Nice, I just got 415 miles on my last tank of gas and only used up 13.8 gallons! This was on 91 octane (damn you cali!) and it's been 95+ degrees here the last week. Thats roughly 30mpg which I think is damn good since epa is 28 and considering I cruise at 80+mph which is almost 4krpms in 5th.
Which brings me to my next point. Don't you guys think 240's need a 6th gear? I think the rpms are kind of high for being on a freeway for long drives, but obviously It works. I've also noticed in my Nissan 4x4 that the rpms are also high on freeway driving, I guess Nissan just like running their cars at high rpms on the freeway.
W00T! Nice MPG.
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Bahahahaha! I get high 20's ALL CITY and I usually do at least one WOT run every time I go somewhere (and with exhaust, it's only going to get worse, lol)... on highway I'd probably get mid 30s with ease. 80mph with the SR20DE is about 4-4.5k rpm... mileage isn't too bad til I hit 90, then it's nearing 5k and well... you can pretty much watch the gauge drop (of course, part of this is gas sloshing backward in the tank, because when I slow down, the gauge goes up a little... hmmmm...).
edit: Oh, and I can outrun a stock 240
. Well... that's sorta based on my destruction of 240kid today... but then again we didn't really have an equal start... I kinda leaped out before he knew it.... but I had a car length by 60mph... slowed at about 70 cause well... yeah, PTC cops. We'll run again and see how it goes: torque and RWD vs LSD, more mods (CAI and SS) and a little more experience.... oh, and my car is 11 years newer, lol...
edit: Oh, and I can outrun a stock 240
. Well... that's sorta based on my destruction of 240kid today... but then again we didn't really have an equal start... I kinda leaped out before he knew it.... but I had a car length by 60mph... slowed at about 70 cause well... yeah, PTC cops. We'll run again and see how it goes: torque and RWD vs LSD, more mods (CAI and SS) and a little more experience.... oh, and my car is 11 years newer, lol...nametakennow wrote:Bahahahaha! I get high 20's ALL CITY and I usually do at least one WOT run every time I go somewhere (and with exhaust, it's only going to get worse, lol)... on highway I'd probably get mid 30s with ease. 80mph with the SR20DE is about 4-4.5k rpm... mileage isn't too bad til I hit 90, then it's nearing 5k and well... you can pretty much watch the gauge drop (of course, part of this is gas sloshing backward in the tank, because when I slow down, the gauge goes up a little... hmmmm...).
edit: Oh, and I can outrun a stock 240
RACE someone wiht driving skill.. *cough*
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nametakennow wrote:Bahahahaha! I get high 20's ALL CITY and I usually do at least one WOT run every time I go somewhere (and with exhaust, it's only going to get worse, lol)... on highway I'd probably get mid 30s with ease. 80mph with the SR20DE is about 4-4.5k rpm... mileage isn't too bad til I hit 90, then it's nearing 5k and well... you can pretty much watch the gauge drop (of course, part of this is gas sloshing backward in the tank, because when I slow down, the gauge goes up a little... hmmmm...).
edit: Oh, and I can outrun a stock 240
Ya, all my driving on that tank was freeway. And yes you may get better mpg, but my car is more sexay! Own3d.
And damn, I couldn't let my car sit at 4.5k on the freeway. I shift each gear at 3k rpms, and even seening it near 4k on the freeway bugs the hell out of me, hence the want for a 6th gear.