway/street driving with no lack of boosting, but I did hit 275 in a tank the one time I drove 150 miles in a day all highway. I assume if I did a full tank while cruising on the highway with no stops, I would top 300, and I know others have done so, too.
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Dont get me wrong I love this car more than any other car out there
I just want people to be aware of these things.
If im lucky I'll get 260mi to a tank...i guess i just baby mine.
I just want people to be aware of these things.
If im lucky I'll get 260mi to a tank...i guess i just baby mine.
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Originally Posted by JSYEVO
would tuning raise or lower the mpg?
Below 5k (especially below 4k) we actually run lean, so your best bet for good MPG is to stay below 4k rpm for the entire tank. This will get you over 300 miles in a tank almost certainly.
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Originally Posted by JSYEVO
would tuning raise or lower the mpg?
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
Theoretically, tuning out the richness would raise it, but then again, we only run rich ABOVE 5k rpm, so if you spend enough time up there to take advantage of the tuning, then you are automatically going to be getting less MPG.
Below 5k (especially below 4k) we actually run lean, so your best bet for good MPG is to stay below 4k rpm for the entire tank. This will get you over 300 miles in a tank almost certainly.
Below 5k (especially below 4k) we actually run lean, so your best bet for good MPG is to stay below 4k rpm for the entire tank. This will get you over 300 miles in a tank almost certainly.
450miles clocked clayton! Still got a while to go before i can start tuning..
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Originally Posted by temps
Damn. I was hoping the evo's ran rich under 5k...
450miles clocked clayton! Still got a while to go before i can start tuning..
450miles clocked clayton! Still got a while to go before i can start tuning..