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MarkRobinson 06-07-2011 01:11 PM

What MPG do you get in your 951?
 
I average about 20mpg in the city driving like a grandma (gas is $4/gallon here for 93), running consistently on a 10-gallon refill to keep the car light. No spare tire or tools to weigh me down, but do have 285mm rear, 245mm front tires.

On the highway this last weekend, I did 600 miles @ 21mpg average, 65-70mph, lots of hills, full car (600lbs of people, gas, luggage, dogs)

In the city, with just me or me & the misses in the car, I average about 20 in granny-mode.

My car has rebuild injectors, 928 pump, Vitesse chips with an adjustable FPR running 30psi fuel pressure (no, I don't get on boost at all with it 8psi low)< but found a semi lean & clean 15.5:1 at cruise which is about as lean as I can go w/o feeling the reduction in fuel.

I ran 31psi down there for 20mpg, 30psi back for 22mpg, but it's bordering on way too lean & of course, I don't dare get on boost like that.

Just curious to see what others are getting.

billy mild 06-07-2011 01:19 PM

I get 23 mixed highway/city 50/50 mix. Straight highway doing 80 MPH I got 28 MPG.

With the turbo mill in these cars you can get 28 mpg. That was just me and a passenger plus our bags oh and no A/C cause mine is broke.

MarkRobinson 06-07-2011 01:24 PM

Interesting. I tried 10 gallons a month ago with one gear higher: ie, always between 2700-3300rpm, both city & highway: my MPG dipped down to about 19. I was thinking that since engines are more efficient, maybe the efficiency over-rides the extra fuel needed to sustain the higher RPM, but appears to be invalid.

Normally, I'm low RPM & high vacuum.

944 Ecology 06-07-2011 01:36 PM

On a California to New York trip, 25 mpg highway at 75 mph. Moderately loaded, no passenger.

UncleRay 06-07-2011 05:49 PM

Mileage on trips with city and highway average in the high 20's to 30 mpg. There is more info in this thread...http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-944-turbo-turbo-s/590862-951-fuel-mileage.html

Pete R 06-07-2011 05:52 PM

I did my first track day the other day. I went 70 miles and used pretty much the whole tank. It's probably in the 6-7mpg range. :) that's probably not the info you were looking for though

derekc23 06-07-2011 06:00 PM

I've been getting mid 20's on the highway but it's been a long time since I've driven it long distance much less around town until this past week after it sat in the garage all winter.

tyro 06-07-2011 09:03 PM

~23MPG in mixed city driving.

On a trip to Road America a couple of years ago I managed 32MPG, once there and on the track..6MPG.

zedsn 06-08-2011 03:06 AM

Generally 15 mpg city and 20 to 25 mpg highway but depends on how heavy my foot gets.

MarkRobinson 06-08-2011 05:49 AM

At times I can smell fuel, but is always fuel-vapor free under the hood & yes I've changed out my hoses. Wonder if I have a leak out back??? :(

968 GUY 06-08-2011 01:14 PM

I replaced the cam tower gasket recently, was getting just below 20mpg before, now I have
driven it only 90 mi. or so and used half a tank. This car is all orig. equipment except for boost enhancer that I have set per instructions from Lindsey.
Nothing seems to be wrong, no excess gas smell, runs well, new plugs, wires, cap, injectors sent to witchhunter for cleaning etc.
Guess I need to do a bit more poking around.

tyro 06-08-2011 05:50 PM

Do you have a wideband? 14.7 air:fuel at idle and cruise?

If the oxygen sensor is out of order, the system goes rich.

running_cold924 06-09-2011 05:06 PM

consistent 26mpg...

Dougs951 06-09-2011 06:12 PM

22-28 depending on how I drive it.

Well that and the weather.

89-944NA 06-09-2011 09:23 PM

0, ZIP, NADA, NO MPG.....Car is sitting until I get 2 more project cars out of my garage. Then I'll have the time and space to freshen mine up. Actually, was getting about 27 highway, about 20 city.

Lawrence Coppari 06-10-2011 08:51 AM

I get 30-31 driving about a steady 65 mph with car fairly heavily loaded and TP at 37 psi. The best I get in town driving is 23+. On the track it gets 6-7 mpg. I have a k27, 3 bar fuel pressure, MAF. Three years ago my O2 sensor went bad and the highway mileage dropped to about 25. With a new O2 sensor, it popped back up to 31 ish. Fuel injectors have be professionally serviced.

shavinseconds 06-13-2011 08:48 PM

18 in the city. ..I definitely want to get more without driving like a snail. ..

Lawrence Coppari 06-14-2011 10:35 AM

My town driving is nothing like city driving. I don't think I'd get 23 in a 'real' city.

MarkRobinson 06-14-2011 12:32 PM

i just replaced my AFM with another Ohm'd good one: so we'll see how the next tank or to does.

wild man 06-24-2011 02:50 AM

The only way to get better fuel economy, is to run skinnier tires - but who wants to do that?


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