Just wondersing if anyone has a standard big turbo cossy, and if so how many miles they get to a tank, just my mpg seems crap at the moment.

Cheers

 

Probably not much help by mine is a big turbo stage 3 and i get 180 - 230 miles for a full tank

Mostly towards the 180 mark though !!

 

Bit more power than mine there though!!

Currently getting about 230 miles, but, sure when I got it was getting 270?

 

Im getting about 160 miles out of a tank, and thats not thrashing it either !!

 

sure i get around 200 ish but remember its how you drive it really depends on the mpg

 

I get over 135 on less than half a tank, thats around town too...
On a run it was 160 on the same half tank, that was on the motorway.

Now it's shagged....

 

auralisRS there is always something wrong with your car lol...typical ford.

 

Well, she is normally very good, but a month ago it needed a new fuse box, now the head gasket has gone.....but in 18 prior to that it was great.

I'd like to have a picture of her as a sig, but no idea how to do it..

 

not sure on a full tank but i put 40 notes in mine and done 260 miles. oh its stage 3 too

 

Oh i fooking wish...........................

I stick about £40 a week & get about 170 - 190 miles..............And thats 80% sensible driving

 

quality i know, another A1 rallysport quality job

 

Must be tickling that throttle pedal with a feather!

 

Admittedly thats is taking it easy

 

much more economical from the old stg 1 to the MSD chip, if carefull, motorway cruisin i can get 34MPG ,,, but on the normal rag, abuot 200 and its handshake with the snake

 

Hi everyone I'm thinking of finaly buy a escort coz I currently own a chipped Escort rst, can anyone tell me if there will be much difference in MPG from my current car?
cheers

 

Probably depends on the state of tune the cossie is mate, I had a 230bhp s2 escort and sold it to buy a 4x4 saph satge 1 and round town the saph was definitely more juicy.Possibly due to the 4x4.

 

I use 14 to 50 litres per 100km's depending on the driving. Don't know how much is it in MPG but I usually say that turbo cars use as much as you put in

 

I did a bit longer trip with my escort this summer, about 200km per side (400km total) and I got 10L/100km with nice driving. My car has now 350bhp. So that's not bad and I did the engine mapping myself I know what the figures are that Ford has given to the standard car, but I'm not sure if the Escort really can be driven with that low fuel consumption.

 

Let's say that attitiude to speed limits in Poland and in Finland differs MUCH. Also the roads quality and all the traffic systems.

 

Hi All

I would say from my stage 3 car I get 110 before I have to refil due to fuel surge issues, does anyone else suffer from this???

Cheers Malc

 

Mines a standard large turbo and i can get just over 300 miles to a tank. I have a Toyota Hiace that does 350 to a tank . Might throw a cossie heart in the Hiakie!!

 

Hi all yeah the cossie has a GGR stage2 upgrade on a small turbo! I know out of my existing RST I get around 60 miles out of £10 on super unleaded around town! I was wondering how much would a E-cossie with the above spec do to a tener...

 

If i put a tenner in mine, by the time i've pulled out the petrol station, its time to go back in again

 

Mine is about 50 miles to £10.... ( stage 3 ) to be fair cause the escos is a 2nd car that is mainly fast driving.

 

BTW - I also leave it idle for about 3 mins before driving and about 1-2 mins after driving so I must use a fair amount of petrol there!

 

Hi All

Back up for my question please...are any of u guys not getting fuel surge issues with under half a tank....If I accelerate with anywhere near under half a tank the car stutters due to fuel starvation....I literally have to fill it up every 100 miles!!!!

Have a great Xmas...

Cheers Malc

 

I get fuel surge usuees under hard cornering under 1/4 of a tank. Maybe when doing hairpins sideways on dry tarmac a little bit earlier. I got some unkonown Bosh pump fitted of a some big V12 Merc or BMW.

 

not with just under half a tank, though I have had it off a roundabout on a dual carriage way near me a few times with under a 1/4

 

only had a problem with fuel surge on the track with less than a 1/3 of a tank, not had a problem on the road, even with an 1/8 of a tank

 

Averaging somewhere around 150 - 160 miles per tank.

sometimes it feels like it costs a tenner just to start it!

 

Hi All.

mmmmmm maybe my probs could be linked to the unexplainable fuel smell i have around the rear of the car, There are no visable signs of a leak anywhere , its got me stumped at the moment.....any thoughts would be greatly appreciated..I have looked at the cap seal as someone suggested but it all looks ok...

Cheers Malc

 

i know its not a cossie but my escort mk5 estate was stinking of petrol, wid no visual signs etc, eventually i found a very very minute hole in the fuel line where the clutch cable had dislodged and had been touching the plastic fuel line so was only spraying out under great pressure. put anew fuel line on and it was spot on. worth a look as i think the set up may be similar on the escos

 

Hi Sean...

How r u, hope the cars still going well after the setup...

That is a very good point, I have not rolled around under the car when its running I'll do that.... although it does seem to smell most of the time. Maybe i'll have to get Mark (mad) to go over it, will take me forever to find it and then I won't have the correct tools

Have a great New Year mate....

Cheers Malc

 

You really shouldnt be getting fuel surging issues at just under half a tank of fuel, admittedly it does happen if your below a qtr a tank and launch a bit sharpish or corner hard, can almost feel like the car has died and can be a bit dangerous at times.

are you still using a standard in tank pump?

the problem with the intank pumps is that they hang from the top of the tank and dont reach completely to the bottom, and its not really a decent system in there to stop fuel sloshing about under cornering!

Also, the rubber seal around the top of the tank that hold the pump in can perish over time, only a hair line crack could give a strong petrol smell.

ive got an uprated fuel pump in the tank that primes a swirl pot in a cell in the boot, and from that a 044 pump feeds the fuel rail, therefor doing away with fuel starvation and surging issues, can even be way into the red and cornering hard on track and its fine.


Kelvin

 

Hi Kelcos

I was thinking along the lines of the tank seal myself....The car had a GGR 335 conversion before I got it so the pump had been upgraded already (but only in standard configeration) I bet taking the tank out to check the seal is not an easy job!!!!

Is it a case of undoing the filler jubliee clip and the 2 straps that hold the tank up ????

Cheers Malc