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L/100km
Vehicle
Engine
Fuel delivery
Trans
Fuel
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I will start it off
MPG 29.94 country
L/100km 9.44 country
Vehicle VW 1975 Kombi
Engine 2.2 Subaru EJ22
Fuel delivery Stock computer and injection
Trans 4 speed manual 091
Fuel Unleaded 91
Notes
1972 S-Bug
Stock 1600cc twin-port
9-10 L/100km everywhere, freeway, city, traffic, thrashing flat-out in the hills, motorkhana/khanacross days. It doesn't particularly seem to matter how you drive, almost every tank averages between 9 to 10 L/100km.
Fuel is 95 or 98 octane, only BP or Shell.
Currently averaging zero because it's sitting in the shed with no carburettors on it.
VW T 5 transporter. 2.5 five cylinder. Best so far 970k off 70 litres diesel. Thats 13.85k per litre. As for the bug with 2270 don't know yet can't keep foot off the floor.
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.
61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
10 Subaru WRX Impreza
1966 standard bug 2332 idas 4.125 diff 1.125 top gear Bris-Syd-Bris with a little drag action 330lts of v power.moving house so exact milage of that trip I am unsure but would be around 1700 klms.it seems that is 5.1 lts per 100 😂
74 Kombi
2L ,mild cam, 44 IDF,s
From what I can work out it gets somewhere between 20 and 25 L/100km at an average speed of 95km/h on the highway fully loaded with family,camping gear etc.
Running on BP 98
Went from Newcastle to port macquarie at Easter used about 50L
59 beetle,61 beetle,72 dual cab,58 beetle,55 splitty,
65 manx,74 camper,60 Rat beetle.....and many more to come
vwvic wrote:74 Kombi
2L ,mild cam, 44 IDF,s
From what I can work out it gets somewhere between 20 and 25 L/100km at an average speed of 95km/h on the highway fully loaded with family,camping gear etc.
Running on BP 98
Went from Newcastle to port macquarie at Easter used about 50L
Crikey....well tuned hey?
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My Beetle 1968 semi auto 4.375 to 1 diff ratio
1600cc single port engine - standard
extractors and new SVDA distributor with Pertronix kit
Brasilian WEBER single throat carburetor
electric fuel pump
I have no idea what fuel consumption I get.. lol
from 2005 to 2011 with bosch 009 distributor
You could see the fuel gauge going down..
since fitting the SVDA single vacuum dual advance distributor
the fuel consumption has been great and the car goes much better.. I use 98 or 95 octane fuel..
I believe I'm getting maybe double the mileage i was getting before going by the fuel gauge..?? I have also replaced the fuel hoses.. maybe a leak although never ever saw one..??
runs like a hairy goat on 91 with ETHANOL...??
loses heaps of power?? well it did before the extractors and new distributor.?? maybe I had ithe carby tuned wrong?? whether it still does I don't know.. I always forget to write down when I fill up...😬
coletrickle wrote:1966 standard bug 2332 idas 4.125 diff 1.125 top gear Bris-Syd-Bris with a little drag action 330lts of v power.moving house so exact milage of that trip I am unsure but would be around 1700 klms.it seems that is 5.1 lts per 100 😂
That's 5.15 km/l try dividing 330/17=19.14ltrs/100k not quite as good
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coletrickle wrote:1966 standard bug 2332 idas 4.125 diff 1.125 top gear Bris-Syd-Bris with a little drag action 330lts of v power.moving house so exact milage of that trip I am unsure but would be around 1700 klms.it seems that is 5.1 lts per 100 😂
That's 5.15 km/l try dividing 330/17=19.14ltrs/100k not quite as good
That's the joys of modern fuel injection and 16 valves.
VW engines can get very respectable economy with modern fuel injection fitted but it's not a cheap exercise, especially when it's cheaper to fit a Subi engine which already has it standard.
MPG: 28.82
L/100km: 9.8l
Vehicle: 60'Ragtop Bajabug
Engine: 1600tp
Fuel delivery: Stock pump.
Trans: AB 1300 box w/1500 axles
Fuel: 95 Octane
Notes: Regularly run dry and refill with a 10l container. ODO measurement is done by GPS.
