better MPG sc300 or sc400?
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better MPG sc300 or sc400?
I was looking at a sc300 to buy becasue i figure the MPG would be alot better then the V8 but after searching for a while i found out that the v8 model was not that much less then the v6! why is that? i mean 2 cylinders should makea difference?
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wow, in my experience (i have a sc3 5spd and a sc4) the sc3 get much better mileage, i get 300-350miles to a tank with my sc3 highway and city mixed, and with my sc4 i was getting at best 300 to a tank of 90% highway driving.
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Originally Posted by fillup
I was looking at a sc300 to buy becasue i figure the MPG would be alot better then the V8 but after searching for a while i found out that the v8 model was not that much less then the v6! why is that? i mean 2 cylinders should makea difference?
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Both my 1992 and my 1993 SC300's with auto trannys that cruise at 3000rpm @ 70mph both get 23 average miles per gallon. I am not a feather foot either. Want to know a trick how to instantly get 3-5mpg better? Take off the factory mufflers and just leave it resonators. My bone stock 1993 beater went from 18 to 23mpg with nothing else done except unbolting the mufflers on 210k miles on the motor and factory rims with some cheap tires.
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Do you have anything to back that up?
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The SC300 gets slightly better mileage the 5spd even better. SC4's usually come at a $1k premium from last time I looked. Use that money you save get a SAFC, Exhaust and K&N for of faster and better mileage car than the SC4 at the same price.
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Originally Posted by VJ RC51
Both my 1992 and my 1993 SC300's with auto trannys that cruise at 3000rpm @ 70mph both get 23 average miles per gallon. I am not a feather foot either. Want to know a trick how to instantly get 3-5mpg better? Take off the factory mufflers and just leave it resonators. My bone stock 1993 beater went from 18 to 23mpg with nothing else done except unbolting the mufflers on 210k miles on the motor and factory rims with some cheap tires.
I'm curious about this mod since I thought it was the stock resonators that were the most restrictive, not the mufflers.
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BEFORE "-":
the letters indicate the engine family, for example in 18R-G
the engine family is R, in 2JZ-GTE the family is JZ.
The number(s) at the beginning is the number of the are for a certain
bottom end version (block, bore, stroke). The larger the number,
the newer the bottom end version. It may seem like the larger the
number, the larger the displacement but this is not always true.
AFTER "-":
G = twin cam (wide angle, 45 degrees or more between the intake and exhaust valves)
F = "economical" twin cam (narrow angle, around 22 degrees)
T = turbocharged
Z = supercharged
E = fuel injection
i = single point fuel injection
L = transverse mounted engine (seems to be an obsolete code)
B = twin carbs (only used on non-twin cam engines, obsolete code)
R = air injection
S = swirl intake ports (only a few made in mid '80s)
S = direct injection & swirl pot pistons (starting from '97/98)
U = emission package (Japan)
C = emission package (California)
LPG = LPG fuel
the letters indicate the engine family, for example in 18R-G
the engine family is R, in 2JZ-GTE the family is JZ.
The number(s) at the beginning is the number of the are for a certain
bottom end version (block, bore, stroke). The larger the number,
the newer the bottom end version. It may seem like the larger the
number, the larger the displacement but this is not always true.
AFTER "-":
G = twin cam (wide angle, 45 degrees or more between the intake and exhaust valves)
F = "economical" twin cam (narrow angle, around 22 degrees)
T = turbocharged
Z = supercharged
E = fuel injection
i = single point fuel injection
L = transverse mounted engine (seems to be an obsolete code)
B = twin carbs (only used on non-twin cam engines, obsolete code)
R = air injection
S = swirl intake ports (only a few made in mid '80s)
S = direct injection & swirl pot pistons (starting from '97/98)
U = emission package (Japan)
C = emission package (California)
LPG = LPG fuel