i was just wonderign how much or if thier is any fuel consumption diffarance between a 3.0 te manual and a th 3.5 manual both being executives and stock as rocks ?

from what i have been told from a mitsu mech, he said the 3.5ltrs are better on fuel, unless u have a heavy foot, then its the opposite

I'd agree with that, I've noticed each engine type I've had has been better than the last.
TM 2.6 carby- TP 2.6 ECI - TS 3.0l - TH 3.5l

Ive just done 243km on the current tank of fuel and ive got my fuel consumption down to 9.8l/100km. 65km of that is highway. Never had it that low..Might have something to do with my speeding fine yesterday too...

Have I read that wrong or does that work out to a 27L tank?

Now there's a weight saving mod! lol

i used to get 450 to a tank in the te manual this was taking pretty easy and just giving it a squirt here and thier im hoping a 3.5 would be ova 500 with a bit of a squirt here and thier


but hypothetically extractors filter and exhuats would boost up the milage per tank if i did not give it the hurry curry most times ?

Have I read that wrong or does that work out to a 27L tank?

Now there's a weight saving mod! lol


Only done 243k`s so far. its just use a 1/4 of a tank. 3/4 to go....

my 3.0 get about 9.2/100kms I can average about 700km but half is freeway and half is stop starting but if i'm lucky i get all the green lights

dan my 3.5 averages 12-11's and i generally get something around the 500km mark to a tank .....and thats alot of stop starting and giving it a bit

Got 8.7lt/100km from Fawkner to Torquay yesterday. Done about 400kms and the guage is at half a tank.

TJ 3.5L Exec with sports exhaust + K&N panel filter - 7-7.6L/100Klms on highway... not too shabby, with cruise set at 110K...

Around town, 9.8-10/100Klms.

Cheers
Heath Young

TJ 3.5L Exec with sports exhaust + K&N panel filter - 7-7.6L/100Klms on highway... not too shabby, with cruise set at 110K...

Around town, 9.8-10/100Klms.

Cheers
Heath Young


GAUD DAMN!!!!

the best ive gotten since going turbo is 12.5 / 100 @ 125+/-kph (that was caculated manually, no trip computer)

my trip to darwin on friday i hope it will go down to around 10-12/100 as the car has been refined tuning since last long trip. i hope to at least push around 550km from my 90L tank MIN!! haha

BOoya

i went to melbourne the other day and hit 7.1/100... but it was usually at about 7.5. i have a 3.5ltr manual.

GAUD DAMN!!!!

the best ive gotten since going turbo is 12.5 / 100 @ 125+/-kph (that was caculated manually, no trip computer)

my trip to darwin on friday i hope it will go down to around 10-12/100 as the car has been refined tuning since last long trip. i hope to at least push around 550km from my 90L tank MIN!! haha

BOoya

12.5 isnt too bad, is that on boost, or kept off of boost?

12.5 isnt too bad, is that on boost, or kept off of boost?

lol off boost for sure!!

on boost around town 90L would see the top of 300km :D lol

I've just bought a TF 3.0 auto, and am yet to work out an overall average, but on a full tank of regular unleaded with mostly suburban driving (no real highway stuff but no evil peak-hour stuff either), it got approx 470kms to 51 litres - 10.85L/100kms.

That's a bit better than the commodore used to get (around 12-13L/100kms, and it eats premium) with its analog efi, but it's soon to have improved economy with the delco efi conversion :)

Cheers,

Dave

Well, im a very happy lil' BOOYA!

drove from Alice SPrings to Wycliffe well (where i work) 375km, used 36L / which equates to around 9.81/100 - that was moving along between 120-140km/hour !!!


