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?
I get just short of 40 from my 2.0 Zetec on bike carbs under 'normal' driving so wouldn't be too surprised.
Stu
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
45-50 MPG from 1.8 CVH standard sierra carbs in the indy..
Dan
Pinto driven hard with 3.9 diff = 25mpg on a good day.
The Pinto was never very good on mpg
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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?
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Originally posted by snapper
Pinto driven hard with 3.9 diff = 25mpg on a good day.
The Pinto was never very good on mpg
Never got more than 30 from my 2l. would have thought that 35 would be possible from an EFI
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
I would get about 35mpg on a mixed run when I had bike throttle bodies and megasquirt
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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^^ you mustn't be tring hard enough I can get my tin-top down to 23mpg (1.8 focus)
I just thought it was too good to be true but I can now see others are getting similar results.
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.
Pinto 2.0 bike carbs 50 - 60 mph =30 mpg
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.
The primary effector on MPG is weight during acceleration only and drag on the flats (assuming standard tune/diffs etc).
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Originally posted by coyoteboy
The primary effector on MPG is weight during acceleration only and drag on the flats (assuming standard tune/diffs etc).
