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I supported Toymods
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Brisbane
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September 2004
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5M fuel economy.
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Sun, 01 May 2005 15:21
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Well, after a somewhat nasty accident involing my mate's car, with Him, BLACK_JZA and my self in it, and some stupid woman running a red light in a Nissan Patrol with a bullbar, his Ford Corsair is now a write off. With the money he'll get from the write off check he needs a new car. He's been planning on getting something to install a 1J into in the future anyway, so he's considering a cheap MA61 for sale on carsales, it's in his budget. But, what he'd like to know is the rough fuel economy of a 5M.
We tried searching, both the internet and toymods, but given we're both still kinda shook up from the crash (happened tonight) we're not having much luck.
So I'm after a rough Litre / KM ratio of a stocko 5M, I think it's the 5M-GE (it's an 83 MA61).
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Location:
Sydney
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February 2003
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Sun, 01 May 2005 18:44
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around 400-500 per tank for a good fresh motor.
0.15-0.12L per kilometre
depending on condition it could be much worse,
250l per tank,0.24l per kilometre
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne.vic.au
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Sun, 01 May 2005 22:41
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I agree... On my fresh rebuilt 5M-E motor I get only 250-300kms average around town and 400km on the highway...
It's not overly great  That is why I don't drive it around all the time till I can figure out what I can do to not to drink much  (Besides swapping the motor)
* Swapping an ECU and AFM as soon as I can pick it up...
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Mon, 02 May 2005 00:04
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around town, using the words "5M" and "fuel-economy" is an oxymoron.
there's a big difference when out on the hwy, even when the emmission hardware is disabled and the TPS connector is accidently knocked loose (no deccel fuel cut).
a stock '83 supra would be a 5M not 5me if still in factory form (well, mine is).
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Location:
Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Mon, 02 May 2005 00:07
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What they said. IMO you should only buy an MA61 if you're planning to do an engine conversion pretty much straight away.
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Australia
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Mon, 02 May 2005 01:14
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My old 6MGE with W57 and 4.1 (read 3000rpm @ 100kph) used to get about 11L/100km out on the open road.
Would have been much better with a W58 and 3.73
Around town I never cared.
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VIC, Sth Frankston.
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July 2003
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Mon, 02 May 2005 02:12
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With a decent mix of highway crusing and bootin it around town sorta stuff, I managed 500kms to a full tank of premium. I was pretty happy with that from the 5m-ge.
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne.vic.au
Registered:
May 2002
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Location:
Sydney, northshore
Registered:
June 2004
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Mon, 02 May 2005 05:52
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with a shitty, slipping auto transmission behind a 5MGE I get around about 100Kms for a $20 fill-up.. doing short trips usually in traffic.
Not very good, but the vapor trail of unburnt gasoline that follows my MA61 like a big stinky dragon tail makes me think it isnt running the 'ideal' air:fuel ratios.
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Location:
wangaratta
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May 2004
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Mon, 02 May 2005 07:18
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in my supra, i get around 550k pure highway driving, and around 450 with medium foot town work. if i stonk it everywhere, then the fuel economy dissapears at an alarming rate, but normal driving, its not 'that' bad.
this is 150XXX k's, no freshen ups.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
May 2002
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne.vic.au
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Mon, 02 May 2005 15:03
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Just got back from the fuel station... 45L -> 350kms that isn't bad is it? That has been driving around easy and enjoying the scenery (as the car is comming off the road again  )
Cheers.
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Location:
Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Mon, 02 May 2005 15:15
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that's what i get for city driving and driving hard in the burbs
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
melbourne.vic.au
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: 5M fuel economy.
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Mon, 02 May 2005 15:29
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| thechuckster wrote on Tue, 03 May 2005 01:15 |
that's what i get for city driving and driving hard in the burbs
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Oh crap... I have been driving it like a grandma... this isn't right... Have to do wait for the SA63 to come back on the road to pick up another ECU and AFM
Cheers.
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