Alright my 5th gen is getting ~200-250 miles per TANK...I have been told all Preludes run pretty rich, but this seems awful low, to me.

Mods: AEM CAI, Cheap header, 2.2" catback.

Is this normal?

Thanks for your help.

 

drive slower

clean your filter


I'm getting around 250-300 miles with my mods..not that bad

 

thats about right if you have a heavy foot

 

My filter does need to be changed.

and yes, my foot is a little heavy

 

maybe you do alot of street driving?? thats about normal for my prelude too. the aEM might be hurting you a little but probably not much unless you have bigger rims+tires.

 

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and yes, my foot is a little heavy </TD></TR></TABLE>


tie some helium balloons to your shoes...

 

My best is 361 mile @ 13.5 gallons

 

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Almost 27mph, thats damn good

 

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Almost 27mph, thats damn good </TD></TR></TABLE>

I could have gotten a little bit better too, I race a SRT4 and tried to race a Type R when I was trying to go for 400 mpg. I shifted before 3000 most of the time and drove mostly on the freeway.

 

I have hit 381 on highway miles. In town 300...Street racing about 200-225...

 

you can also get better gas mileage by only filling up your tank to like 3/4 or 1/2 every time you gas up( less weight=more gas mileage)

 

check oil, tire pressure, alignment, and clean gas i get around 270-305 with mods- 12.8-13.4 gals

 

I am lucky to hit 290 with mine, this is not ever hitting vtec and shifting at about 3k. My car is completely stock. But you kinda get used to it...

 

yea my car was getting pretty shitty mileage there for awhile. bone stock and no weird *** CEL's and i think im gonna go for my all time record. gonna top her off ( even though gas its comming close to 3.00 a gallon for 91)

 

I have a 97 base with CAI and Field SFC-VTEC. Just got back from a roadtrip and got 400 miles on 13 gallons, just over 30 mpg.

 

i get like 420kms per fill on mine give or take a couple k's... i dont drive slow either...

 

yeah i get like 300-310 on a tank.

i also shift at like 2000 rpm in the city.

 

i get 250 on a full tank. i hate it!!

 

take ur time getting to the speed limit

 

miles per tank = useless.

 

Exactly.

 

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i also shift at like 2000 rpm in the city.</TD></TR></TABLE>

threadjack: I'm not sure that's good for your motor. don't you want to stay more in the 2-3k range in normal driving?

 

it easily runs at those speeds. Doesnt studder or anything.

 

meh, I've heard its not good for the rotating assembly (crank, rods, etc.) to run at low rpm like that. also, I think it promotes more carbon deposit buildup.

but don't take my word for it. don't you make like zero torque at that rpm? I know my car's got nothing at that RPM, and my car is probably like 900 lbs lighter than yours.

 

2K rpm shifting doesn't feel good at all, and i would get ran off the road shifting like that where i live.. Shifting at 4K rpms usually gets me by without someone riding my damn bumper.