Mileage with the WOMP
February-16th-2005, 03:08 PM
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Mileage with the WOMP
Just thought I'd start a new thread since it's more mileage based than WOMP based.
I've run 2 tanks of gas through the car since being boosted full time. Here's my breakdown:
Tank 1: 87octane stock P5 sparkplugs - 18mpg
Tank 2: 93octane stock MSP plugs - 23mpg
both of these figures are from city/highway combined and "pounding on it" about 3-4 times a day.
I'm pretty pleased. I'm getting almost the same mileage with my rich-running haltech under boost than I did with my stock ecu NA....
I've run 2 tanks of gas through the car since being boosted full time. Here's my breakdown:
Tank 1: 87octane stock P5 sparkplugs - 18mpg
Tank 2: 93octane stock MSP plugs - 23mpg
both of these figures are from city/highway combined and "pounding on it" about 3-4 times a day.
I'm pretty pleased. I'm getting almost the same mileage with my rich-running haltech under boost than I did with my stock ecu NA....
February-16th-2005, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Roddimus Prime
you didn't see the pics?? they were HORRIBLE....black soot, white electrode, melted casing!
it was obvious how rich the car was running.
it was obvious how rich the car was running.
February-17th-2005, 03:06 AM
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melted plugs = wrong heat range.
generally, you should go one heat range colder if you are running a boosted engine with stock ignition timing. Remember that thread a while back, where I specified a number of plug options for the car? Check it out again if you get a chance. And, if you have a pic of the melted plug, I would be curious to see which part is melted. If it is the ground electrode, pre-ignition occurred and there could be similar damage to the top of the piston or adjacent to the exhaust valve in the combustion chamber.
And, I am looking forward to hearing more about your SC P5 when I get back to the states. As it is, I have missed out on too many threads!
generally, you should go one heat range colder if you are running a boosted engine with stock ignition timing. Remember that thread a while back, where I specified a number of plug options for the car? Check it out again if you get a chance. And, if you have a pic of the melted plug, I would be curious to see which part is melted. If it is the ground electrode, pre-ignition occurred and there could be similar damage to the top of the piston or adjacent to the exhaust valve in the combustion chamber.
And, I am looking forward to hearing more about your SC P5 when I get back to the states. As it is, I have missed out on too many threads!
