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Old 06-17-2009, 03:06 PM
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yea im going for low boost only nothing crazy!
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Old 06-17-2009, 03:31 PM
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I have a tial 38mm w/ 5.9psi spring for sale if you're interested!

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You're only getting 31mpg? Weaksauce. 35mpg on 18s .
what are you guys doing tuning for fuel economy?? lmao, i dont spoil any fun with my turbo setup, i tune rich even on vac and hearing spool on vac is great.. haha turbo likes fuel bahahaha!! 18-24mpg highway! i ditched my lean burn tune, its too boring lol
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14.5-15 cruising AFR, and pay attention to the boost gauge. The boost gauge alone will help increase MPG. All you need to do is just barely take your foot off the gas a little more, and you'll be able to maintain the same speed. The higher the vacuum reading, the higher the MPG.

But I don't get 35 all the time, I've done it once. 19-22 is what I usually get lol.

And OP. Buy Ace's wastegate. That turboconcepts one is trash.
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carbon you suck.......35 is nice........but you have standalone right?.....now im determined to get 36mpg to beat you......15.5 afr's hear i come....bahahahaha....BOOM!
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Nope, F/IC.

I could have got better, but I was on 18s, had a passenger + cargo, and needed to test out my new tune/new boost level :D.

I think if I REALLLLLY tried, I could hit 500 on a single tank.
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Old 06-17-2009, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by gingles
carbon you suck.......35 is nice........but you have standalone right?.....now im determined to get 36mpg to beat you......15.5 afr's hear i come....bahahahaha....BOOM!
15.5 on vacuum i doubt you will boom, you will probably misfire though if your ignition is not tuned
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15.5 is nowhere near lean enough to go boom. It's barely an increase in NOx output. You don't start seeing an increase in NOx until 17-28, then after 28 they start coming back down.
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