Gas mileage after big turbo upgrade?
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Not gonna happen, I love my evo too much. Call me crazy or just an enthusiast! My goal is to improve it's mpg and horsepower at the same time. If I can get it to around 30 mpg it will make all the diffference!!!
I'm gonna go ahead and build a 35 or 37r and let everyone now how it turns out.
I'm gonna go ahead and build a 35 or 37r and let everyone now how it turns out.
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Not gonna happen, I love my evo too much. Call me crazy or just an enthusiast! My goal is to improve it's mpg and horsepower at the same time. If I can get it to around 30 mpg it will make all the diffference!!!
I'm gonna go ahead and build a 35 or 37r and let everyone now how it turns out.
I'm gonna go ahead and build a 35 or 37r and let everyone now how it turns out.
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I think the turbo will help, but the tune is going to make the most difference. If you are stuck on getting better mileage then go for the turbo kit, and I think it's shep transmissions that are making a 5 speed with taller gears, it doesn't make a huge difference in RPM's, but I think 300-400 less highway, remove some weight, make sure the tire pressure is at least at the minimum if not a few lbs more, learn to be able to modulate the throttle to keep the least amount of load on the engine as well.
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If you have an AFR gauge, monitoring it understanding when the engine cuts fuel to 0 on liftoff and when it does not and when the car goes into closed loop (14.7) or open also help a lot on changing your driving habits to get better mileage.
You've gotta know these things if you live ina country where a liter of fuel is 2.6$ thats about 11.7$ per gallon.
You've gotta know these things if you live ina country where a liter of fuel is 2.6$ thats about 11.7$ per gallon.
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