scoop
|
 posted on 10/10/09 at 06:57 PM |
|
|
12 MPG
Just used up my first full tank. Its 6 gallon and i got 70 miles out of it!
I must need my R1 carbs resetting. I should be getting more than that out of a pinto shouldnt i?
|
|
|
|
|
Xtreme Kermit
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:03 PM |
|
|
Ouch... whack a pair of 45s on it!
I get 20 - 22 
|
|
|
MakeEverything
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:27 PM |
|
|
Thats about what i get with a 2.2 in the kit car.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
|
|
|
will121
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:36 PM |
|
|
recon its just running to rich, when i first fitted my zx6 carbs on my CVH it was terible, just by getting the mixture right chanding jets from 165 to
150's improved fuel consumption considderably, what are the plugs looking like?
|
|
|
eccsmk
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:45 PM |
|
|
ooh 12 mpg that would be lovely
on a nice run i get arounf 7-8
on a blat i get 3-4 mpg 
its all part of the fun tho
|
|
|
Stuart_B
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:47 PM |
|
|
i take it you was not pushing it hard the whole 70 miles?
because i can get low mpg if i try in my car.
staurt
black mk indy, 1.6pinto on cbr600 bike carb's.
|
|
|
iscmatt
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:52 PM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Xtreme Kermit
Ouch... whack a pair of 45s on it!
I get 20 - 22
Same for me but i'm on bike carbs
|
|
|
omega0684
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 08:08 PM |
|
|
make sure you have the carbs balanced and the fuel pressure correct,
when i bolted mine on they were unbalanced and fuel pressure was about 6psi and i got about 15 mpg, then i set them put properly with the right fuel
pressure (3.5 psi) and balanced and i got about 26-28mpg, thats on a 2.1 pinto
|
|
|
r1_pete
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 08:16 PM |
|
|
I can get the R1 (Bike) down to 15mpg giving it some, and its right on the money tuning wise.
[Edited on 10/10/09 by r1_pete]
|
|
|
austin man
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 09:07 PM |
|
|
25 plus on a pair of 40's 1.8 zetec, sounds like you may be loosing juice into the oil ie pat the rings. have yo a pressure regulator on ??
I think you should be getting at least 25
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
|
|
|
mookaloid
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 09:41 PM |
|
|
I used to get about 2-3 mpg on hill climbs so I don't think your figure is too bad but it depends on how you were driving it.
Maybe with careful driving and if the carbs are well set up you could get 30?
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
|
|
|
PAUL FISHER
|
| posted on 10/10/09 at 10:12 PM |
|
|
I must say I get better mpg out of my 5 litre V8 340BHP TVR,than I did out of my 1 litre bec's,I average 24mpg with some spirited driving in the
TVR,around 18 mpg was my average in the old bec's.But if your only getting 12mpg out of a old pinto,you must be running a little rich
|
|
|
graememk
|
| posted on 11/10/09 at 01:07 AM |
|
|
i get 30+ out of the indy on a run
|
|
|
scoop
|
| posted on 11/10/09 at 03:30 AM |
|
|
Out of those 70 miles i spent very little time on full throttle as it was the first run for the completed car. I was worried that stuff would fall off
it as i'd built it
You move the circlip on the diaphragm needles up and down to change the mix dont you? I'm taking it that the 1.8mm jets fitted by Bogg Brothers
are correct?
I had the rebuilt engine compression tested and all was fine.
|
|
|
snapper
|
| posted on 11/10/09 at 04:51 AM |
|
|
Beware of bike carbs that over fuel, I trashed a 2.1 Pinto, rings and bearings by bore washing the engine in a few hundred miles.
Second dog engine is suffering already after a couple of hundred.
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
|
|
|
Danozeman
|
| posted on 11/10/09 at 08:21 AM |
|
|
my zetec does about 25-30 if i dont rag it with zx9r carbs on it.
I thrashed it to and from yarmouth a couple of weeks ago and got about 17 mpg.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
|
|
|
Ninehigh
|
| posted on 11/10/09 at 08:42 AM |
|
|
Last time I got 12mpg one of the fuel hoses was leaking, better make sure all the petrol's getting into the cylinders too
|
|
|
mediabloke
|
| posted on 11/10/09 at 10:04 AM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by graememk
i get 30+ out of the indy on a run
+1 - even spiritedly, but it seems I'm not driving hard enough... 
|
|
|
.jpg)
.jpg)
