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how far on a tank of fuel.....?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:22 am
by nick sparrow
hi there just wondering what sort of mileage people are getting and what I should be getting from a 1985 1600cc Gt fitted with a Pierberg carburettor. Now I have been getting quite poor mpg of late but am working on fixing the Pierberg right now until such time as i can afford to replace it with something else.
regards
nick
Re: how far on a tank of fuel.....?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:52 am
by Nate
normal pootling about i used to get around 38mpg. nice long motorway run i could easy get 45. convoy to the 1st mafia meet was around 20
Re: how far on a tank of fuel.....?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:55 pm
by MrD
I just got 87 miles out of £18 worth,been giving it some welly though
Re: how far on a tank of fuel.....?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 8:17 pm
by Brunty
Not fair to compare larger or injected engines with the 1.6GT as I once got over 500 miles out of my tuned up GTX, but only get 335miles out of a tank in my daily driver (same engine spec) and the 1.6GT didn't really manage that. I blame it on the fact that you have to nail it everywhere to go at the same speed...
Re: how far on a tank of fuel.....?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 10:35 pm
by The Piglet
In a 1.8 auto on a pierberg carb I'm getting approximately 345miles on a full tank of fuel, as a daily commute.
Re: how far on a tank of fuel.....?
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:35 am
by Chaps
the 1.6 Carb engines are notoriously bad on fuel, same as in the golfs. Remember my mate (who had a 1.6 driver) saying he'd only get about 15-20mpg when driving it hard. I'd say anything above 340miles on a tank would be a good result and you'd only acheive that with a steady right peg..