Lads, Im after your thoughts on how many kays you get out of a tank of fuel in your VN-VS 5 litre. I am looking at getting into a VR caprice 5.0 and am wondering how economical its going to be. A friend has a VS statesman and gets around 500kms around town with the 80 litre tank, but my brother gets UNDER 300kms per tank out of his VQ 5 litre with the 65 litre tank. So how many do you get? What model do you have? I really only want people with stock drivelines to reply. Brett

hey mate my missus gets 450 to 500 out off the 75 ltr tank in our vr ss i get about 430

i used to get about 400-450 out of a full tank in my stato and that was with 4.11's and a 2800stall, it had the 65 litre tank and i was mainly cruising it but belting it a little Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

gday mate i have got a vs s2 caprice 5lt and a 65 lt tank and ill get just under 300kms and thats city and freeway driving and SLOW and freeway with cruise control most of the time...but ummm 5lt are shokin when it comes down to fuel man...but at the end of the day its worth it lol..

if i were you VSWPN6 i would do a tune up on your car, and change the fuel filter, clean injectors, thats shocking economy even for a v8 stato get it checked out somethings not right i would get over 300kms belting it every day

Interesting. Some people have huge variances. When my brother told me he would never get 300km out of a full tank in his VQ I was shocked! That was a mix of cruising and giving it stick. Any others getting up over 400km to a tank?

i get around 380km to a full tank(63L) with city driving in my vr calais 5.0.

i get around 400klms of 70$ fuel not sure how big my tank is ,with a mix of highway cruising and floging the **** out of it through the streets and backroads in my vr 5.0 ute not sure how far id get if i cruised everywere but im sure it would be over 500klms,btw progmh do u want that caprice

Around town i get maybe 300 to a tank. Probably less. On the highway however, it is awesome. I have a cam, stall, and a few other things, but still have the 3.08 diff ratio. Looking at about 700kms+ from a 65 litre tank highway driving Friday night a guy gave me $50 to give him a lift to elmore (from echuca, about 80kms round trip). I used about 7 Litres=10-12 bucks. It costs me about $100-150 a week depending on what i am doing on the weekends, and i live 28 (country)kms from my work. If mods are left simple, and your right foot isn't too heavy, they are surprisingly good on fuel

i fill up $70 on my vs ss and get roughly 300 cruising..and roughly out of my tank of gas which is 60 ltrs. Ill get 300 out of a thrashing cruise. LOL I got it checked out, and was told my manifold needs changing or tightening. I got it tightened roughly still the same. So will be changing manifold soon.

lol jesus! i'm suprised more 5ltr owners dont look into the straight gas side of things!

i can get 550 cruising in my vl and its a trimatic revving twice as much as your stato's. gotta love the carbys

in my old vs 5 litre 5 speed i would get around 400km in city driving, but if i flogged it for the whole tank then 300

obviously it depends on what fuel your using, how and where u drive, wat model, manual or auto. I got a vt 5 litre 5 speed. Stock ratios, got few mild mods nuthin that would make it thirsty on juice. City driving if i granny it the whole tank i could get about 550, normal driving i wouldnt get more then 400. Overall mine isnt too bad at all on fuel BTW that is all on 98 fuel and i got standard 75 litre tank

my daily is a vn wagon 5.0 auto with exhaust and extractors and freeway im gettin about 450 a tank but thats sittin on 115-120 kms. but if i give it **** here and there i get around 300 kms

in my statesman on the weekend i got about 650 kms out of a 73 litre tank mainly highway kays sitting at about 2500rpm. engines all stock i just have 3.7 diff gears

Quote: Originally Posted by boostn vl btw progmh do u want that caprice I would, but its too far away. Too much hassle.

Quote: Originally Posted by GM_Weapon if i were you VSWPN6 i would do a tune up on your car, and change the fuel filter, clean injectors, thats shocking economy even for a v8 stato get it checked out somethings not right i would get over 300kms belting it every day Dude i just change the oil,oil filter, spark plugs, leads, coil, air filter, reco injectors, got petrol tank out and got it flashed out and chemically cleaned, then got new fuel pump, new fuel filter, cleaned fuel lines and also added au twin thermo fans. So if i did all how come my consumption still ****? take in count they are heavy cars and gotta add on weight such as : Stereo, 20" wheels and all that ****.. it all counts ppl Btw i used to put 91 unleaded and the car was a lemon and got Fku all km's i tried 98RON from BP and car goes way better and got 50 kms more so they dont lie...Bang for ur buck!

VSWPN6, I spoke with my brother that has a VQ and he has just changed / serviced alot of his car (not to the extent you did) and still only manages 300km too! I wonder why theres so much variance.. unless people are telling porky pies about 450+km tanks.

Nah Brett a mate of mine had a VR Calais that was averaging around 14l per 100ks and he drove it pretty hard. He'd get 450 out of a tank most of the time and near 700k on the freeway. It has more to do with driving style than people think!!!