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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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like the title says, how many miles are you ep owners getting to a full tank of gas? i just bought my ep a few weeks ago, and my best mpg on ''trip A'' was 219, and that is mostly highway driving, without punching it . i tried it out for the week, to see what my best mileage would be, and thats what i came up with!

so whats your mpg?????
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 12:06 AM
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oh man.. Are you kidding me??? That's horrible.
Well I don't own an EP3, but try buying Lucas Fuel Injector Cleaner crap at an autostore for about 9-10 dollars and put about 3-4oz in the tank every fill up. See if that would work out. It's suppose to clean and give you a little better fuel mileage

I believe it's about a 20+oz (or 30oz) or something bottle.
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 04:29 PM
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i have used lucas fuel injector cleaner before on previous cars, but i didnt really think it would be neccessary on such a new or newer car! thnx for the reply!

anyone else???
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 07:11 PM
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I'm getting in the 30-35 MPG average in city driving with my stock EP3 with very little flooring it.
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Old Aug 25, 2006 | 07:39 PM
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i get about 350 on a full tank. thats with i/rh/e
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 02:28 AM
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270 miles. full tank.

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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 02:50 AM
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When I am mostly on the highway I get about 315 miles out of a tank. That usually going 80-85 mph.
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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I have Intake/Exhaust/Hondata and highway i get about 32 mpg and city driving i get 27-28 mpg.
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 09:58 AM
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219 only?? Man....I have DCRH, intake and full Apexi N1 catback and I still get 285-290 on a full tank. I think your EP is defective.
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 10:30 AM
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I get 250-260 miles on ~11 gallons doing about 75% freeway. The gearing on this car is pretty short and gas mileage suffers. I cruise on the freeway at 80 mph at 4k rpm so my freeway mileage goes to ****. Around the city, try to cruise around in higher gears to keep the rpms down. When I first got this car, I would never shift to 5th unless I was going faster then 50 mph and got about 220 to the tank also.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 11:01 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by proricanracer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">219 only?? Man....I have DCRH, intake and full Apexi N1 catback and I still get 285-290 on a full tank. I think your EP is defective.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol thats what i was thinking!!!!

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dchu &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I get 250-260 miles on ~11 gallons doing about 75% freeway. The gearing on this car is pretty short and gas mileage suffers. I cruise on the freeway at 80 mph at 4k rpm so my freeway mileage goes to ****. Around the city, try to cruise around in higher gears to keep the rpms down. When I first got this car, I would never shift to 5th unless I was going faster then 50 mph and got about 220 to the tank also.</TD></TR></TABLE>

ok ur situation sounds very similar to mine! im cruising on the freeway at 4k!
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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depends on how you drive your car. i tried taking Angeles Crest on a full tank for at least 4 months.im hittin 285-290 miles. thats from Palmdale to Glendale. Right now im taking the 14 Freeway im hitting 325 miles full tank good for 3 days.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 11:25 AM
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in the morning i go about 65-70 depending on traffic, and coming home is about 40, because of more traffic in the evenings. the car only sees street use about 1/4 of the time its driven, and i dont like to drive at wot everywhere... also my car has very little modifications; only apex wsII and aem v2
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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300+ to a tank at 30-34mpg.

my mileage was worse before 30-36k miles, then it improved fairly drastically. 80k+ on it now.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 03:00 PM
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do these ep3 require premium or just regular 87?
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 07:28 PM
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WTF!!!!! i get a little over 200
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wish_i_was_h22a &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">WTF!!!!! i get a little over 200 </TD></TR></TABLE>

lol dont feel bad brotha... im with ya
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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its too bad these dont come with a 6 spd trans... it feels like it could really use it! o well... typeS swap, here we come!
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 05:22 AM
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29mpg with the 5 speed/ 33 with the K20A2 6 speed


I get 400-430 per tank.

EP3's hold 15 gallons BTW
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 08:16 AM
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i go about 300 miles on one tank.. im boosted with 440s too!!
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 08:21 AM
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does ep3 require premium?
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 11:44 AM
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i dont know what tank you have on your car but the most i have ever been able to put in is a little over twelve gallons with the light being on for about 30 miles. everywhere i looked says the ep holds 13.2 gallons.

And Ep's do not require premeium

I get about 320 miles per tank with cold air, shorty header and greddy evo2
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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I have also noticed that my EP3 is really dependent on what kinda of gas i put in there as well. I put in some ethanol stuff one time because my old honda ran better on it and got only about 20 MPG and switched to regular gas and got in the 30-35 range. U guys getting only like 200 miles on a tank should maybe try looking at different gas could be ur problem.
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by j-bird &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have also noticed that my EP3 is really dependent on what kinda of gas i put in there as well. I put in some ethanol stuff one time because my old honda ran better on it and got only about 20 MPG and switched to regular gas and got in the 30-35 range. U guys getting only like 200 miles on a tank should maybe try looking at different gas could be ur problem.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I do also shop around for gas. Shell gas is the best in my area. I know there really id no way to tell but I seem to get better MPG with shell. I do though go where ever it is cheapest, but if they are all around the same price I hit up shell!
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 05:47 AM
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all i have done to my car right now is injen cai and a nextgear intake manifold gasket and i around 32 mpg

when i had type-s injectors in it was around 25 or so
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