Turbocharging? Vacuum? Too much thinking. Smart people unite

[Wiegraf]

Originally Posted by pgfpro

Actually I did this on a 1.5 D15 on my sons car. We installed a turbo kit and ran it for a week or two with a stock ecu. I told my son don't boost it until I tuned it on CROME. The car got the same fuel mileage as it did before. Infact it increased the mileage by 2 mpg but this could of been my son driven it more efficient.

My turbo h22a on E85 gets 23mpg combined cruising at 65...

But turbos dont do anything for gas mileage... 🙄🙄

[Baltothewolf]

Originally Posted by Wiegraf

My turbo h22a on E85 gets 23mpg combined cruising at 65...

But turbos dont do anything for gas mileage... 🙄🙄

Yes, they do, and I listed the reasons they do. Unless you were being sarcastic, then nvm.

[Wiegraf]

Sarcasm

[freebeard]

Yes, they do, and I listed the reasons they do. Unless you were being sarcastic, then nvm.

[citation needed]

I went back three pages, until I got to where I said I would ignore the notifications. To see if 'muffler' is on the list.

Originally Posted by Wiegraf

The die a natural death comment then?

Okay, I'm guilty of something. All threads die. Some are more long-lived than others, some are axed by the mods. I shouldn't comment in threads that don't interest me — all y'all can carry on.

But now I'm curious whether '23mpg' is sarcasm or not.

[Baltothewolf]

I'm going to keep this thread alive all by myself. This thread will never die.

[Wiegraf]

Originally Posted by freebeard

[citation needed]

I went back three pages, until I got to where I said I would ignore the notifications. To see if 'muffler' is on the list.



Okay, I'm guilty of something. All threads die. Some are more long-lived than others, some are axed by the mods. I shouldn't comment in threads that don't interest me — all y'all can carry on.

But now I'm curious whether '23mpg' is sarcasm or not.

Nope.. gets about 260-275 miles to a tank if i drive normal.

[freebeard]

I'm going to keep this thread alive all by myself. This thread will never die.

Do what thou wilt. I apologize in advance in case I should go off-topic. To turbo or not to turbo, that is the question.

Wiegraf — I meant it in the sense of...

Met a woman in a bar
Told her I was hard to get to know
And near impossible to forget
She said I had an ego on me
The size of Texas

Well I'm new here and I forget
Does that mean big or small

No matter how far wrong you've gone
You can always turn around

GIL SCOTT-HERON "I'm New Here"

[Baltothewolf]

Yet you still kept talking. I'm amazed.

[pete c]

I'm a bit confused here.

Did someone just site 23mpg avg in a civic as an example of increased mileage? If I had a civic that got 23 mpg, I'd take it to my mechanic to find out WTF was wrong with it.

I do understand that 23 mpg is good for some firebreathing tuned civic that eats Mustangs for breakfast, but that was not the original discussion. If I recall, it was about improving cruising mileage in a given engine.

[Wiegraf]

Originally Posted by pete c

I'm a bit confused here.

Did someone just site 23mpg avg in a civic as an example of increased mileage? If I had a civic that got 23 mpg, I'd take it to my mechanic to find out WTF was wrong with it.

I do understand that 23 mpg is good for some firebreathing tuned civic that eats Mustangs for breakfast, but that was not the original discussion. If I recall, it was about improving cruising mileage in a given engine.

I'll clarify what I can. I get 2 mpg more (Combined) then what the car my motor came from got from the factory (the 300 lbs lighter does help I understand)

Coupled with I have a shorter geared trans 4.266 final drive. 3500@70mph on a 24in tire.

Coupled with e85 (which you lose 25-35% of your fuel mileage)

Coupled with a turbo (I'll leave this alone)

I thought it was actually pretty good.

Lastly it eats corvettes.