What kind of mileage do you turbo guys get under normal driving conditions???

I'm planning on running a mild t25 or t28 setup and was just curious... I'd be interested to know what the bigger turbos get for mpg too...

thanx guys

I would get about 26-30mpg on the highway. I think about 16-18mpg in the city. T3/TO4E

i got 20- 22 highway and 16-18 city with a t3/t04E 50lb 4 bar.

I just took a huge road trip (3k miles) and got around 28 highway. I get around 20-23 city. Though, on my last tank of gas on the highway, I was getting around 32..... I think I had a strong tailwind because I could see the clouds moving in the same direction. That's with a t25. I only get on the boost a little bit in the city though.

wow... those are pretty good numbers... fairly encouraging :)

Here's some lead foot #'s, I get 226 miles to 10 gals of gas. I've been chilln here lately so I got 265 today to 10 gals of gas since my last fill up :)
My car only holds 11 gals because when the fuel light comes on I get gas and it will only take 10 gals :confused:

Take a gander at this guys' claim!!! Should we believe him? Also, who has this kind of time on a dyno?!

http://www.sr20deforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36142

like some people have mentioned, it depends on how you drive... you can essentially keep a low engine speed and get almost identical mileage to what you've been getting N/A. Highway cruising speed should stay close to what you've been getting, but the second you lay on the throttle, you can expect to eat through a tank pretty quickly. even with a t/34b and a 2.4 liter engine, I would get about 250 mp tank, having a 12 gallon tank.

Originally posted by Jason
Take a gander at this guys' claim!!! Should we believe him? Also, who has this kind of time on a dyno?!

http://www.sr20deforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36142

Eh, that's why I went JWT. Just a little fine tuning of the timing, tps, etc. and that's it. I'd hate to know how much that dyno time cost...

Best I got was 320 miles on about 10 gallons, a little over 30mpg, all highway. As for the city, I dont get too good milage (heavy foot) :D

300 miles on a tank! Man I've got a heavy foot :mad:

Ya know guys, most of you probably have what, 16's, 17's?? Or even 15's will drastically change your mile per gallon numbers. If you've got 17's, then your odometer will read a lot less miles than you're actually going, THEREFORE, BETTER MILEAGE!

all city 100% of the time 24mpg, really heavy foot.

Wouldn't larger tires read less than actual miles traveled resutling in an appearance of worse gas mileage?

Originally posted by Jason
Wouldn't larger tires read less than actual miles traveled resutling in an appearance of worse gas mileage?


Aah, no. You're still travelling the same distance no matter what size your wheel/tires are.

Its harder to turn the ;arger wheel, hence more gas being burned since engine/trans. is that much more stressed.

Just sayin anything larger than stock is a lil bit more consumption.

Right, the circumference of your wheels and tires will effect gas consumption and odometer accuracy. The larger the circumference, the worse the gas mileage and it will appear to be even worse than it actually is because your odometer will not read that you've traveled as far as you actually have.

JFYI me having 17's make my speedo more accurate then those with stock rims and tires. Actually I would think larger wheels would give better gas milage, they would cover more distance per rotation. One thing is for sure I get better gas milage know than when I NA.

Guys, you're going about it in the wrong way! It has more to do with weight that anything else. If you have a larger wheel with less weight, you're saving gas right there. Having a larger circumference wheel means that the wheel will cover more distance than a stock one, as Charlie mentioned, but under its own rotational axis. Both will give you 200 miles on the odo if you were to travel 200 miles. You won't see a difference there. The only way you're saving gas with wheels is if you get lighter ones, no matte what size you get. Take your physics books out and read about effort. This is very primitive stuff guys.

Well my rims and tires a significantly heavier than my stock by some 20 odd lbs per rim/tire. My rim and tire together weight roughly 47lbs each. Doesn't seem to make a diff to me all though I bet some lighter rims would be nice, but who cares when you have a turbo.