Owned my Escort for now for 3 glorious weeks. Heads have turned in astonishment as I've cruised around with the wife like a monk, never biting and rarely going beyond 4000rpm. So today was its weekly fill up and thought I would do me sums for the mpg. ( I know it shouldnt be done ). Fuck me, 17.8mpg the calculator said. Sure the wife has been giving it a good thrashing when me backs turned. Does this seem about right?? I knew it was gonna be thirsty but expected 21-22 at least.
Never mind, moan over

Effy

 

Its a bastard aint it welcome to cosworth ownership

 

what spec is it?

 

 

if mine did below 15mpg it wouldn't bother me cos there a pleasure to drive

 

Its only Stage 1 isnt it?

 

indeed and we aint buying fast cars for a good mpg now are we?

 

Do you know Billy Jordan from Wallsend?

 

Its faulty mate, get her to a tuner.

 

Don't suppose this is the black, possibly aubergine P reg one i've seen recently???

 

Stu

do you know any


seriously ,,Your mpg , is about what i get mate

 

I get about 28mpg stage 3 4x4 saph NO closed loop either

 

Standard apart from a leaking fuel tank.

 

 

horses for courses
you carnt expect a balls out car to do loads to gallon
imposable
if you do get a derv
my run around pug does 700 plus on Ł60 and thats with air con and upped boost

look at old touring cars 2 mpg r s500s
at donny on the double track days i used a full tank 60 lts and also another 200 litres in 2 days and had to fill up on way home

 

I got about the same from my saph. 20 tops.

When I went from stage 3 to T34/greys it got more economical for some reason tho

 

funniest thing ive heard all day

 

My stg1 EsCos returned 27mpg on average and once 38mpg on a motorway run. Something isn't right with yours if thats all you are getting.

 

same here never had a problem until i put my foot down

closed loop in a few weeks to so should be better

 

But we are talking about a pretty standard escort cosworth here Brom, not a balls out car.

Until the compression/cams/ head are messed with SUBSTANTIALLY, the fuel economy will be no different when cruising at 30, 50 , 70 etc mph no matter how much boost the car is "Capable" of running. Especially on an escos that is closed loop as STANDARD and should retain it through all stages of tune.

Maybe a suspect chip has been fitted that has disabled your closed loop? I see that Far to often sadly.

 

is that turning it off down hill

 

ROFL

 

sorry my mistake
i fort it was black eacort cozzy effie big power one

 

Ah, i can see who you thought it was now... lol

 

sorry to many whores wreaking my head

 

There are worse head wreckers in life pal.

 

Hi mate what colours yours as i've never seen it round here yet

 

Driving steady away

 

Dont check mine often, but on a trip to Woodbridge did an amazin 22mpg.

On the throttle its -6mpg .

 

LOL @ your 750BHP 200+Mph cosworth doing more MPG than some of these standard ones and people still saying its normal for a cossie to be shit on fuel.

Mine recently returned 32mpg on a trip to teh ring, so anywhere between 32 and 22 seems to be a good guesstimate for almost ALL cossies.

 

What is meant by ' closed loop ' ??

 

Translated it means ," worth every fucking penny mate", off boost you get the consumption of an everyday runabout, on boost it reverts back to being a Cossie basically, a lot more benefits as well mind but thats the main one

 

Do you know Billy Jordan with the Monte?

 

Sorry mate I don't know him

 

27 mpg around town 803's MSD closed loop



And that was with low tyre pressures 22psi


So yes get it to a tuner..........

 

Love that Cortina

 

Fuck me, what the chances of three Auralis Blue Escos`s liuving in that area

 

I know a lad in Sunderland has an Auralis and there was a Q reg knocking about a yr or so ago but never seen 3 of them. What colours your mates monte never seen that ethier

 

Effy is yours the black one

 

I think I've seen the Q plate one, never seen yours though milkman, seen Effy's quite a bit.

By the sounds of it effy you need to take your car to Stu!