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Old 13 April 2001, 07:49 AM
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since getting the full scoobysport exhaust, my mpg has gone up! Anyone care to explain?
Old 13 April 2001, 08:09 AM
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Hi Fosters,

can't really give you the answer but the same happened to me, increased mileage after upgrading the exhaust to a decat 3-inch full system, seems too good to be true, power, music and MPG all at once

If I can resist the temptation to step on harder, that is.

By the way, with the OEM system i get a full thick blackish coat of carbon deposit over the muffler tips. With the new exhaust it's more grey than black and much thinner. Healthier looking i guess. So maybe running leaner accounts for the additional mileage?

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now wait a second, you mean "consumption" had gone up or the "MPG"?
Old 13 April 2001, 09:44 AM
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I warned you at the outset......the answer is easy - you spend more time in the lower gears makin purty music with your right foot.....
Old 13 April 2001, 03:45 PM
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Fuel consumption will improve when cat(s) are removed as the cats take up a fair bit of the engines energy. Therefore like for like consumption will improve. My weekly motorway commute figures improved by 3 or 4 mpg


DISCLAIMER - with more power leading to more temptation of the right foot, figures can go down as well as up
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Sorry guys, misleading title! my mpg never got above 24 with a cat'd system, now it's 25. Although, now getting used to the noise level, so I should imagine it'll go down again!!!

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