Hi all, regarding the 2.6 ltr astron engines is there any way to improve the fuel economy. The gas guzzling 2.6 resides in my triton ute (I know it's not a Magna, but i've got one of those as well) it's got extractors and a 2.5 inch exhaust with a mercury hi-flow all of which made no difference at all to the fuel economy. It was crappy before and it's crappy now. Any ideas. :cool:

not put ur foot down much lol
how much is it using?

Yeah I've tried the conservative driving approach, however flog it or finesse it, the result was the same, around 350Km's/60lts.

WOAH thats bad i get around 11l per 100km and ur getting 17l
i noticed after i had my injecters cleaned it improved
also when was it last serviced?

Ahhh yes, injectors. What a novelty that would be, regretably my ute is equipped with a dual throat resin bodied carb. I've had it serviced but unless the man with the spanner has a particular knowledge of that model carb it will just be a by the book carby tune.

hmm i know the carbys chew more fuel and with a different carby on i wouldnt help either but still uses heaps only real thing i can think of is its out of tune maybe someone else can help on here

efi will have all sorts of thigns to blame, but carb well, blame the carb :P then again...blame the astron, oh and is it auto?

No auto, 'tis a five speed

i used to have a 2.6 2wd triton it would do 460km a tank highway driving. 360 sounds like there is something wrong or you spend a lot of time it stop start traffic.

My Father had one. The diff is the problem.

i used to have a 2.6 2wd triton it would do 460km a tank highway driving. 360 sounds like there is something wrong or you spend a lot of time it stop start traffic.

Even 460K's out of a tank is not particularly outstanding, especially for highway running