fark guys u guys get alot of of your cars do u think im due for a dyno tune? how much r they ruffley and what should i say i want done, as i new to the vlt world

I get about 300-400ks out of a tank, estimate about ~200rwkw and auto. Going through on hills runs, etc really chews through the petrol through (as i found on the weekend haha).

R31 skyline with RB30 ET on 12psi, 3 inch exhaust, nothing wild, manual 3.7 gears , 0.838 overdrive (not as tall as vl box) approx 160rwkw. 460km per tank - city driving in Sydney - no highway stuff, plenty of stop start and no long trips at all, mainly 20-25ks to work then back etc filling it at near empty (59 litres or just under) equates to 7.8km/l or 12.8 l per 100kms.(city) Did this mileage consistently for over 12 months ,measured by filling tank, driviing then filling again, no bs from a trip computer strangely it only did about 12-12.5 l per 100kms when NA. These figures were not obtained by staying off the boost either, would give anything a run. Never did a real long trip after turboing it but i'm sure i could have got up around 600kms from a tank on a trip. The thing that really pisses me off, i sold it and now i have an NA auto doing 14l per hundred and half as quick......................

Just recently I was getting about 520-530km per tank, mainly highway (Melbourne to Ballarat every day), but with a bit of city chucked in for good measure. Don't know what power I making, but prolly wouln't be much more than standard turbo power. The tank got pretty low tho. Also, don't forget, if your doing a lot of highway driving and ya got big rims (I only got 15's), that will give you a few extra km's as well.

ummm... im getting 250 kays to a full tank, N/A manual, and i thrash the **** out of it lol... needs a turbo, toooo slow

my mates vl did 8L to 100km, straight through standard exhaust and slipping gearbox tim

how people manage to get 400km/tank is beyond me. i get around....... 300-350 maybe... if i dont push it, and thats with some freeway driving and some stop-start ****. and doesnt involve much 'pushing'. setup is a NA - converted to turbo, running between 10-15psi.....

"most highway km's with min boosting bout 450km tank. 330kw 20psi" OMGWTFBBQ!!! thats damn good... ur actually driving around all the time with 330rwkw ? and u get 450kms ?? u must feather it !!

Sounds like alot of the cars out there are in serious need of a good tune and look at, that sort of milage is stupid despite the fact the cars are worked or not.

Haha mine car gets about 230km out of a large drop tank. Thats why its not my daily driver.

my car is fairly stock and has a high flow and a 3" exhaust and gets a bit over 300 kms off a tank of ultimate and i think it could do heaps better, manual too. it sounds like there is such a variation here that its not funny.... i would expect most people who have between 120 and 220 rwkw to be getting around 350 km to a 60 odd litre tank of fuel. any less than 300 and there would have to be something wrong or your a boost junkie or something. what do you guys recon an average modded vlt with a few mods, in good mechanical order, maybe 180 rwkw and driving sensibly with a few thrash sessions should get per tank?

Quote: Originally Posted by vlthunter what do you guys recon an average modded vlt with a few mods, in good mechanical order, maybe 180 rwkw and driving sensibly with a few thrash sessions should get per tank? People should still be looking at 450-550 km's per tank, honestly.

i got around 450km out of each tank around town in my old VLT - 5spd with 187rwkw. it could have been better too, it was still a nice rich factory tune!

I picked a NA calais up from melbourne last weekend and drove it back to sydney. This thing was running smooth as, and pretty lean aswell because there was no smoke or black **** on the back. I drove it up the hume highway on cruise control at 100kmh and it was getting at max 450km per tank...i had to fill up 3 times and i got home with 3/4 of a tank left. I dont know how anyone can say they get more than this with a VLT...

I picked up my calais and it was returning 220 km's per tank - absolutley RIDICULOUS! So when i got it home, adjusted all the intake piping (duh) set the afm correctly and bingo, 500kms from a tank, guy had replaced everything, even coolant temp sensor etc and was still getting this economy .... it's often just the simple things people overlook Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

a stock vlt yes u should be economical once u crank boost into them the poor computer doesnt know what to do, so just dumps a fu ck load of fuel in. its doable tho. u just need every single sensor working as it should. if ur car aint heating up ur o2 sensor doesnt work u got a malpassi @ 50psi etc ur gonna guzzle the fuel

Mines pretty good, on the highway chuggin along in 4th at 90km/h I went from Sale to Ballarat on $60 of ultimate, probably 3-4 hours drive. around town, $30 gets me an arvo of mixed driving, I cant complain better than my SS was, goes a **** load harder too.

my sedan turbo had the best kms of 450 and that was highway driving stock bar 3 in exhaust i had the worst of 250km had an afm problem but got a lot of cosistant 400km out of it my wagon i got about 350km highway and 250 around town then i had a play with it with a special machine that plugs between the comp and loom plug and shows all the data up on a screen and specs to compair with and found the afm needed a tune i moved the screw a 1/4 turn and improved peformance and i have just got 350km around town part reason the vlt use fuel is 1 afm out of tune and doing a resistance check doent always work all cars are different 2 coolant temp sensor reading incorrect 3 the oxy sensor doesnt like rich running and will pack it in and is common to **** up stoping the car going into closed loop setting for cruiseing 4 leaking injectors 5 wrong ignition timing 6 spark plugs leads rotor cap general serviceing 7 just driveing like a tool

in my n/a i got 400km, in my factory vlct im getting no more than 230km off a tank (in MAJOR need of a tune), is booked in for wednesday and i hope there is a significent change!! also how many ltrs does a factory vlct seriesII hold? (also mine is completely stock with that exhaust that sticks up and atm i am driving sensibly to see how many km's i can actually get)

Quote: Originally Posted by bLuj3t in my n/a i got 400km, in my factory vlct im getting no more than 230km off a tank (in MAJOR need of a tune), is booked in for wednesday and i hope there is a significent change!! also how many ltrs does a factory vlct seriesII hold? (also mine is completely stock with that exhaust that sticks up and atm i am driving sensibly to see how many km's i can actually get) n/a vl comm & calais 63 ltrs & wagons 68 ltrs not sure about the turbo'ed but i reckon the sedans would be the same,could be wrong though??? Some original photos have not been recovered yet.