After buying my Wago in Cali and driving it back to Wisco I got 42 as my best mpg with an average of 39. I think that was mainly from being at high elevation, and not having the winter blend that I do now in Wisconsin. My last tank put me at 34 mpg almost all highway, with a couple of on-ramp blasts.
34mpg:
Highway driving w/ 3-4 on ramp blasts.
EDM ZC
DX Trans
205/60/15 Snowsport 210's
over the last month i've done a few things to improve mileage...
1. remove big cone filter and went back to stock air box
2. fix weak connection at the TPS sensor
3. went from 2 1/4" exhaust down to 1 3/4". the stock'ish D series does not like huge exhaust piping!
year: 90. 445,000kms on chassis
model: 2wd/5spd.
mods: mpfi swap. previous owner of the engine i put in claims it had 20,000km on a rebuild. that was 80,000kms ago.
i was getting about 30mpg before... now i'm consistantly getting 36mpg. mixed driving, granny style, andretti style, doesn't matter how i drive it i get 36mpg. I think if i took it on a long road trip i would probably get 40. i've never hit 40 and almost want to do a road trip just so i can.
an alignment really needs to be done badly, pulling hard to the right since i swapped the steering rack a few weeks ago. it might be good for 1 more mpg.
When I was stock I averaged 27ish all stop and go city. I got good mileage on my way back from the Savannah wagon meet.
With my swap (stock rebuilt LS) I'm getting about 20-22 city with NO third gear. Driving in the city and having to run up in second and go to fourth is a pain and is probably killing my mileage.
i get between 32 and 35 with my d16a6 swap, mostly highway and the occasional spirited driving, and on the topic of hybrid trans, my 90 ef with obd1 swap and b16a had b16 1-3 and an ls 4-5, it dropped my highway rpms by almost 800 while cruising, well worth the headache imo.
My rt4wd auto was abandon for about 3 years, bought at an auction 7 hours away from my house... averaged 33.4 mpg on the way home, and even ripped on it, got it up to about 105mph in one spot. around town I got about 24mpg Amazing cars... you can't even buy a new car awd/4wd that gets 33mpg highway.
we have an '88, I think it's a DX... bone stock engine, manual 5-speed. I'm running synthetic 5w in the transaxle.
we average about 34-36mpg with mixed driving. best we ever got was 44mpg on a road trip from WA across to WI and then down to OK and back to WA.
now, here's my rub. and I've been pondering this for a few years... in '02 we bought the wife a 4 cyl. automatic '97 Tacoma to get better mileage than my '00 Wrangler for her commute back then. it was still lousy, like 22mpg lousy (not even as good as my inline 6 cyl,). my '71 Super Beetle was consistently getting over 30mpg with a 30+ y/o single carb. and I usually drove it like I stole it. no one has ever been able to explain to me why an older carbureted 4 cyl. can get much better mileage than a newer EFI/ECM/ECU controlled 4 cyl. with all the EPA crap on it. doesn't it make more sense to burn fewer gallons of fuel per distance driven?
all three of my '78 GoldWings, with FOUR carbs, get basically 38 mpg at an average of 70-80 mph+. and if I'm easy on the throttle I can squeek 45+ mpg out of them.
for decades I've known, as most people do, that cars with A/C (running or not) get worse mileage than those without b/c of the drag with the clutches, etc. I've also decided that it's the power steering pumps that cause newer cars to get significantly worse mileage than those w/o P/S.
OK i have a 89 dx auto all stock and i can only get 28-29 mpg on a good day.....i have everything for the dx 5 speed swap would that help? whatelse can i do?
you have to take into consideration such things as are your tires properly inflated, wheels alignment, air filter clean, fuel filter under 15K miles, spark plugs, wires, etc.. these all factor mileage
i weight 135 pounds its auto so my right foot isn't an issue and about 50% of my milage is highway...
plugs and wires are brand new
airfilter is brand new
oil and filter is new
haven't done he fuel filter
tires are all at 36 psi
it doesn't pull either direction so idk
once i get the tranny swapped i'll do the fuel filter and an alignment and new tires
38 mpg after changing my timing belt. I have a d15 and a 5 speed tranny, don't know if they are original, might be a dx tranny with this mpg. The tranny is starting to get loud and I figure its time to change it and the clutch, because it slips easily. What kind of milage are people getting with a hf tranny and a d15?
i drive stock wagons; 86, 2x88s,89 and a 91 . the 86 is naturally aspired and only gets 32 to 36mpg. the 88s and 89 get 35 to 40mpg. the 91 gets 33 to 38. all are 4wd. and these are are used in mixed hwy/city driving at high altitude in colorado. i drive easy to obtain this mileage.
i drive stock wagons; 86, 2x88s,89 and a 91 . the 86 is naturally aspired and only gets 32 to 36mpg. the 88s and 89 get 35 to 40mpg. the 91 gets 33 to 38. all are 4wd. and these are are used in mixed hwy/city driving at high altitude in colorado. i drive easy to obtain this mileage.
those are good mileage numbers for colorado. Mine gets around 30, but I push the skinny pedal a lot to get it up the hills out there. Colorado as well, 89 4wd 6 speed, stock.
38 mpg after changing my timing belt. I have a d15 and a 5 speed tranny, don't know if they are original, might be a dx tranny with this mpg. The tranny is starting to get loud and I figure its time to change it and the clutch, because it slips easily. What kind of milage are people getting with a hf tranny and a d15?
John
I ran a d15b2 with an HF box in my wagon for awhile...don't. I got the same mileage with an Si transmission- 32ish city. You still have to keep up the same rpms to move the sled, it's just like driving around with a 3 speed tranny.
