Went from 10-12 L/100 kms, down to 7.7L/100 Km with this idea. Going from 420 and running on fumes to 500 and having some reserve left.
a YouTube Video (Mighty Car Mods) recently suggest that the stock air boxes on a N/A engine produce more power than with a cone and smoother tubing design. so with that in mind I used a KN filter and a home made ram air and got Great pedal feel on acceleration, and obviously killer milage improvement.
My economy ranges from 7.5 - 8.1 L/KM (lowest was 7.2). My total average is: 7.8L (30.16 MPG) in mixed driving. With my '96 V6 with automatic transmission. Realized I've been refueling with approx 14 Liters left. I was used to miatas and refueling near empty since they have no fuel light. I plan to run the tank down now the weather is mild to see how much I can stretch. My longest is 575 km, I should be able to hit 600+ km. That's with having leaky valve covers and oil in the plug wells.
My mileage is tad over 153,000 km or 95,000 miles. I'm impressed with the economy, especially for the auto trans
MosGuy, glad to hear you are in the same boat as me. I've been very stubborn about the fact that the manuals get better milage. I am spot on with you for when the E comes on and always seem to find 12-14L in the tank when I go and fillup. I will be planning to get my hands on a jerry can (5l) and see how far I can drain it before it stutters to get a decent idea of what incity driving is. When I do 90% incity driving I, at best, get 320km to a tank. But Highway, I've seen it hit 620km - about 8 liters left in the tank at that point. Did a lot of drafting and coasting in neutral
1994 MX-6 LS Automatic - Hunter Green What have I done to it? Stuff... What will be done to it next? More Stuff...
It definitely sounds like we're on the same page. That was my plan as well to get a small jerry can from canadian tire. Then figure out a circuit that I could run loops that keeps me relatively close to my usual petro can station. It's good to know you've reached just over 620 km. I've yet to see my light come on. Though I think it did flash once briefly for a split second. I noticed with my gauge, when I top up to the first shut off. The needle is slightly past full. When it gets close to E, it seems to shift slightly right again.
I get my mixed rate by only doing modest right foot pressure. Otherwise being more a feather weight. Along with the typical eco driving tips of coasting to red lights trying not to stop. As well as minimal brake use etc. I agree, all city driving is a definite killer.
I must say gearing compared with my past two first gen miatas (both autos) helps. The mx6 runs about 250 rpm lower. Not a huge difference but every little bit is a benefit. I know what you mean about the manuals, there's not as much love for the autos. Tho with the third gen miata, they have a taller 6th gear. So most 3rd gen auto drivers can get better mileage than the manual counter part
Personally I've never understood the "autos are inferior" attitude. Auto or not I find most mazda's a blast to drive. They're still peppy and rev happy no matter the transmission choice. I noticed here and over on miata.net the auto crowd tend to stick together and don't seem to argue/complain as much as the manual side tends to
Went from 10-12 L/100 kms, down to 7.7L/100 Km with this idea. Going from 420 and running on fumes to 500 and having some reserve left.
a YouTube Video (Mighty Car Mods) recently suggest that the stock air boxes on a N/A engine produce more power than with a cone and smoother tubing design. so with that in mind I used a KN filter and a home made ram air and got Great pedal feel on acceleration, and obviously killer milage improvement.
Can you take a pic from further out to see where you placed it?
Sure thing. Although the basics of the cut is that it is angled so that it's right in front of the stock cold air scoop. Looking at it from the front of the car, it's to the left of the Mazda logo.
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PaulG, you know if he says yes how many people might start cutting holes in the hood of their car......
I certainly won't be one of them. I'm already averaging 7.8 with basic eco driving and without putting a hole in the hood . I've seen people do that mod before, I've never been convinced of the savings. I'm sure if mazda saw improvement, they'd have made hood vents standard during design. Best fuel economy is in the right foot and minimizing drag. Closed sunroof, minimal use of a/c etc. Holes in hood hurt resale value, but each to his/her own
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