with some new cars now the ecu shuts down a bank of cylinders or a cylinder, is there any way when cruising to say shut down a cylinder to give better cruise mpg or when round town.
with some new cars now the ecu shuts down a bank of cylinders or a cylinder, is there any way when cruising to say shut down a cylinder to give better cruise mpg or when round town.
Buy a D5 instead of a T5
WOODY T5 (Saturday 29th March 2014)
if you buy a t5 hoping for better than 20mpg then you have got the wrong car
jdavis (Sunday 30th March 2014)
I know of a nice D5 that MAY be up for sale soon
26 mpg is easy.
s60 2.4 t5 eibach springs,up rated rear anti roll bar, poly bushed wishbones, poly lower engine mount, fmic, bmc air filter, 3" decat, 2.5" stainless exhaust,hlm remap 328bhp,
stephenevans99 (Saturday 29th March 2014)
claymore (Saturday 29th March 2014)
economy.......T5........
s60 2.4 t5 eibach springs,up rated rear anti roll bar, poly bushed wishbones, poly lower engine mount, fmic, bmc air filter, 3" decat, 2.5" stainless exhaust,hlm remap 328bhp,
volvokid (Saturday 29th March 2014)
Nah the car is ok well it will be once the coilover s returned to me and refitted I just prefer the 0-30 to be as quick as possible
graemewelch (Saturday 29th March 2014)
28mpg here in town
"WOODY T5 fastest volvo 850 since 2011/12/13/14 @ avon and york 13.3 112mph
854 t5 19t gripper mte bc loads more 311.6 whp 373 foot pound 342 @ clucth
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A well serviced car will give you good Mpg, I also found having a walbro and larger injectors improved my mpg, Blacky achieves between 34-38 mpg and around 30 runing about.
My R seems to have a apitite for fuel im seeing around 32mpg on a run, low 20's around town, but i suppose thats auto for you.
I bought an Alfa 156 2.4JTD to save me money on fuel. I do high mileage and I'm saving 12-13p/mile on fuel alone in comparison to the R, T5 and T-5R.
p fandango (Saturday 29th March 2014)
i really don't understand the "i need more economy" when you have bought a big turbocharged car
I managed 426 miles on 1 tank (62.5L/ 13.7 gallons) going to GW & back - which was really quite good I thought. Thats just over 30 mpg.
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merc85 (Saturday 29th March 2014)
When I bought my C70 T5 last year I averaged about 38mpg (on the trip computer at least) over a 110 mile trip on the way home with it, was impressed! And no, that really wasn't with me being that gentle at all!
98 V70 AWD - Long Term Companion. Loads of little changes, the Volvo with a twist.
96 850 R Estate - Pink Pus, project pulled from the weeds!
Oh, plus a glorious (but dead) 01 Alfa 166 V6 and a 05 Liquid Yellow Clio 182.
merc85 (Saturday 29th March 2014)
On a drive to cornwall a few year ago i managed over 500 mile to a tank. Cant remember exact figures but it was a very boring drive
s60 2.4 t5 eibach springs,up rated rear anti roll bar, poly bushed wishbones, poly lower engine mount, fmic, bmc air filter, 3" decat, 2.5" stainless exhaust,hlm remap 328bhp,
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