I know that the two are some what mutually exclusive but I was wondering if you have a turbo'd car what sort of fuel economy can you expect just cruising around town? Obviously if you punch it yer gonna suck down gas...
I am thinking of so many things to do to my car......not really sure where to start. This is all a new hobby for me.
This would be on a daily driver....so if turboing makes it terrible on gas i'll scratch it off my list.
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Same here. 30MPG Highway/26MPG City now vs. 32MPG Highway/27MPG City stock. I have gotten up to 36MPG on the highway before while cruising out of boost at 70MPH...still can't explain that one.
I used to race cars, now I race myself.
5K PB: 24:50
10K PB: 54:26
Turbo's not out of the question then!!
Ahh cool.......soo once I do the front suspension...IRS/Disk...Eco swap.....build it up.....Turbo....Airbags.....uh.....yeah that should do it.. Then of course I need to fix my stupid cracked dash....finish my interior power conversion.....
So far i have put on a WAI......so much to learn, so much to do.
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Havent had enough time to settle down with the car yet but with a @!#$load of idle time and lots of city and some highway i still get about 21-22 MPG. About what I used to get with the S/C. Once I get used to the newfound power and can force myself to drive better it will improve greatly. For now my 98 is for the economy.
what is this "fuel economy " you speak of
Built&Boosted moar
04 Cavalier Turbo r.i.p my baby
2nd place 2009 GM tuner bash qwick 8--holla
I know huh, its not so economical to buy fuel these days..... "Fuel Economy" is an oxymoron
So although I'd like to run turbo if it sucked the fuel too much I couldn't on a daily driver
well ill say this ever since ive boosted my car(which will be a liitle ovee year and a half) ive been getting between 17-22mpg with mixed driving ..but thats at a consistant 18psi with 22psi spikes when at wot. so it is not completley out of the question for you sir..GO FOR IT BOOST THAT BITCH
Built&Boosted moar
04 Cavalier Turbo r.i.p my baby
2nd place 2009 GM tuner bash qwick 8--holla
Matt Gorman wrote:what is this "fuel economy " you speak of
haha, yeah seriously....witchcraft?
Comparing the Hanh stage 2 to the GM ECO SC I got WAY better mileage with the turbo. Turbo 33-34 Hwy, 26-28 City. SC'ed 31-32 Hwy, 22 City.
