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Feb 27, 2008 | 10:42 AM

Boost_lee

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MPG? What are you getting?

Im just curious as I drive a 95 SC300 and i get an average of 425miles per full tank. I dont know if that would be considered ****ty or what, but i do stricly Highway driving, 75miles a day of highway driving. When i first bought the car, i was averaging 320-350miles a tank, until i did a oil change....It helped drastically. Now im getting between 400-430miles a full tank.

Do any of you SC3 owners get close or past 500miles to a full tank?

Feb 27, 2008 | 11:02 AM

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I get about 400-425 per tank. It usually comes out to 21-24 mpg. I have a 95 5-speed.
One time heading out of Reno towards Sacramento, I got 28.5 mpg because it was all downhill.

Feb 27, 2008 | 11:05 AM

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i get maybe 360 ish? per tank. i bet more tho if i dont accelerate to quickly..

kinda hard since "straight" pipe sounds ooo nice at WOT

92 Sc400

Feb 27, 2008 | 11:07 AM

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around 350 if i drive decently, but ive got a 1jz so i'm often tempted to step on it a little hard

Feb 27, 2008 | 11:13 AM

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houston city with me driving like a moron, i might get 250 to a tank..drive to corpus christi from houston mabey 425 a tank

Feb 27, 2008 | 11:22 AM

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i get 300-350 depending on how the traffic is

Feb 27, 2008 | 11:25 AM

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14-16 city and 23-25Hwy, about 300mi to tank 92 5speed.. w/300,000mi

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Feb 27, 2008 | 11:43 AM

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in the summer i get about 22 in the city 24 on the highway.
winter is a different story. with warming up the engine and sliding arorund im down to about 20mph all around.

i have a 93 sc300 5sp. no engine mods....yet

Feb 27, 2008 | 12:03 PM

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I can get about 360-400 miles to the tank if I drive really conservatively. (which I usually do because I've gotten a couple speeding tickets in my lifetime....and i'm only 18

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95 sc400

Feb 27, 2008 | 01:09 PM

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26 mpg consistently. Ever since I had the fuel injector cleaned out my mileage has skyrocketed.

Feb 27, 2008 | 01:20 PM

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i get 170 at like 1/4 tank... =/ idk why. i averaged at like 12.5 mpg when i went to go fill up. >_< i guess i'll try a oil change too. just need to take it somewhere since i have no clue where my oil filter is, lol.

peace out

Feb 27, 2008 | 01:26 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr.Zeus

26 mpg consistently. Ever since I had the fuel injector cleaned out my mileage has skyrocketed.

please elaborate

what did you use to clean the injectors. DIY?

Feb 27, 2008 | 03:14 PM

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Feb 27, 2008 | 03:27 PM

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1993 SC400 on 93 Octaine pump gas with Mobile 1 Synthetic oil - 15-18 city, 21 to 24 highway which is 360 to 400 miles per 16.5 gallons of a full tank. I fill up when my gas light turns on which happens to be at the 16.5 gallons used mark for me. I've gotten this milage pretty much solidly the entire time I've owned my SC.

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