Monaro - What mpg are people getting?
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national speed limit cruising on long distance motorway journeys you might actually get 1-2mpg more out the Monaro. Stop/start and town driving 18-22mpg. Thrashing the living daylights out it round a track - low single figures. Few on here have had Astra VXR's before for example and found they get better mpg out the Monaro. In 6th gear on the motorway I can cruise at 70mph at around 1700rpm all day long - big lazy low revving lump until you want to get up and go, then its an entirely different animal.
aruck said:
Can any Monaro owners give me an idea of what mpg they are getting? I want to know if running one is completely beyond the realms of my common sense? I do a lot of miles and currently run a 3.2 Vectra getting 27mpg so I am aware the Monaro would be quite a drop from this.
Cheers
They can be very good for a big fast powerful V8. Certainly a similar ball park to running an ST Focus or Impreza STI.Cheers
My Camaro (same Ls1 engine, but a lighter car) with an auto tends to do ~22-24mpg. On a run it'll do over 26mpg and with a manual better.
Only time the mpg has been really poor was when we had snow a month or so back. I only needed to do 2.5-3 miles to the train station, but having the car idling while clearing the snow off it meant more like 15-18mpg.
There's no denying it'll use more fuel than the V6 you are used too, but it won't be a million miles off it and the subtle performance gain and sound track (after market) exhaust certainly make up for it
300bhp/ton said:
aruck said:
Can any Monaro owners give me an idea of what mpg they are getting? I want to know if running one is completely beyond the realms of my common sense? I do a lot of miles and currently run a 3.2 Vectra getting 27mpg so I am aware the Monaro would be quite a drop from this.
Cheers
Cheers
They can be very good for a big fast powerful V8. Certainly a similar ball park to running an ST Focus or Impreza STI.
My Camaro (same Ls1 engine, but a lighter car) with an auto tends to do ~22-24mpg. On a run it'll do over 26mpg and with a manual better.
Only time the mpg has been really poor was when we had snow a month or so back. I only needed to do 2.5-3 miles to the train station, but having the car idling while clearing the snow off it meant more like 15-18mpg.
There's no denying it'll use more fuel than the V6 you are used too, but it won't be a million miles off it and the subtle performance gain and sound track (after market) exhaust certainly make up for it
my mates got a black camaro z28, auto.....on a run he gets slightly more mpg than me due to his tourque convertor locking out so less gas needed.
its quicker aswell, prob due to it being lighter
k15tox said:
300bhp/ton said:
aruck said:
Can any Monaro owners give me an idea of what mpg they are getting? I want to know if running one is completely beyond the realms of my common sense? I do a lot of miles and currently run a 3.2 Vectra getting 27mpg so I am aware the Monaro would be quite a drop from this.
Cheers
They can be very good for a big fast powerful V8. Certainly a similar ball park to running an ST Focus or Impreza STI.Cheers
My Camaro (same Ls1 engine, but a lighter car) with an auto tends to do ~22-24mpg. On a run it'll do over 26mpg and with a manual better.
Only time the mpg has been really poor was when we had snow a month or so back. I only needed to do 2.5-3 miles to the train station, but having the car idling while clearing the snow off it meant more like 15-18mpg.
There's no denying it'll use more fuel than the V6 you are used too, but it won't be a million miles off it and the subtle performance gain and sound track (after market) exhaust certainly make up for it
its quicker aswell, prob due to it being lighter
Its a dirty thing to say a Camaro is quick on PH - you'll get flamed for it
All joking aside, if they have the 2.73:1 final drive ratio, then yes their mph per 1000rpm is around 40mph. And the verter will happily lock up so yu can cruise at anywhere from 50-80mph and keep the engine revs to below 2000rpm.
I think the Camaro has a lower CO too and combined with weighing 150-200kg less probably helps.
The Manaro is still one very impressive motor though.
Short journey to work adhering to speed limits (naughty boy) 14.5mpg, long journey mostly M3/4/27, there 27.8, return 30.8 (kept below 3000 rpm for the most part).
I've had a TVR and Impreza turbo which both averaged 21-22mpg per tank in mixed driving and I'd say the monaro was probably the same.
I've had a TVR and Impreza turbo which both averaged 21-22mpg per tank in mixed driving and I'd say the monaro was probably the same.
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