KA-T Gas Mileage

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shr0olvl
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What do you guys with a KA-T get for gas mileage on a reguler basis and note how you drive your car too.


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wild_maxx
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well if your going to turbo a large 4 cyl. motor you shouldnt be too worried about gas milage. i havent had too much time to do my gas milage check cause u just got my ka-t finished. i am hopeing for around 20 mpg or so. it all depends on how you have your fuel system setup and how hard your going to drive it.

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fiznat
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lol well I just finished my first tank of gas and I got a whopping 12 mpg!! haha I expect it to be better on average though because this tank i ncluded all the dyno time (which was a lot of WOT pulls) and my first 100 miles or so with the car (which was also quite a bit of WOT lol). I'm hoping to come close to 20mpg on an average tank if I can stay reasonable and quit spinning the tires every second lol... it really has a lot to do with how you decide to drive the car.

paemt6220
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First, who cares!!

Second, 350whp with good tuning should = about 20-25mpg. Good tuning will go far here too! I realize Its not a KA but PalmerWMD is getting about 23mpg with his 348whp SC 350Z. Same power should be about same MPG.

toki
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I get about 20mpg if I stay out of boost for the most part on my SOHC, but that thing has a rough tune at best, and it never got any better when it was still NA. I goes to about 17mpg when I boost it around town off stoplights and things like that.

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Jookmasta
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i get around 22 mpg and thats with mild boosting (aka maybe 8 pulls on the entire tank). it really depends on how often u go into boost and if ur pedal is touching the floor while in boost. tuning does go a far way when it comes to this issue but if u dont have an ecu or standalone, trying to get good gas mileage could be a long term goal. lol.


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