mpg eta owners?

[Aptyp]

eta's are just fun to mod. Everything makes a difference.


PS: I signed up for Fuelly just now, we'll see how it goes with two trips scheduled for this week.

... and Chicago skyway is INSANE. I was going 90 at first and got passed by a Corpsica. I flew almost entire stretch into Wisconsin at 120mph and it was the most amazing drive I've been on. Looking forward to going back sometime very soon.

[///M42 sport]

whats skyway? is the cooler than wacker drive haha

[Aptyp]

It's an elevated highway through downtown of Chicago that turns into express way. Cops can't get on or off. You pretty much have to fly by a cop to get noticed and at those speeds, they better have a helicopter. It's like a NFS game.

[rThor432]

whats with all you guys with modded eta's? is it really that bad stock?

I don't know if you missed it in my post, but my '87 was completely stock. I put ~30k on it like that and loved every second of it. I wouldn't bother modifying an eta, it isn't slow enough to bother me. My '85 only has a chip in it because the PO installed it.

[///M42 sport]

^^yeah, I saw your post but was trying to figure why others were getting mid to low 20s? so mid 30s highway is avg for etas?

I guess I should clarify, whats the best mpg you can get from a eta.

[HarryPotter]

It's an elevated highway through downtown of Chicago that turns into express way. Cops can't get on or off. You pretty much have to fly by a cop to get noticed and at those speeds, they better have a helicopter. It's like a NFS game.

This cracked me up.

[Aptyp]

I guess I should clarify, whats the best mpg you can get from a eta.

my all-time best was 46mpg driving to the beach. On 185/65 tires, 2.79 open diff. Lowered on Eibach. Car had all trunk weight removed, carpet was gone. A/C and PS were off the car. I can't think of anything else that aided that feat. I putted the entire way never breaking 2,000rpm and still stayed 70mph the entire way. When I got back I wanted to put a sticker on the car telling Prius drivers to suck it.

I want to do another "green" e30 with my gf's 91 325is in the very near future, but will be automatic and I hope to break 40's on regular basis.

Tires made the biggest difference in MPG.

[///M42 sport]

^^Nice, the most I've ever gotten was 33 on my 318is. that was going 65 mph, tires at 35psi, flat highway

[HarryPotter]

my all-time best was 46mpg driving to the beach. On 185/65 tires, 2.79 open diff. Lowered on Eibach. Car had all trunk weight removed, carpet was gone. A/C and PS were off the car. I can't think of anything else that aided that feat. I putted the entire way never breaking 2,000rpm and still stayed 70mph the entire way. When I got back I wanted to put a sticker on the car telling Prius drivers to suck it.

I want to do another "green" e30 with my gf's 91 325is in the very near future, but will be automatic and I hope to break 40's on regular basis.

Tires made the biggest difference in MPG.

That's too kick ass man. I bet I probably got damn good mileage in my old eta. It was BARREN. No interior, no trunk tar, no spare, no a/c nothing. It was lowwwwww, but it had fatty tires on the bottlecaps. I believe I had 205's or 215's on the caps. I miss those tires though they made the 14's look mean.

You can tell they are pretty fat in this pic.

[Aptyp]

oh yeah, my rear bumper was off as well and rain gutters flew off.

[eu teo]

Standard eta was made '84-'87 with a -200 casting head and the smaller port intake (same as an m20b23 and an m20b20).

Super-eta was 1988 only and used the -885 casting head with the larger intake from the m20b25 as well as different pistons and a few other differences.

so does the rev limit change between the supereta and eta? whats the difference in mpg between the two?