Fuel Efficiency km's per tank

[james22]

I would like to know what everyone else gets out of their car as far as fuel efficiency goes. If you could all please put down the model falcon (ie xr6, xr8, I6, V8, vct etc) and approx how many km's per tank for town and highway.

[james22]

Series II, S-pac Inline 6 -
2.5in sports exhaust
K&N Panel filter
Walker Extractors
Xr8 CAIS

380km Town
800 - 900km Highway

[stera]

AUIII Futura
Cat back 2.5"

Generally mid to high 500kms... Last tank, trip was on 0kms to empty and I had 597kms... So I was happy with that on normal unleaded!

Country driving, made it to Melbourne (800km) easily with cruise on 110km/h ish all the way from Adelaide with 2 people and luggage.

Will be interesting to see what everyone else has!

[james22]

yeah thats what i thought i hope to work out an average using the different cars and performance mods for each.

[ClassicAU]

gees, i think i need to do something about my fuel consumption.

AUII Futura I6
Tickford snorkle and BMC Pannel Filter
All else is stock.

430kms around town, have not done a long trip in it yet so dont know what it gets on the highway.

[JC]

Series II, Forte Auto Wagon
2.5in Redback mandrel bent sports exhaust
BA XR8 Pod filter with Tickford snorkel
Pacemaker 4499 Extractors
18" rims (more effort required to turn bigger rims(?)
XR front (more wind resistance than Forte front)

From approx 65 litres:
420 - 480km Town & Highway (depends on if me or the missus is driving)
700 - 800km Highway (Canberra to Melbourne)


AU1 XR8 1999 Auto (Dual Fuel)

From 60 litres Petrol:
350 Town and Highway
550-600 Highway only

From 60 litres Petrol:
450 Town and Highway
700-750 Highway only

[janek]

mines vct ghia, town 400ish, highway 8-900km. 950 if i do 80-90 for the duration.

towing city 300
towing hwy 600

[HLC]

AU II Fairmont. I6. STOCK.

i got 530 kilometres from 58 litres. filled up yesterday.

best ive got was 560, 65 litres.


combination of city/highway driving.

[JC]

Originally Posted by HLC

AU II Fairmont. I6. STOCK.

i got 530 kilometres from 58 litres. filled up yesterday.

best ive got was 560, 65 litres.


combination of city/highway driving.

Actually, the 530 off 58 (10.94 l/100km) is better than 560 off 65 (11.61 l/100km)

[99XR6]

530 ish around town, 750 ish on the highway.

series 1 XR6 manual sedan

[OldManGhia]

Get about 350k around town with a bit of country from 65litres LPG. On unleaded I'm not sure cause I don't use enough of it to find out.

[loxxr6]

AU XR6 Manual, exhaust and intake + chip(needing a retune). I get around 450 or so to a tank but haven't filled the car up in ages.

[GTHOXR8]

2000 AU Forte with Tickford CAI.
Just got back from a trip from Canberra to Griffith and back, wife got 840 out of the tank, sitting on 110 without using cruise( she doe'nt like it.)
Usually get around 500 around town.

[TCK-098]

Fairmont ghia VCT-headers-intake mods+exhaust 400-550 around town highway driving 700+

[AU2PWR]

Series 2 SR
Tickford CAI + K&N Filter
480-500 Around Town , 750+ On Country Roads

[Mitcon]

1999 AU Fairmont Ghia (straight 6, VCT tickford motor is that the stock motor for this model ?)

Standard Unleaded
City/town 380-420ish
Highway 800-900ish

Used to get better on Premium Unleaded but just can't afford it anymore.
No idea on towing as it's such a rare thing for me to tow.

[Whoosha]

S11 XR8,5speed, zorst, unichip,G&D cai. :the_finge

round town 450--500 _

hwy.850 + :voldar02:

heathcote....250.. 300 :

[sickxr]

How do u's guys see 750+ km's from hwy driving... i got 640km's once and i was wrapped!!!

[AUIIIXR8]

Just took my BA monte down to Vic and brought back an AU3 XLS Ute.


BA highway 740km (65l tank)
AU highway 850km (82l tank)
AU 3 XR8 highway 750km (65l tank)

Around town is obviously a different story but all 3 got between 550 and 600 usually unless i was being silly.

[T3man]

T3 ... enlarged cats and middle mufflers.

