richwill
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 10:55 AM |
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MPG from a pinto ?
How many miles to the gallon should I expect to get from my Pinto with EFI injection?
My calculations came out at 40-45 MPG. This cant be right can it.? I have just spent the weekend in Wales on various roads?
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whitestu
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 11:05 AM |
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I get just short of 40 from my 2.0 Zetec on bike carbs under 'normal' driving so wouldn't be too surprised.
Stu
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blakep82
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 11:12 AM |
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why couldn't it be right? light weight and small on the plus side.
i get about 35 from my bmw 328, its big and its heavy, so 40-45 seems entirely possible
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 11:25 AM |
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45-50 MPG from 1.8 CVH standard sierra carbs in the indy..
Dan
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snapper
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 11:56 AM |
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Pinto driven hard with 3.9 diff = 25mpg on a good day.
The Pinto was never very good on mpg
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mcerd1
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 12:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by richwill
My calculations came out at 40-45 MPG. This cant be right can it.? I have just spent the weekend in Wales on various roads?
how did you do your cals?
post up the raw data and we can check your math for you...
quote:
Originally posted by snapper
Pinto driven hard with 3.9 diff = 25mpg on a good day.
The Pinto was never very good on mpg
^^ you mustn't be tring hard enough I can get my tin-top down to 23mpg  
(1.8 focus)
[Edited on 16/5/2011 by mcerd1]
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Dingz
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 01:01 PM |
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Never got more than 30 from my 2l. would have thought that 35 would be possible from an EFI
Phoned the local ramblers club today, but the bloke who answered just
went on and on.
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ashg
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 02:56 PM |
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the best i ever got from my 1600 pinto was 25mpg and it was properly setup at ATSPEED. now managing 32mpg on the 2.0 saab turbo engine and thats
driving like a fruit and nut cake. i can stretch 38-40ish if i drive it like a grandma
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flak monkey
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| posted on 16/5/11 at 04:24 PM |
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I would get about 35mpg on a mixed run when I had bike throttle bodies and megasquirt
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 08:25 AM |
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2.0EFI Pinto in my lardy Luego Viento and I manage 40 - 45MPG when driving on a long run. When I give it some gunning then some times I manage to drop
to 30 - 35MPG.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 01:36 PM |
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^^ you mustn't be tring hard enough I can get my tin-top down to 23mpg (1.8 focus)
lol, I just returned 17.8 from my tintop (2ltr turbo) on the standard ECU, just commuting to work!
[Edited on 17/5/11 by coyoteboy]
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richwill
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 03:42 PM |
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I just thought it was too good to be true but I can now see others are getting similar results.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 06:12 PM |
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SWIMBO hates going fast, so when in the car together, I bumble about in 5th at 30-50mph, and my 2.0 EFI pinto can do upto 65mpg, I can get it down to
18mpg when blatting without her!
Its all to do with the efficiency of the EFI, I doubt carb cars can get anywhere near.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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jacko
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| posted on 17/5/11 at 06:44 PM |
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Pinto 2.0 bike carbs 50 - 60 mph =30 mpg
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DarrenW
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| posted on 18/5/11 at 08:21 AM |
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Agree with Jacko, 30mpg at best by hardly touching throttle. In reality 20 - 25 average on roads without going daft. 10 - 15 on track if your
lucky.
I used to kid myself that it should be economical. Logic was 30mpg in a sierra, half the weight should mean better mpg. In reality it is no where near
that.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 18/5/11 at 09:21 AM |
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The primary effector on MPG is weight during acceleration only and drag on the flats (assuming standard tune/diffs etc).
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mcerd1
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| posted on 18/5/11 at 09:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
The primary effector on MPG is weight during acceleration only and drag on the flats (assuming standard tune/diffs etc).
...and the drag coefficient of any 7 is terrible 
a sierra was actually quite good in its day
I've seen estimates as bad as 0.5 - 0.7 for a 7 
(most modern cars are around the ~0.3 - 0.35 mark)
[Edited on 18/5/2011 by mcerd1]
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