That was commuting in hilly Georgia, it might work in Kansas!
Are we all talking imperial or US gallons here? They are about 20% different, y'know. Toyota Yaris I once owned in Canada conveniently used imperial gallons in their mileage claims, without clarifying. Here in North America everyone thinks in wimpy US gallons, so got very incorrect expectations.
my stock d16a6 hybrid (burns gas and oil) gets about 25-30 mpg primarily city driving with mixed spirited and non spirited driving i have a sub and other crap in the back that weighs me down. an its also an RT. also running 14inch wheels with 195/55r14 toyo t1r tires
i get closer to 30 if im doing mainly highway driving
I get 33mpg mixed (highway and city) in my 90 automatic RT4WD. Only aftermarket stuff is short ram intake and muffler. I get on it here and there, usually easy though.
I have an 89 auto wagovan that is pretty much stock. I average 25 mpg unfortunately. Does anyone know if bad valve stem seals can affect the mpg?? I also wanted to see if anyone on here has tried the acetone method in order to improve mileage. I have been reading about it lately and am interested in trying it. Thanks for looking!!
i have an 88rt converted to 2wd running a d15z1 (92-95 vx) with a p28 ecu (92-95 ex/si), running an aem cai for a 2000 civic si, with a 96 civic ex intake manifold, a 1999 integra ls throttle body, a focuz header (1996), and a crx si trans with stock exhaust, and 13" rims and just got 380 miles on 11 gallons. turns out to be 34.54 miles per gallon. not to bad, but i'm getting ready to swap in the vx 5th gear pretty soon and i'll let you guys know what the mileage turns out to be.
I am sure I am getting just over 40 with my 90 EE2 auto trans. I was checking her MPG for all last summer just doing highway commutes. I'm never in a rush and just enjoy the drive: downhill to town, uphill back. That's converting kms to miles and litres to gallons which I double checked on the web.
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sohc ZC stock with auto trans
34mpg:
Highway driving w/ 3-4 on ramp blasts.
EDM ZC
DX Trans
205/60/15 Snowsport 210's
Not g-ma style 8)
1. remove big cone filter and went back to stock air box
2. fix weak connection at the TPS sensor
3. went from 2 1/4" exhaust down to 1 3/4". the stock'ish D series does not like huge exhaust piping!
year: 90. 445,000kms on chassis
model: 2wd/5spd.
mods: mpfi swap. previous owner of the engine i put in claims it had 20,000km on a rebuild. that was 80,000kms ago.
i was getting about 30mpg before... now i'm consistantly getting 36mpg. mixed driving, granny style, andretti style, doesn't matter how i drive it i get 36mpg. I think if i took it on a long road trip i would probably get 40. i've never hit 40 and almost want to do a road trip just so i can.
an alignment really needs to be done badly, pulling hard to the right since i swapped the steering rack a few weeks ago. it might be good for 1 more mpg.
With my swap (stock rebuilt LS) I'm getting about 20-22 city with NO third gear. Driving in the city and having to run up in second and go to fourth is a pain and is probably killing my mileage.
we average about 34-36mpg with mixed driving. best we ever got was 44mpg on a road trip from WA across to WI and then down to OK and back to WA.
now, here's my rub. and I've been pondering this for a few years... in '02 we bought the wife a 4 cyl. automatic '97 Tacoma to get better mileage than my '00 Wrangler for her commute back then. it was still lousy, like 22mpg lousy (not even as good as my inline 6 cyl,). my '71 Super Beetle was consistently getting over 30mpg with a 30+ y/o single carb. and I usually drove it like I stole it. no one has ever been able to explain to me why an older carbureted 4 cyl. can get much better mileage than a newer EFI/ECM/ECU controlled 4 cyl. with all the EPA crap on it. doesn't it make more sense to burn fewer gallons of fuel per distance driven?
all three of my '78 GoldWings, with FOUR carbs, get basically 38 mpg at an average of 70-80 mph+. and if I'm easy on the throttle I can squeek 45+ mpg out of them.
for decades I've known, as most people do, that cars with A/C (running or not) get worse mileage than those without b/c of the drag with the clutches, etc. I've also decided that it's the power steering pumps that cause newer cars to get significantly worse mileage than those w/o P/S.
I may be dreaming all of this...
you have to take into consideration such things as are your tires properly inflated, wheels alignment, air filter clean, fuel filter under 15K miles, spark plugs, wires, etc.. these all factor mileage
and of course, your right foot
Extra weight is a killer.
plugs and wires are brand new
airfilter is brand new
oil and filter is new
haven't done he fuel filter
tires are all at 36 psi
it doesn't pull either direction so idk
once i get the tranny swapped i'll do the fuel filter and an alignment and new tires
when i first got it it was getting -25mpg
best is gotten so far is 31mpg
John
mostly highway.... 39-40 mpg
was getting 36 - 38 mpg then changed fouled spark plugs, spark plug wires, dist rotor, air filter..and vuala..mpg's went up...incredible.
those are good mileage numbers for colorado. Mine gets around 30, but I push the skinny pedal a lot to get it up the hills out there. Colorado as well, 89 4wd 6 speed, stock.
That was commuting in hilly Georgia, it might work in Kansas!
i get closer to 30 if im doing mainly highway driving
D16a vtec obd1 swap and a cold air intake.
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my car runs about 3k rpm at 73ish mph.. (sound right?)
1991 RT4wd with and AUTO and 15in wheels with 195/50's
love to get 35.. but.. with a auto and 4wd.. 30 is damn good.. i think..