WHOS YOUR DADDY NOW!!! :badgrin:

this could mean i could amost squeeze 850km/ from my 90L tank!!! that is awesome!!! IM a happy chappy!

just a quick question. Would a badly slipping clutch (ie, every time you from zero throttle to anything more than 1/4 throttle), affect fuel economy? Cos my fuel consumption has gone from about 10.5 average to 11.5 average :cry:

On the Highway I get 8lt (with cruse on) and around town it is about 10lt. The car is a stock TH Sports Manual.

so by the info here the 3.5 is bit better on fuel

What am I doing wrong!? My TJ II sits around thw 11-12l/100km and thats 70/30 Highway/City... :rant:

just went from newcastle to Port Macqarie aprrox 250km
with the missus,2 kids and the boot full to the max
got 8.1 on the trip computer
usuallly average 11.5 around town

the 3.5 is better my 3.0ltrat 110klm/ph sits about 200rpm higher then the 3.5 so ofcoarse the 3.5 will get better fuel acconomyi can get from broadmedows Melb to liverpool in sydney on a tank and a bit in my 3.0 auto but the thing has done 310,000klms and the verada at 145,000 gets there in one tank....just and about the same from liverpool to the goldcoast.

I wish I could get the sort of consumption you guys are getting.
My VXSS got 300 kays of 60 ltrs
VT CALAIS SUPERCHARGED got 350 kays of 60ltrs
and now the VERADA gets 400kays of 60 ltrs

Well, im a very happy lil' BOOYA!

drove from Alice SPrings to Wycliffe well (where i work) 375km, used 36L / which equates to around 9.81/100 - that was moving along between 120-140km/hour !!!


WHOS YOUR DADDY NOW!!! :badgrin:

this could mean i could amost squeeze 850km/ from my 90L tank!!! that is awesome!!! IM a happy chappy!


just to update my fuel consumpson report -

drove from wycliffe to katherine (810km) one tank - used 81L - just just just under 10L/100km and that was at 120km/hour... (had a look at the tank, and all was left was a very small skim of fuel on the bottom of the tank - less then a litre at the very best lol )at 100/110 km/hour i may be able to push that extra few miles to around 820-850km

not bad for a 300kw street machine... (no detuning was done for my trip to darwin, still running 16-18psi, but while level driving, the boost guage was around vaccum 14 or so)

3.5 will always be better on the freeway but 3.0 will be a bit better in normal traffic

My TF Altera Wagon 3.0l gets about 10.5/100 ish around town , haven't driven highway yet
and the TF Sedan 3.0l gets about 8-9L/100 around town STOCK , I want to put a K&N Panel In it and a Cat Back 2.5" , but am too scared to do it ! This thing will give a VZ 3.6 (175KW) a run for its money ! (SV6 Forget it those things hammer ! I driven heaps )

I've been getting about 11.5L/100km in my TH altera LS 3.5L auto. Mostly stop start stuff don't go far on the freeway maybe 20/80

umm my 3lt got 305km off one tank last week HAHAHAHA

i used to get 450 to a tank in the te manual this was taking pretty easy and just giving it a squirt here and thier im hoping a 3.5 would be ova 500 with a bit of a squirt here and thier


but hypothetically extractors filter and exhuats would boost up the milage per tank if i did not give it the hurry curry most times ?


Owie - so far we're getting 535ish out of 58L from a 3.0 manual tf which works out to be around 9.2 kloms per litre and when I drive it(mostly at night) I'm givin it a fair bit of curry :P

Matthius

Freak Economy

you mind sharing your techniques? on geting 8-9ltr/100kms around town. :)

98 TF 5spd Manual, 8.3L/100km had 2years worth of fuel receipts and log books to verify. 3.5L AWD TJ2 11.3L/100km at present. Been as low as 10.6L but driving like that just isn't me. :cool:

What am I doing wrong!? My TJ II sits around thw 11-12l/100km and thats 70/30 Highway/City... :rant:

Let the poor thing BREATHE! CAI, TB, POD, Headers, Exhaust. Better torque, better economy.

gee's im glad i read this thread!
:)

its going to be a nice welcome to see fuel consumption this low!!!
my best on the freeway was 9.5L per 100 and best in town was 14l per 100
worst was i think 200kays to a tank - track day will kill consumption! :D
i guess its a good time to get out of a 5.7L V8 with fuel prices these days! :D

I get on average like 12-14 per 100km? Is my oxygen sensor is bad?