The 1300 box is set for short gearing on the Dunes and Offroad. This consumption was measured doing 50% Freeway travel and 50% urban driving @60kph.
Tweety the trike. type 3 auto. roof has slight windsock effect. With 1916 twin webers 13l/100kms With ea81 9-11 L/100kms
New Proton Jumbuck. cruising 7l/100kms, loaded 8.5 l/100kms
Hyundai i30 turbo diesel 1600... 5.3 l/100kms 1000 kms range fast, comfy, best car ever owned. Done 190,000kms saved about $8000 on fuel last 3.5 years. aftr paying $2500 for the diesel model initially.
2012 Toyota Rav4 2.4lt 4spd Auto FWD.
Highway: 9.6
City: 12.2
Unleaded 91.
The new 2wheel drive is no better than the AWD Rav I had before that. Lucky tho I don't pay for it's fuel..
1967 1300 Deluxe Beetle ALL stock & still a 1300 s/p.
Highway: Dunno yet.... Not getting used enough.
City: 10.5 L/100k's Keeping up with traffic
9.0 L/100k's Keeping the semi's & buses company.
98 octane Shell V Power or BP Ultimate.
My chop top drag car used 8.5 litres of methanol per 9 seconds over 1/4 mile or 400 metres .
So this equals 34 litres per mile or 7.5 gallons per mile .
So this is 2125 litres per 100 km's .
Engine was well tuned with 549 HP .
Car was a '69 bug weighing 619 kg's .
Rev's were 9050 rpm's @ 161 mph / 262 km/h , ROD.
More boost + More fuel = More power
1968 Beetle fastest run 8.96 sec @ 161 mph 4th Nov. 2001
2010 New Beetle 8.12 sec on 8th march 2014 http://www.rodpenroseracing.com.au
RodPenrose wrote:My chop top drag car used 8.5 litres of methanol per 9 seconds over 1/4 mile or 400 metres .
So this equals 34 litres per mile or 7.5 gallons per mile .
So this is 2125 litres per 100 km's .
Engine was well tuned with 549 HP .
Car was a '69 bug weighing 619 kg's .
Rev's were 9050 rpm's @ 161 mph / 262 km/h , ROD.
MPG: 28.82
L/100km: 9.8l
Vehicle: 60'Ragtop Bajabug
Engine: 1600tp
Fuel delivery: Stock pump.
Trans: AB 1300 box w/1500 axles
Fuel: 95 Octane
Notes: Regularly run dry and refill with a 10l container. ODO measurement is done by GPS.
The 1300 box is set for short gearing on the Dunes and Offroad. This consumption was measured doing 50% Freeway travel and 50% urban driving @60kph.
that is what I call a complete well done fuel economy evaluation Steve..
but I just would hate to run out of fuel...lol
but at the current price...
I just hate to fill it up... lol 😬
maybe one of those 10 litre drag racing tanks would be great
it would get me to Mcdonalds & back a few times..😂😂
anything over 30 MPG is good..
over 35 MPG in old 1200 beetleswas good.. back then..😎
Have You tried 91 with ethanol Steve???
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
L/100km 11.53 Sydney peak hour traffic with a P plater driving, drops to around 9.00 on the highway
Vehicle 1974 1303
Engine 1904 cc
Fuel delivery dual 40 DRLA
Trans Stock 1303
Fuel 98
Notes
gerggl wrote:2010 VW Golf 1.6 TDI
55 litre tank
best 1100km
Highway average 4.8 l/100km
City average 5.1 l/100km
At 170kph averaging 8.7 l/100km
Who said diesel is inferior to petrol!
my boss has a TDI 08 or 09 passat.
I can vouch for this.
only problem is the fuel savings are offset by the horrendous service and repairs cost of such cars.
anyway I got about 15-17 l/100 in my notch. The engine seem to output really good, but its vital signs show something is seriously wrong internally.
My daily bomb is 20 this year this year and when it was all freshen up did 9L/100 city 6-7L/100 highway. Now that I have flogged the crap out of it for 75,000km over a period of 2 years, which 60,000 in the last 14 months it gets around 10 city, 8 on the highway. I so wish it had a MAF instead of MAP based EFI system 🤪
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
