bad gas mileage
Hense why we bought a 4 cylinder turbo performance car instead of a v8 supercharged.
Besides doesnt the Z06 get around 27-32 mpg? If a V8 7.2 L motor car can get high 20's mpg why cant we want or expect a 2.0 four cylinder to do it as well.
To get back on topic this car generally performs 19-22 mpg in the summer and 16-18 mpg in winter (give or take 1 mpg and all/mostly city driving). Highway driving in summer time maybe ~24 mpg and winter ~21mpg.
I'm not sure what could be wrong with your car but your not too low to panic about. But I generally dont like the idea of cars being stored because I feel that they just rust away. Check the plugs if they need to be replaced and also see if the maf needs to be cleaned.
One thing you can do that will increase mpg's far better than breathing mods (intake exhaust) is taking rotating mass off the engine. Turbo cars work different than NA. Naturally aspirated respond well in the MPG department with exhaust and intake mods but turbo cars have the turbo that gets in the way of exhaling.
Although its NA but back in 2003 I had an 03 nissan sentra ser spec v. I got header, exhaust, intake for the car but nothing changed the mpg's as much as pulling the balance shaft out. Our evo's balance shaft is a rod that spins but that thing had a separate gear box in the oil pan creating resistance on the motor. When I removed this thing I went from my usual 180-190 miles per 10 gallons of filling up to 240-260 miles per filling up 10 gallons. So I basically increased ~7 mpg's.
After that car I got an SRT-4. I did the same thing exhaust, intake then got a bigger turbo but it had no big change. I went from 21 mpg's to 24 mpg's. But that was mostly from a bigger turbo and not much increase from exhaust or intake.
So that is why I am concluding best way to increase mpg's is removing rotating mass or resistance from the motor. Unless you can tune for normal driving (closed loop operations).
For now as I mentioned earlier, check the following:
-spark plugs
-clean maf if needed
-boost leaks
-accelerate with the least amount of throttle (most vacuum)
-also I didnt see if you already did an oil change after the storage?
Besides doesnt the Z06 get around 27-32 mpg? If a V8 7.2 L motor car can get high 20's mpg why cant we want or expect a 2.0 four cylinder to do it as well.
To get back on topic this car generally performs 19-22 mpg in the summer and 16-18 mpg in winter (give or take 1 mpg and all/mostly city driving). Highway driving in summer time maybe ~24 mpg and winter ~21mpg.
I'm not sure what could be wrong with your car but your not too low to panic about. But I generally dont like the idea of cars being stored because I feel that they just rust away. Check the plugs if they need to be replaced and also see if the maf needs to be cleaned.
One thing you can do that will increase mpg's far better than breathing mods (intake exhaust) is taking rotating mass off the engine. Turbo cars work different than NA. Naturally aspirated respond well in the MPG department with exhaust and intake mods but turbo cars have the turbo that gets in the way of exhaling.
Although its NA but back in 2003 I had an 03 nissan sentra ser spec v. I got header, exhaust, intake for the car but nothing changed the mpg's as much as pulling the balance shaft out. Our evo's balance shaft is a rod that spins but that thing had a separate gear box in the oil pan creating resistance on the motor. When I removed this thing I went from my usual 180-190 miles per 10 gallons of filling up to 240-260 miles per filling up 10 gallons. So I basically increased ~7 mpg's.
After that car I got an SRT-4. I did the same thing exhaust, intake then got a bigger turbo but it had no big change. I went from 21 mpg's to 24 mpg's. But that was mostly from a bigger turbo and not much increase from exhaust or intake.
So that is why I am concluding best way to increase mpg's is removing rotating mass or resistance from the motor. Unless you can tune for normal driving (closed loop operations).
For now as I mentioned earlier, check the following:
-spark plugs
-clean maf if needed
-boost leaks
-accelerate with the least amount of throttle (most vacuum)
-also I didnt see if you already did an oil change after the storage?
sounds like normal gas millage to me
for the 60k miles i had my evo my lifetime average gas millage is 17mpg. If i run it hard i can get 15mpg and if i never see boost i might get 19mpg. The evo is a sub 200mpg car and all the evo owners i know also get about 15-18mpg on average
for the 60k miles i had my evo my lifetime average gas millage is 17mpg. If i run it hard i can get 15mpg and if i never see boost i might get 19mpg. The evo is a sub 200mpg car and all the evo owners i know also get about 15-18mpg on average
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the two things I do to get better MPG is shift at lower RPMs and of course stay out of boost. That usually makes a noticeable difference.
not trying to hijack the thread but...
How do you clean the MAF?
Do those fuel system cleaners really work? I kinda read about those products on another thread but no straight answer.
not trying to hijack the thread but...
How do you clean the MAF?
Do those fuel system cleaners really work? I kinda read about those products on another thread but no straight answer.
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This is all I saw....I'm using this quote to convince my wife I need a bigger turbo. LOL.
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