I drive it pretty hard and mostly city driving, would this be right or is there a problem...
Since the cold air intake ive noticed an decrease in economy :S


Worst i've gotten was like ~230km from $40 of petrol when I went to the Drags with my pod not screwed on properly...

Are you folks calculating your #s from the servo receipts or just watching the trip computer?

My 3.5lt auto TL got from Melbourne to Adelaide on a tank two days ago, and thats with three passengers!

My old 3.0lt manual got from the outskirts of Melbourne to the out skirts of sydney on a tank!

My TJ Sports AWD is currently getting about 12-13L/100km - that's what is says on the trip computer anyway. I'm a bit sceptical about that though, because based on that I'm currently getting only 1L better than the old EF Falcon. Seems a bit strange to me. I realise that AWD's fuel economy is worse than FWD but really.... :doubt:

Nearly all of the driving done has been city type driving which may explain why (3.5L's are not very good in traffic are they?). Need to get out on the freeway for a blat to see what the economy is there. :)

Time to start going back to the manual system to get a better indication me thinks... ;)

Are you folks calculating your #s from the servo receipts or just watching the trip computer?

I use the odometer reading and the actual amount of petrol put in, I have standard wheels which means my speedo is most likely 5k's optimistic at 100k as most cars are - I'll have to check the gearing on the dyno one time.

Surprisingly KJ's speedo works pretty accurately.

Had to go down to Geelong yesterday and knowing Geelong Rd's
popularity with the cameras, took along our handheld radar.

Cruise on with the speedo needle pinned right on top the 100 mark
(stock wheels, front tyres about 60% life), radar read 102-103km/h.

Fuel use at 100 off the trippy read 7-9L, about 0.5 less if A/C off.

oh ****...

i get 350 out of one tank in my 3.5L auto TH...

maybe i betta reset the ECU and drive slower..

Choonga dude.. I wonder about your driving :) I'm getting well over 500km from a tank in my TH 3.5 auto.

Z

60L Tank
I get around 400-500 city driving, grandpa style,
Racing 300kms
Freeway 600kms

Does this sound acceptable

Its completely stock, what can i do to increase it coz its burning a hole in my wallet.

the fuel gauge on my car is so bad

At 1/2 i can have done 300kms
at 1/4 its about 400kms
then empty or very close to it 450kms

this is like an exponential decrease.

Its rediculous, anybody else have this problem,
and can the fuel gauge / pump / sensore what ever it is be fixed or replaced ???

both magnas ive owned did the same thing... most cars seem too. This sh*te commonhore i had to drive at work (VY S pack ute [great for crabwalkings bout all]) did the same thing electronicly with the distance to embty. @ 1/2 it was 300... @ 3/4 it said bout 50 kays till your walking. lol

My TJ Sports AWD is currently getting about 12-13L/100km - that's what is says on the trip computer anyway. I'm a bit sceptical about that though, because based on that I'm currently getting only 1L better than the old EF Falcon. Seems a bit strange to me. I realise that AWD's fuel economy is worse than FWD but really.... :doubt:

Nearly all of the driving done has been city type driving which may explain why (3.5L's are not very good in traffic are they?). Need to get out on the freeway for a blat to see what the economy is there. :)

Time to start going back to the manual system to get a better indication me thinks... ;)

My trippy got down to 8.6L when I picked it up from Northshore Mitsu and drove home to Newy. Flow your TB is you haven't and get some breathing mods.

WTF am I doing wrong, I get around 14 - 15, driving like a grandpa.......of course I do gun it sometimes.....but not all the time!

My Magna 2000 Tj Sedan normaly does 600km on a full tank, but last week i installed a new K&N Airpod and HOTDOG Muffler and a Muffler Tip and now when i tanked up it said 360km to empty range i done half the tank so far its on 155km and says 160km left wat the hell happened?

