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Hi all, just wanting to know what sort of fuel figures other people get from there 1.3 sierra's and figures from 1.6 carby/efi vitara's and sierra's. also state what contributng mods oyu have also
Mines a stock softop with 235's and on full tank of 40L I get 334km's....highway and town driving.....equates to 11.97L/100km so rounded off to 12Litres per 100km's
so what do you's get with your zooks?
Also what revs are you's doin at 60, 80 and 100kph?
66kph - 2900 in 4th, 2600 in 5th,
88kph - 3500 in 4th, 2900 in 5th
111kph - 3500 in 5th
could be interesting to see who gets what from their zooks
Last edited by islandvitara on Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:36 pm, edited 5 times in total.
10L per 100 is considered normal... given larger tyres you'd expect that to drop too.
with mine (SPOA and 31s) i get about 230km to 30L... my tank is too dented to go further =) lol
with 31's and 5.14 tcase gears my revs are:
- 60km/hr, 4th - 2400rpm
- 80km/hr, 5th - 2400rpm
- 90km/hr, 5th - 3100rpm (?)
- 100km/hr, 5th - 3400rpm (i think?)
i find this gearing pretty decent - however im running 1.6 EFI engine as well, so i have the torque advantage over the 1.3.
when i had the 1.3 carby engine and 215/75's my revs were almost identical to what i have now.
EDIT: also -your tyres are 11% over stock size - so your speedo and odometer are out that much as well.... hence 330km = 366.5km and 60km/hr = 66.6km/hr, & 100km/hr = 111km/hr.
well as for the fuel - around 400km/40L would be normal lol but as u said bigger tyres and a tired engine dropped that alot..like 330km is running the tank dry!! the needle is below the empty line when it reads 330km haha
i can say 280 - 300km to be safe, just seems my sierra is sculling fuel like its cheap
So how many litres do you put in the tank when you've "run it dry", because 360km from a tank sounds pretty good to me.
Steve.
[quote="greg"] some say he is a man without happy dreams, or that he sees silver linings on clouds and wonders why they are not platinum... all we know, is he's called the stevie.[/quote]
ive run my sierra pretty much dry almost and put in 38.something Litres in assuming there was around 1litre of fuel in the tank.....the tank is 40litres yeah? ive assumed it is
i reset the "kilometer counter" and when i ran it "dry" it read 334km.....
i just thought i wasnt getting good fuel economy since its using more than 10L/100km..
I loaned my mum my zuk back when it was little. (tin top with 235's and extractors and a 2 inch exhaust)
She got just over 440 to a tank .. I rarely bested 330 .. depends on the way you drive.
She drove it like a a 50 year old mum would, gently accelerate, sit just below 100 etc...
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islandvitara wrote:ive run my sierra pretty much dry almost and put in 38.something Litres in assuming there was around 1litre of fuel in the tank.....the tank is 40litres yeah? ive assumed it is
i reset the "kilometer counter" and when i ran it "dry" it read 334km.....
i just thought i wasnt getting good fuel economy since its using more than 10L/100km..
You're arguing about 0.5l/100km? you're getting 10.5/100 based on your figures. I assume you are a young guy - I think that's pretty good economy. I've never seen a sierra get under 10 in my experience.
Steve.
[quote="greg"] some say he is a man without happy dreams, or that he sees silver linings on clouds and wonders why they are not platinum... all we know, is he's called the stevie.[/quote]
islandvitara wrote:ive run my sierra pretty much dry almost and put in 38.something Litres in assuming there was around 1litre of fuel in the tank.....the tank is 40litres yeah? ive assumed it is
i reset the "kilometer counter" and when i ran it "dry" it read 334km.....
i just thought i wasnt getting good fuel economy since its using more than 10L/100km..
You're arguing about 0.5l/100km? you're getting 10.5/100 based on your figures. I assume you are a young guy - I think that's pretty good economy. I've never seen a sierra get under 10 in my experience.
Steve.
lol i must have calculated it wrong haha Steve how did you calculate that? f thats what im getting according to your calculation im happy!!! im 22 so yes young =D
You travelled 334 on the speedo, +11% = 366.5km from 38.something litres=10.5l/100km.
Steve.
[quote="greg"] some say he is a man without happy dreams, or that he sees silver linings on clouds and wonders why they are not platinum... all we know, is he's called the stevie.[/quote]
My tintop did 11.5L/100k stock, then 12.5L/100k on 235/75x15 MTRs + 2" body lift. Now got 6.5s in it with 31" Cooper STTs to go on when I get my act together, so will be interesting to see what that does to it.
The really interesting bit though is that it doesn't seem to mind how it's driven ... the difference between towing a 500kg trailer at 110 km/h versus gentle country cruising vs sand vs hoof down peak traffic is about 0.5L/100km ... go figure!
Mine gets approx 10.0L/100km on the swampers, i hammer it round a fair bit offroad, onroad it is driven as you would a zook on swampers. Economy hardly changes regardless of how its driven.
Layto....
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yea same economy doesnt really change depending on how i drive it. i give it to it off road and drive proper onroad - i dont bother rushing in town i just got my opens after a 2yr good behaviour driving probation lol so i do drive "normal" onroad and leave the fun to offroad
but yea, economy doesnt change.. 10.9L/100km's - im very happy with that
also can people with the 1.6 carby and efi sierra's post up fuel figures and mods that contribute? just curious as im swapping to a 1.6carby in the near future
1.6 carby got me very similar figures to whats mentioned above... maybe 10km less per tank at best - and i was running a weber 32/36.
Its definitely driving style though - after having a rebuild a few weeks back i had to do the 1000km 'break in' period thing - so babying it essentially - and fuel economy increased a fair bit... like, rather than 230km to a tank (unadjusted for tyres) i was hitting 240ish... +18% for tyres.
It will be difficult - but try for a tank short changing gears a little more and not overtaking people in traffic etc, and take off gently at the lights (drive it like your granny would). It will amaze you the difference it makes.
Best i ever got out of 30L was 430km once - running g13a (carby) and 215/75r15 with extractors and exhaust work - long country drive doing no more than 80km/hr and not doing any overtaking. i was VERY impressed. Then i drove home like a hooligan and got 300 to the 30L =P haha
worst I got with 29'' tyres and a 2'' lift on my 1.3 96 coily soft top was just under 20lt to do 100km all the way home from sydney. but slaped a diff carby on it and got 8 km to the 100km at 90km a hour on the flat. doing county k's last week
vitara 1.6 efi with 235/75/15 (29") i get around 350ks (not adjusted for tyres) to a tank but i havnt let it go empty, i always refill just less than a 1/4 of a tank.
RPM, these speeds are not what the speedo reads but the actual speed of the car(roughly).
70ks- 5th= 2100rpm
80ks- 5th= 2700rpm
100ks- 5th= 3100rpm
110ks- 5th= 3600rpm
Ive got a turbo GTI running 235/75/15's and 4.16 reduction and I get around 380km on 30L's. So that works out to about 8l/100kms, and yes my tank is dented too!! lol. im doing roughly 3700rpm @ 110km/hr
alien wrote:amazing the difference more lift and larger tyres makes - we're all in roughly the same band of RPMs!
my sierra is i need of a 1.6, i can get hold of a carby 1.6 which is why i wanted to know fuel figures...revs should be different to the 1.3 huh? possibly less at the same speeds i mentioned yeah?
i'd be very happy to be getting even close to 10L/100km 
