ceebee

Hi,

Had my 93 WRX Import for a few months now & I was wondering what the fuel consumption ought to be?

I am putting £30 ESSO super unleaded in (I prefer this to Optimax-I feel car runs smoother & quieter). This gives me approx 33-34 Litres.

I get around 160-170 miles of on this amount or petrol. (Mostly urban driving/A roads & I don't floor it every chance I get)

Engine not modified as far as I know except for de-cat, coil-pack.

I knew fuel costs would be high, but a friend of mine who had an imprezza & now has an Evo 5 mentioned that he got much better consumption in his imprezza and also gets more than I get in his Evo (which is tuned to 350 Bhp).

Is something knackered or is this normal in these driving/road conditions?

Any advice/help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Ceebee

Greeny01

Well I just filled my tank up on Sunday morning. I've done around 120 miles since then and have used just over a quarter of a tank. I drive an 02 wrx. I have done both town and country road driving in the 120 miles. Sounds to me that your cars more thirsty than it should be.

Iain

Krade

I put around £38 of optimax per Tank in the car and on average get about 230 miles to a tank of regular urban driving and a few blats everynow and then. Yours does sound like its a bit thirsty but then it is an older car.

Still if i were you I would use optimax unless 110% sure the car has been remapped for UK fuel.

BlackWrxScooby

I have a MY93 WRX and get about 180miles out of a tank, 200 if running on the moterway

Ninnybobs

CeeBee,

That works out about 23 mpg. A little on the high side in my opinion.

My MY01 gets 26-27mpg at over 350bhp

Cheers

Martin

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

I work out your fuel consumption to be about 22mpg, which is on the poor side of normal but not something to be too worried about. A remap might help if it works out cost effective for you given your mileage.

DaveD

iTrader: (2)

I too, have a 93 WRX, which is de-cat'd.
I tend to get around 22 - 24mpg in normal driving, high teens if pushing on a bit

I've had the car for over 4 years and it has always been impossible to get 250 miles out of the 50 litre tank!!

BaldyMan

Have an MY99 Vreg SPORT.

Live near Rochdale, work in Birchwood

Unleaded - top 300 a tank every tank - put the good stuff in plus/advanced/ultra/optimax (whatever they call it ) get even more.

Thats doing a bit of urban - 60-70 mph on motorways.

The price you pay for having a turbo lads

Subarstar

I'd rather have the performance and pay a bit more for fuel.

If I don't want to use the turbo, I'll keep it below 2,500 revs. Simple!

Wot do you do when you want to go fast BaldyMan?

jjones

sports are fast enough for 95% of the time. is it really worth the additional costs of having the turbo? for many people the answer is no.

TonyFlow

knackered lambda could make car run a bit rich (i.e. use more fuel)

stu_5

but you can then justify that with is it really worth the cost for most people of a four wheel drivetrain altogether in those situations...

22mpg isnt too bad for that early an import impreza to be honest, though you could expect nearer 24 if your lucky as has been said.

Matt_Turbo_2000

I cant see the point in the impreza sport in my eyes you either have the turbo or nothing.

Pars

I seem to be getting liek 200 miles per tank outta mine :up:

I w4nked it down te Parkway at 140MPH on Sunday morning though and it supped a l'il faster than usual

coupe_20vt

iTrader: (2)

Had a knackered lambda sensor on my coupe, changed it and mpg increased quite considerably.

Couple of other things to consider - what temp is your engine running at ? if its not running hot enough that can cause excessive over fuelling.
Check your fuel pipes, there may be a small leak.

julian N/W wrx my93

i advage about 40-45 miles per tenner!

thats how i work it out anyway!

MattW

Filled up this morning with 35.38 of BP ultimate at the ridiculous price of 91.9p per litre. Filled to click off and managed 221 miles from previous tank.

I make it about 26 mpg

Mostly Mway at 70-100mph accelerating in short bursts (to get past the outside and middle lane hoggers) plus a short A road blast with a couple of 30mph limits

Evo 8 FQ330


35.38/.92 = 38.46
/4.54609 = 8.46
221/8.46 = 26.12..something

BuRR

50 (ish) litres to fill, and about 230-240 miles from that.

MY99 turbo

SamUK

iTrader: (1)

£45 of Super UnLeaded from BP S/Unleaded....

200 - 230 Miles......Driving slooooow....
150 - 180 Miles......Driving Heavy.....

MY98 Pushing just under 300BHP...

blue haze

too high. have you tried driving with lighter shoes?

i get 200 from my RA i even got 240 once!!

MattW

So Evo's are better on fuel

little_idiot

my99 uk turbo wagon
backbox and panel filter are the only performance mods and i get around 220-240 miles for between 35 and 37 quid of optimax, fill it up once a week

James

stann01

well just filled up this morning,(95 impreza wrx turbo import)
cost £34.84 just past import petrol fitment, at sainsbury`s
BATH, 83.9p a litre .
i will see how far it will go now you lot have made me interested
on my mpg.

SamUK

iTrader: (1)

I get around 280miles, if driving on the Motorway...at a constant 75mph...boring drive but has to try it... You don't wana know what it does at 150mph...

Otherwise I recently had my car mapped...and all it seems to do is drink drink and drink! Though am working on bringing down the fuel on my FC commander...

Saying all this I have done 6000 miles in 4 months that I have had the car..getting little unaffordable

ceebee

Thanks everyone for replying..

Having read through the posts it seems as though my consumption is'nt too much to worry about.

It was just in case something in the engine thingy under the bonnet wasn't doing what it should causing me to waste money on fuel instead of investing my money on 40 odd year old prostitutes (If she's good enough for Rooney she'll do for me-See front page of today's Sun) STUNNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks
Ceebee

sKunk

old MY97 - 230 miles to the tank. Once got it past 300+ when running on a space saver.

new STI8 PPP - 200 miles to the tank.

coulty

Just filled up today after a remap on friday. Managed to get 289 miles out of £45 of optimax. Thought that wasn't bad for my MY96 Sti 2 with mods

Stuart

PS forgot to say i dont drive like a ***** either!!

BRIAN "H"

Hi i can get 260 - 270 on motorway at 70mph, but round town about 210

pflowers

MY04 WRX, Red light just come on 341 miles since filling with Optimax, mixture
A road / m-way.

Gear Head

iTrader: (2)

230 miles to a tank for me and sti4. Normal urban + fun pedal everynow and then!!!