AlanSRT4

For all you turbo guys, could you post up your whp on pump gas and what time of mpg (yes gas mileage) you get on the highway and avg?

I am just trying to get an idea to see if going up to a V8 is worth it or if I should just buy another one of my little forced 4 banger. I was getting over 400whp (with more time and tuning should have been over 500) with about 27 mpg on the highway and avg about 23. Car got totaled in a wreck and now I deciding what route to take for a new car.

98Z28CobraKiller

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You can make 800 rwhp on 93 and get 20+ mpg if those are your goals going in to it.

AlanSRT4

I hope tossing out those numbers does not make me seem to greedy or silly. I figure if I can get 125+ mph trap and 27mpg on the highway in a neon then I figure going up to the more big boy cars while I might get a bit less mpg I should really be able to jump up in the trap and power. Or is my thinking flawed? I know that the fact that the car was doing that with a weight of about 3300+lbs with driver I do have a couple hundred lbs less in the car then what a V8 would but over time I am sure that replacing parts with light weight ones would help that out.

AlanSRT4

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dimetweaker

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Im just now building my turbo set up but was very inspired by the HP/ MPG others were getting with their turbo set ups, which is what led to me doing mine. I say just go for it. If you liked your turbo 4 banger youre probably going to like a turbo V-8 twice as much and you wouldnt be wrong wheel drive anymore

Look up the name Black x on the forum and maybe PM him. He is running somewhere in the 9s making re-goddamn-diculous horsepower and pulling down high 20's with the A/C blowing... in a 4000lb truck.

AlanSRT4

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JAX04

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TORQUE and 20+ mpgs, cant beat that!

XtremeDime

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The thing that I dont understand about people wanting better MPG is if you go from something that gets 25 to something that gets 15, the actual fuel cost difference is pretty minimal unless youre racking up 20k miles a year. Dont let MPG steer you from anything, we still get 15+ MPG and can run single digits, you cant do that in a 4 banger.

BoostnTBSS

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well i know a turbo ss will get 24-27mpg and run 10.85@126 with stock susp. should go 10.3-10.5's.. but then will drive anywhere and do it all over again for years...

smokinHawk

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i was at 20+mpg and 125mph traps about 512rwhp when i had the 6speed

black98ws6ta

iTrader: (77)

Im on your side, but at least be realistic. Alot of imports can get upper 20's/lower 30's mpg and run 9's.

XtremeDime

iTrader: (16)

I dont see many imports running single digits unless they are totally stripped down. And they also cost a hell of a lot more to get em down to single digits eh?

AlanSRT4

I do put on like 1500-2000 miles a month. I was able to make 500whp on 93 and get 27mpg roughly so to me yeah going down to 15mpg highway would mean what like 10 avg and I avg about 23 where I live so that would be a huge cost difference. But I do see your point if I did not put so many miles on as a daily driver it might not be as big a deal. Of course that would also mean I would spend about 120 a month more on gas. So about 1440 a year more. And at times when money is tight that can hurt more then others. And there is only so much I can sell on ebay

But you have definitely made me think. It really is a lot more car I am getting for not much more money a month when I think of it that way. to you for getting me to look at it in a different way.

XtremeDime

iTrader: (16)

No problem man, Ive seen too many people pass up bad *** cars because it gets 15 mpg as opposed to 30, and they dont even put 10k miles on it in a year!

smokinHawk

iTrader: (48)

so your dumping in maybe $10g's to get it to 10's then complaining about spending $1440 more a year in gas. you will spend that much or more in maintenance. the speed game is not for you my friend.

Floader

iTrader: (32)

Well put, if you are that worried about the milage get two cars, ends up being cheaper in the end.

one other thing..... What kind of ET you running with that 500whp and 125mph trap speed?

AlanSRT4

actually I was not complaining at all. Was saying that the cost per year was not as much as I thought it would be that 1400 bucks for all that I would be getting is actually a bargin.

AlanSRT4

ET's always sucked for me. I was more intrested in trap speeds at first then was going to work on my driving and using something other then street tires. Street tires at 235 in fwd suck. With on older build I was doing 14.0 but at 117mph

AlanSRT4

as for the speed game not being for me you really do not realize how much it costs to build a little 4 it cost a bunch. Hell I had 21,000 in mods in the car. The head with out cam or cam gears was 2,000 and all I got was one head not 2 like you guys get LOL.

If I was willing to build a low 10sec neon and drive it everyday I think I pretty sure that speed is my game or less a game and more so my passion. Some of us just are willing to work harder to get as much as they can out of their cars and I want to find the best new set up I can.

AlanSRT4

yep I have seen that happen a lot myself. Or even worse they spend the money to build a bad *** car then never really use the power. I know someone around my area that has a GTO with all the normal bolt on stuff, a cam and a flash and he has never went to the track nor does much more then potter around and rev it up to make noise. To me it's a shame to see so much money and work go into a car that might never go faster then the speed limit.