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What’s the most efficient 928 yr and trans
I’m sure there is a post about this somewhere. Just curious about range too. Is there any bigger gas tanks in any years. Appreciate all your experience on this.
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Tanks were all the same volume.
Top gear in all model years AFAIK was always 1:1, so no greater range.
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I read somewhere. A US 83 4.5 l-jet got like 21 mpg! Is that possible?
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on a 3500 mile trip my wife and i took this past summer we averaged a little over 19 MPG - the 84 has a 4.7 in it so sure i could see these cars getting over 20 MPG when new
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Cool, thanks! (Honerboys) Do you have an 84 Euro 4.7, that’s awesome mileage if so. Thanks Mark |
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My 84 Euro averaged 21mpg at over 100 mph for 1200 miles. Passed all manner of Prius in the left lane and felt good about it.
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[QUOTE=stepson;10646218]My 84 Euro averaged 21mpg at over 100 mph for 1200 miles. Passed all manner of Prius in the left lane and felt good about it.
![]() Crazy talk! I thought a euro bigger motor would guzzle more than a us detuned emissions friendly beast. Looking for more hp so I might get better mileage if I do? This is gonna happen. Need a lead on a good 5.0 short block. Anything? |
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87 parts car on this forum right now.
Javaschiava, Taycan has an 87 short block. Just what you need. I asked him to PM you a price.
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java - nope not a euro - just a plain OLD 84
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yeah Prius drivers are Dems getting high when driving in the left lane, holding you up, pff.
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Is there an advantage with cis over electronic fuel inj in the euro models 80-85 16 valves? Fuel economy wise?
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I hate being behind a driver in the left lane with his window down and smelling weed being smoked. Stay the F*^K home if you want to smoke. Javaschiava, IINM, the advantage is electronic FI over CIS
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Texas Squiggly Road Country MPG -
Just returned from a week's run down through the Canyon Lake area of the Texas Hill Country. On some of the back roads, the Texas Highway Dept must have chased a bunch of cows through the brush and paved the resulting road behind them.
![]() Although some do get much better mileage - Miss Purdy averaged around 19 mpg while there. She does occasionally hit the 21 mpg mark if I behaved myself out on interstate. Have a safe Veteran's Day - Michael
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Right on. Keep driving her!
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Good MPG isn't a 928 feature in any model year, CI$ likely the worst, guessing S4 auto maybe best, but not by much. Sharktuning may help as well.
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As I recall the 914 either 1.6 or 1.8 would hit 35 mpg, and do LA to SF on a tank of gas.
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"Good MPG isn't a 928 feature in any model year" - very true..and i'm sure someone buying a $45,000 car in 1984 didn't care
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I think my sticker showed a gas guzzler tax of like $2 or $3k.
OTOH gas may be a weekly expense, but its no more than about 25% at best of ownership costs, and thats for the few frequently driven cars.
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Javaschlava,
Here is another 5.0L short block for sale on eBay. No affiliation
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