It was mostly city driving with a bit of freeway. I only have a 4 speed.
Yeah I think you are right about the way a carby can use a wild amount of
fuel if you tell it to. My motor wont start at all without the auto-choke
(so much for 'just rip it out you dont need it' as some people up here say),
and so it will always guzzle the fuel for the first 5 minutes of driving.
I used to have a 1.8L '89 multipoint EFI SOHC Pulsar and I would gladly go
back to one if I could find a good one.... I'd have to raise the rear view
mirror though... otherwise I cant see where I'm going (they didnt design
them for 6'1" tall people). Once I got from Mackay to Brisbane (1100km) on
$50 worth of premium. At 75 per litre of fuel thats 66.6 litres. Thats
60mls per kilometre and 6.05L per 100km. Am I dreaming or is that about
right for an auto 1.8L '89 Pulsar, cruising at 80 (the torque converter
locks up at 73) down the highway all day?
From: Paul Stanley
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From: Terry Rudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 12:06 AM
Subject: RE: fuel consumption
> That's ~25 mpg in the old measure so it's mid range i.e. not brilliant and
> not what you'd call unusually high consumption for a L20B. Fuel
consumption
> depends on so many factors eg where and how you drive it. For city driving
> with a lot of stop go driving that's about right but in a country town in
> winter time with a lot of less than 5 km trips you're lucky to get 20mpg
out
> of a L20B driving to and from work as it's on the choke most if not all of
> the time. If you're only getting 25 mpg cruising on the freeway or in the
> countryside it's a bit low for a stocker especially if it's got a 5 speed.
> One of the nice things about EFI systems is that you don't get the wild
> fluctuations in fuel consumption that a carbie is more than capable of.
>
> regards,
> Terry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Stanley
> Sent: Saturday, 27 July 2002 10:24 PM
> To: OZDAT Mailing list
> Subject: fuel consumption
>
>
> My 200B does 100ks on 11.5 litres of premium. Is that good?
>
> Motor:
> Stock L20B
> Extractors
> Standard Exhaust
> Standard downdraft carby
>
>
> From: Paul Stanley
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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