With standard Ford 95 RON tune about 650 to 700 km depending on which highway. With 98 RON tune (via edit) 700 to 800 km. On ULP (92 RON) tune (via edit) about the same as standard tune. I always take on a full tank of 68 litres.

I don't live in town so don't really have accurate city figures. However when I do go to Sydney and drive around for a day and then return home my overall average economy for the day drops to about 12.5 l/100km which would be around 540km for a tank. So by extrapolation I would say probably around 400km to a full tank if it was all city driving.

[I6corp]

Thats not to bad for a T3... the fuel ratios between I6, VCT, V8 and T3 arnt that different... unless we have more fun then others ;)

[stera]

Im in Adelaide and I pay between $80-$90 for a tank of fuel a week... I push high 500kms to a tank... With people pushing 400kms to a tank, I would be
1 - Really ****ed with economy and delve into buying a V8, which is
comparible fuel economy...
2 - Consider changing driving style...

If some of us can squeeze 500kms plus, why cant others? Surely its not the cars??

[clontarf_x]

2002 AU III XR6 VCT ST

Mix of highway and city on performance - 400-420
Mix of highway and city on economy - 350-380

Highway on performance - 450
Highway on economy - 410

Anyone see a problem with those patterns.... :S

Adaptive is the best, although I never use it lol!

[Tri Power 289]

AUIII XR6 Auto
580-620k per tank (combo of hwy/suburbs) before mods.

Same after mods according to trip meter but it's about 19% out due to diff ratio change.
In other words, if I changed my diff ratio back to standard, I would have the same economy as before, provided I drive sensibly.

[mik]

suburban driving 400-500 ks
highway driving the only major run i`ve been on did 760 ks to tank in summmer using aircon etc so in ideal conditions maybe more ks could be squeezed out (running on cruise) the only mods are v8 snorkel and 3" cat back

[AU:PROJECT:UTE]

AUIII I6 Manual ute, Just got back from Sydney.
Bone dry put 37.85 litres 91RON, Travelled 422kms, still showing 87 DTE: ALL HIGHWAY I might add. But good enough for me.
Drove 745kms off a tank (550kms highway, rest was to Berkshire and around Penrith for two days) Refueled with 80 DTE

[Bill M]

AU 2 XR6 VCT ute auto
82 litre tank
500-550km suburban driving
750km highway driving

[MoreHPformyXR6]

A friend at work just did a trip from Adelaide to Sydney & return & told me she got 900km out of a tank on way to Sydney. AU III Forte I6 Auto. Im impressed. This car has just hit 100,000km.

I dont mean to deviate of thread starters topic to much but I have a fuel consumption question some of you guys may be able to anwser for me. (cut paste below of thread I started tonight)

BA I6 litres per lt/100km peak hour

Originally Posted by MoreHPformyXR6

I was just wondering what people suggest a BA I6 Auto would use in petrol lt/100km. Normal driving style dont gun her of the lights but dont grandpa either. Short trips less than 8 to 10kms. Peak hour lots of start stop & prolonged idle at times. I understand short start stop trips - combined with the fact that car is not at operating tempreture for 1/3 or 1/2 of the trip doesnt help economy. My car is done 6500km so hopefully as tight engine loosens up a bit it will improve. Car atm is 14.9L/100km but average say 14.5 to 15.5. Does that seem high to you? After getting out of my 2001 Lancer in October 2005 it seems a little high to me after reading lots of threads. So thats why I gave a bit more info in my post as im trying to get a feel for what BA I6s are doing under as similar as possible driving conditions to me. (So hopefully I can compare apples with apples) Im going to take her on a run of 400km plus in next few weeks so I will post up Fuel Economy after trip. I know she enjoys the cruise control but the furthers ive been is only about 200km trip. The fuel economy is improving but the trip to short to take full advantage.

[JC]

AU & BA economy are not comparable. BA is heavier, and has dual VCT. AU is OHC, and in best variant of the I6, VCT. The V8s are real engines 5.0 or 5.6 of pushrod grunt. Our AU wagon gets around 14 or so per 100 so a BA between 14 & 15 seems about right to me.

[HLC]

Originally Posted by JC

Actually, the 530 off 58 (10.94 l/100km) is better than 560 off 65 (11.61 l/100km)

: i didnt do the math, cool 10.94, thats pretty grandmaish :hihi: