360 kms full tank? DC5S? tell me whats up

[Tofu]

i get around 450km-490km per tank...
that's from full (the petrol pump clicks twice when filling up) to the first sign of my fuel light coming on.

try shifting below 3500rpm in every gear, and i don't mean rush to 3500rpm then shift, just slowly.

[T-onedc2]

guys i got 360 kms on a full tank filled up wen the light came on, thrashing once or twice in the whole time...

is my car crazy?

mm.. and how big is the tank? cost me 52 bucks from a $1.22/ltr i think premium aswell.. BP ultimate. anyone got any suggestions to get better ks?

cheers

What tyre pressure do you run? Low pressure = poor economy

I can easily get 500km or more if I really try, but I don't.

[air23box]

try restarting your computer.. easy way.. just pull out the ground and + for 10 minutes then let it idle for 10 minutes.. see how that goes.. and it really depends how hard you drive... i get about 400kms vtecing quite abit

just take the fuse for ECU in the fuse box in engine bay about 30 sec will do bro.....

I use mugen N1 ecu still give me good 400+km per tank....

[XP02ED]

yeh true, but the stupid fuse box doesnt tell you which one it is.. so easier method just take of the terminals hahah! anywaiz! pics of skirts maen!

[aaronng]

Check your tyre pressure (put 33psi or so) and then fill up to full and try again.

[typerinside]

reason u only get below 400 is uv been using VTEC at times, everytime u use vtec it consumes a lot of petrol, so if u want to get more than 400kms barely use VTEC (VROOO PRAHHHH), happened to me b4 so i stop using VTEC prolli every 2 weeks just to warm it up,

[Shraka]

reason u only get below 400 is uv been using VTEC at times, everytime u use vtec it consumes a lot of petrol, so if u want to get more than 400kms barely use VTEC (VROOO PRAHHHH), happened to me b4 so i stop using VTEC prolli every 2 weeks just to warm it up,

Not true. At least from my observations. Switching over to the lumpy cam in My DC2 doesn't really use that any more fuel. Obviously, you use more fuel with revs, but the VTEC cam switch point doesn't seem to be a magic point where it starts chewing more fuel to me. At 7000 it seems to chew about as much fuel as driving at 3500rpm * 2. The fuel maps are pretty close to stoic.

[aaronng]

Not true. At least from my observations. Switching over to the lumpy cam in My DC2 doesn't really use that any more fuel. Obviously, you use more fuel with revs, but the VTEC cam switch point doesn't seem to be a magic point where it starts chewing more fuel to me. At 7000 it seems to chew about as much fuel as driving at 3500rpm * 2. The fuel maps are pretty close to stoic.

You can't run close to 14.7, not at full throttle or heavy load. Probably about 13:1 for a tuned NA, compared to a stock ECU at 10.5-11.5:1.

[Shraka]

You can't run close to 14.7, not at full throttle or heavy load. Probably about 13:1 for a tuned NA, compared to a stock ECU at 10.5-11.5:1.

I mean compared to something like a Toyota Turbo, which when it gets on boost dumps half your petrol tank out the exhaust.

I've never had to clean deposits off the bumper, and people traveling behind me have actually commented that there is no visible exhaust at WOT.

I really don't think that VTEC, at least in a DC2 VTiR, really changes the A/F ratio much if at all. And you can tell by the power curve that it's not sucking in a heap more air. It's much more subtle than that.

[Nepolian]

I almost got 500kms on my first tank before the red light came. Thats with city driving. On refill it was about 43 litres from memory. On the second tank now and have done just under 300km and gauge is still just over half way....and I dont grandpa it either.

In reality, you should get over 400kms easy with 50% VTEC.

[EL_DC5]

My Light Goes on at about 400 but i can get 70k more out of it before i get scared HEHE

[Nepolian]

My Light Goes on at about 400 but i can get 70k more out of it before i get scared HEHE

You can get more if the missus dont mind pushing or you like the 2 hour wait for the NRMA.