just bought a 97 lude non sh .... 117k on it. Bone stock. realized that im getting about 260-280mi on a full tank. does that sound about rite?
thanks

 

No, thats about 17mpg. You should be around 20-24 depending on your driving habits and condition of the motor/mods.

 

You should get over 300. closer to 375. But that is if you are using all 15.9 gallons that your tank has to offer.

 

isnt the reserve like 3.5 gallons? i noticed cause of the rapid weather change that i was getting bad gas mileage cause my tire's pressure was out of whack!

 

i get about 18-20 mpg city, 20-24 hwy.. using 1000cc injectors depends on driving habits as well

 

thanks guys... ill check my tire pressure, the weather has been really weird here lately... mild one day and really cold the next... tires could be the culprit.

 

my average used to be around 300miles per tank, refueling at E.

 

You need to take note of how many gallons you're using per tank, then calculate your mpg. Asking how many miles you should get per "tank" is pointless without knowing your mpg. My needle starts hitting the 'E' line when I've only used about 13 gallons, but then again with an analog gauge it's hard to tell. I miss my 4th gen, with the digital gas guage there was no guessing as to how much gas I had left.

 

Just cruising to work I would average 27mpg, beating on it occasionally usually dropped me to about 23 / 24.

Change your fuel filter if you haven't already. It at least wont hurt it (if you do it correctly that is).

 

Make sure youre not dividing by the size of the actual tank, because that's not going to give you very accurate results. Divide by the gallons it takes you to fill up. In the 260 range you'll be getting 21/22ish.

 

i just got 270 on my tank 98 SH only mods are intake and headers, mostly driven on freeways 80mph that 4.000RPM well i was in vtec couple times trought my full tank. Do u guys think thats ok for driving on freeways mostly

 

I get about 300 per tank on my 97 sh with 159k

 

I get about 260-280 roughly with my 84', depending on my driving habits. I have a 14 gallon tank, so roughly around 20mpg.
Did I mention I have 185k on my motor? So you should be getting better milage than that.

 

miles per tank can be pretty inaccurate. Use your trip to tell how many miles you made on X gallons. 5th gen should be ~25 city 29 hwy depending on conditions and your driving style.

 

what are you 5th gen drivers getting lately? I'm getting around 27-28mpg 70/30 hwy/city. Not too bad for a sh.

 

98 Prelude stock auto 130k I get 25-27 consistently. I hit VTEC quite often too. That is highway of course. I get about 20-24 in the city.

 

I just pulled down 25.5, all city driving in my 97 SH, with a couple vtec runs in there.

 

im averaging about 26 MPG all highway. that really sucks IMO. time to change my entire exhaust setup and tune without closed loop.

 

Easy MPG calculation:

*See how many moles untill u hit E
*Fill up, and divide the number of miles but the AMOUNT of gas FILLED


And there ya go.


Im currently @ about 27 mixed ~ 30% highway/ 70% city.

 

i can get about 340 mi to a tank. When I fill up I usually pay for 13-14 gallons which makes my car avg about 23-24 on city/highway.

And this driving 60mph on the freeway and shifting at 3K on the streets.

 

i guess i would get better highway mileage if i didnt drive 85

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bluedlude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i guess i would get better highway mileage if i didnt drive 85 </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, especially with the 5gen trans. If this car had a 6th gear that would be awesome. But with driving like a geriatric I just managed to get 29mpg combined on my last tank.

 

granny shifting ftmfw gets me like 22-24 city

 

my 4th gen h22a1 gets about 17mpg city and 20-21 MAX for hwy.

its pretty bad huh. running a bit rich with all the black smoke around my muffler.

currently looking for another prelude but 5th gen..

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by borat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I miss my 4th gen, with the digital gas guage there was no guessing as to how much gas I had left.</TD></TR></TABLE> thats the one thing i will truly miss on my 4th gen the smoked digital gauge.