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Old Jun 22, 2002 | 10:50 AM
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Default chipped ecu affect gas mileage?

how bad would a chipped ECU (p28,mugen).. affect the mileage of a car? i have heard as much as 20-40% overall.

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Old Jun 22, 2002 | 12:54 PM
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Shouldn't do much, but since you will be running more fuel it will go down some.
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Old Sep 30, 2002 | 12:21 PM
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I plan to do a tuned Ecu by Katman from JDMhondaparts. (Mugen/skunk2 program) In a b17a w/ ctr pistons and cams, I was wondering what aproximate MPG...could I hope to have? in the city 20-24? or 18-20?
highway: 24-28?
All I have heard was that chipped p28's usually give "crappy, bad, horible" gas mileage.
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Old Sep 30, 2002 | 02:41 PM
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yes it affects gas milleage i used 2 spend $10 every three days now i spend $5 a day
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Old Sep 30, 2002 | 11:58 PM
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A 50% increase is unusually high, but it will hurt your milage. That's a major selling point for something like the Hondata system. It'll pay for itself within a few months if you drive allot, just in lower prices at the pump.
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