My 6G72 manual is Returning 7.7litres per 100k's
Thats City driving with the ocassional Thrap..

and how do I know this ???

I put $20 in the car, waited until the fuel gauge was back where it was originally and looked at my trip metre then did the simple maths..
I have no fancy trip computer...
There is less things to break if they aint there..

Hmm.. I've got a 97 Altera TE with about 70L tank. I only get about 330Km outta the tank, then I'm empty....... 95% Melbourne city driving start and stop. :rant:

Might need a look under the hood perhaps... :confused:

My AWD averaged 11.6 (by Tripo) when I bought it bog stock last year.

1) CAI and POD, dropped to 11.4
2) Zorst, dropped to 11.0 (torque picked up in spades thou) :thumbsup:
3) Flowed TB dropped AGAIN to 10.6

4) Filled with 98RON on Sunday = 9.3 on my usual route to and from work!!!

I had no idea it would make THAT much difference. I was stunned just looking at the numbers when I filled out my log book. I even had a few blats on the way home in my usual spots. The air has been pretty cool lately too which aids optimisation of the 98RON.

I can live with that :cool:

My trippy got down to 8.6L when I picked it up from Northshore Mitsu and drove home to Newy. Flow your TB is you haven't and get some breathing mods.

It seems a few people are buying their Mitsu Magnas from Northshore Mitsubishi (i have an AWD as well)

Anyway my AWD is averaging 12.5L/100km... thats cause i have a fair bit of lead in my right foot...

i get about 500-550 km's a tank lately now im not at uni and no 4 mournings in peak hour traffic for 50 minutes right now i got 280km and im only halfway, pretty much all city driving

when i was at uni i was getting around 400-450 a tank what is the size of the tank on a 3.0L TF?

cause i have a fair bit of lead in my right foot...

A good High Flowed TB fixes that. I know a Guy who can tee one up for you ;) :bowrofl:

i was just wonderign how much or if thier is any fuel consumption diffarance between a 3.0 te manual and a th 3.5 manual both being executives and stock as rocks ?

Well my last tank out of my 3.0 manual was 602km from 63.4 litres all city driving and I'm fairly rev happy :P so I'd be interested to see how many 3.5's manage that.

Matthius

Well my last tank out of my 3.0 manual was 602km from 63.4 litres all city driving and I'm fairly rev happy :P so I'd be interested to see how many 3.5's manage that.

Matthius

well my th 3.5l auto gets around 500km to 520 and my parents te 3.0l auto gets 550km plus and i actually think the 3.0l are better one fuel and my parents have a heavy foot i tell ya

4) Filled with 98RON on Sunday = 9.3 on my usual route to and from work!!!

I had no idea it would make THAT much difference. I was stunned just looking at the numbers when I filled out my log book. I even had a few blats on the way home in my usual spots. The air has been pretty cool lately too which aids optimisation of the 98RON.

I can live with that :cool:

Yeah, I found mine dropped 11.3 -> 10.3 or so from changing to Ultimate.

I upgraded from a 87 corolla bout a month ago, so i'm still tryin to get used to the fuel thing (corolla was good on fuel)...but i seem to do bout 550-600 driving to and from work, lots of round-a-bouts.......oh perhaps i should mention, i drive a 97 TF exec, so it's 3.0

got 380km out of my last tank YAY haha

I have a 3 manual and a 3.5 auto. So far the 3.0 was more efficient (before turbos). On a trip from Canberra --> Melbourne the 3.0 used just over 5 litres less fuel. This using cruise, completing the trip in about 8 hours in both cars (but almost 8 months apart though) and filling up at the same gas stations.

Of course if you were to take into account the losses associated with the automatic ... the 3.5 and 3.0 would probably be about the same.

The way I calculate fuel consumption is to fill the tank at the start, zero the trip computer. Then fill the tank at the end. The amount of fuel I put in the tank at the end is the fuel consumed for the reading on the trip computer.

am i the only one who gets 800kms to a tank :nuts: freaky