richc
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i got my car 1.4 sport last year. I came with a shit £10 'induction kit' that use to bog down at low revs, and a scorpian cat back exhaust. I found it to be quiet economical even when full throttle 50% of the time  (young). Now i then put a ram air carbon kit on, which made it rev cleaner (not worth money) and added a decat as my cat has rusted away. And i seem to be doing the same mpg now driving sensible, shifting at low revs, keeping to speed limit, as then with alot of full throttle before the changes!
Does having a decat make the car more uneconomical? Does it effect the ectotec shite?
Ive bin monitoring this for a while, and it seems that MPG doesnt varify that often any more, even if been driving spritedly, or like a grandad (2-3 miles)
Im getting tight as fuck with fuel i no cheers
[Edited on 05-02-2008 by richc]
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SXI - Matt
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What about the price of fuel going up??
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by SXI - Matt
What about the price of fuel going up??
You dont do less miles to the gallon because the fuel goes up!
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SXI - Matt
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My bad read it wrong thought you ment was costing more i take that back then
[Edited on 05-02-2008 by SXI - Matt]
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SXI - Matt
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How you working out your mpg?
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Steve X16XE
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Litres X 0.22 = gallon
Then miles / gallon = MPG
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JamesMG
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you wont do less miles per gallon... but you will do less to 10 quid etc.. which could give the impression
edit... due to fuel costs i mean..
[Edited on 05-02-2008 by JamesMG]
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Andrew
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Found this with my Corsa too. Used around the same fuel with a straight through exhaust and cone air filter.
Pug on the other hand has a mind of it's own when it comes to fuel consumption
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Fonz
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
Found this with my Corsa too. Used around the same fuel with a straight through exhaust and cone air filter.
i've had the same, pre modding it was 450 regular per tank, with IK it went down slightly but i think that was more due to my heavy right foot enjoying the sound more than anything. again noticed it with the backbox but heavy right foot to be blame. since i had straight through and have a sensible driving then i see no difference whats so ever, still get 420miles a tank!
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richc
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Straight through slows you down. A good friend has straight through pipe from manifold on his 106 QS and from 4k use to die off the power like a diesel he had a centre box put on last week and it now pulls hard to the redline!
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