What Kind of Mileage Do You Get?

Post by **cmkelly** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:15 am

Just wondering what everyone's getting these days with broken in engines. I normally get 23-24 but was amazed to see almost 28 on a recent trip with highway speeds.

What does everybody else get?

Post by **94_240sx** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:40 am

I get 20-21 in the city. I hardly get on highway, but I think I used to get like 25. I think your engine has been maintained pretty good.

YouTube · Post by **DeXteR** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:16 am

yeah, usually high 20's - even with the top down...

on my honey moon (road trip to the outerbanks, north carolina from michigan and back), we got around 28mpg with the top up on the highway, about 25mpg with the top down and windows up on the highway, and around 22 mpg in towns, cities with top up or down.

engine had around 210k miles on it too.

Post by **positron1** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:19 am

Twenties.

Post by **94_240sx** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:41 am

DeXteR,That's some scary picture right there.

Post by **cmkelly** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:12 am

I wonder how far the needle is buried and how long it took to come off 110...

Post by **nissanconvert** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:12 am

On the last time that i actually measured it I got between 26-28 sticty highway and 23-25 in the city.

Post by **biggie** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:24 am

On the way back from picking it up, all highway I got right at 30mpg. Seems like 21-22 in city.

Definately less mileage than my coupe, can feel the extra weight.

Post by **kc240guy** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:39 am

i was getting 25-26 mixed driving with more highway in it. then i did a cam swap and got rid of the belt fan and put in twin electric altima fans. now im getting 28-29 mixed and when i drove to saint louis i had a passenger with me and i got around 33.

Post by **positron1** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:14 pm

What engine did you do the cam swap on? With that good a mileage I'm assuming that it's a KA yes?

Post by **kc240guy** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:26 am

yeah its a ka. i took the exhaust cam off another ka and put it on my intake side. i did it with help of course. and then my friend drilled a spot in a cam gear to set the timing a little better. major difference. i guess a side effect is also better gas mileage if im not full on the throttle.

Post by **sxxy1992** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 10:43 pm

my experience in the last couple months has been 23-24 in town, and 28-29 hiway speeds (60 mph or so. little less if 75). 73,000 miles now. what kind of mileage do you get with that engine you are sitting on???

Post by **cmkelly** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:34 am

He's strictly a one horsepower without mods and gets about 50 miles per bucket of sweet feed. He leaks a little but is worth the upkeep.

Post by **94_240sx** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:09 am

I forgot that I used to run 225 all the way around, and now I'm running 235s. I remember now. When I went for wider tires, gas mileage dropped a little. I think I used get good mileage when I had stock size tires.

YouTube · Post by **DeXteR** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:42 am

oh yeah! my mileage was on my new rubbers - 255 in the rear and 205 in front.

Post by **94_240sx** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:54 am

DeXteR wrote:oh yeah! my mileage was on my new rubbers - 255 in the rear and 205 in front.

OH!!! COME ON!!!How can you maintain gas mileage that high???? Did you have 5 speed swap done? Cuz mine's still auto.

Post by **cmkelly** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:34 am

Just drove back from the beach (73 degrees here in NC in late November ) and got close to 30 MPG! I'm running 205's all around.

YouTube · Post by **DeXteR** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:17 am

94_240sx wrote:
OH!!! COME ON!!!How can you maintain gas mileage that high???? Did you have 5 speed swap done? Cuz mine's still auto.

i don't know engine ran great and i maintained it well. i had fresh plugs, cap & rotor, clean injectors, new water pump, synthetic oil. the sportmax 962's are pretty light for the size they are - so that helped too.

we were driving 6-10 hours a day and usually doing about 70-80mph.

still running the slush box.

Post by **94_240sx** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:27 am

DeXteR wrote:255 in the rear and 205 in front.

Okay. Maybe it's time for me to seafoam my engine.

YouTube · Post by **DeXteR** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:15 am

hold on a second... i just want to make sure you know that the 255 and 205 are my tire widths and not what i'm claiming for my gas mileage... you knew that right? i'm just catching a vibe that maybe someone thought there was sarcasm where there was not...

Post by **94_240sx** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:41 am

DeXteR wrote:hold on a second... i just want to make sure you know that the 255 and 205 are my tire widths and not what i'm claiming for my gas mileage... you knew that right? i'm just catching a vibe that maybe someone thought there was sarcasm where there was not...

Yup! I got it right. No worries. BTW, your staggered setup is too much. There's no way you feel neutral with that setup. Did it work okay for you? 255 is pretty wide for s13 rear. I would go up to 245.

YouTube · Post by **DeXteR** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:52 am

i'm going to start a new thread so we don't whore it up here.

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