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The below are accounts of actual S13 owners concerning how much fuel they use. Special thanks to the egroups boys and apologies to anyone I have accidentally left out who sent me their details...

CA18DE

NAME: Dave
ENGINE: CA18DE
TRANSMISSION: AUTOMATIC
CITY: 400kms / 60L (15L/100kms)
HWY: Not Available
COMMENTS: Auto CA18DE's suck big time.

NAME: Big Phil
ENGINE: CA18DE
TRANSMISSION: MANUAL (5 Spd)
CITY: 500kms / 60L (12L/100kms)
HWY: Not Available
COMMENTS: I don't get much difference between City and highway, but then I haven't really bothered finding out the exact distance..

CA18DET

NAME: Dave
ENGINE: CA18DET
TRANSMISSION: MANUAL (5 Spd)
CITY: 480kms / 60L (12.5L/100kms)
HWY: Not Available
COMMENTS: Lightly lightened flywheel, SR20 BOV, Pod Filter, 12psi boost, MA71 Supra intercooler.

NAME: Phu
ENGINE: CA18DET
TRANSMISSION: MANUAL (5 Spd)
CITY: 400kms / 60L (15.0L/100kms)
HWY: Not Available
COMMENTS: None.

NAME: Patrick
ENGINE: CA18DET
TRANSMISSION: MANUAL (5 Spd)
CITY: 400kms / 60L (15L/100kms)
HWY: Not Available
COMMENTS: I drive it pretty hard and get nearly 400km from a full tank before the fuel light starts coming on.

SR20DET (S13 TYPE)

NAME: Ira
ENGINE: SR20DET
TRANSMISSION: MANUAL (5 Spd)
CITY: 320kms / 60L (18.8L/100kms)
HWY: Not Available
COMMENTS: I've got maybe a 10 minute drive to work. About 5 minutes of that is a relatively steep very windy hill and the other 5 minutes is through residential areas at about 50km/h with about a 2 K section of 100 KM/H...And once I'm off the hill I do thrash it as well as I can ;)

NAME: Lindsay
ENGINE: SR20DET
TRANSMISSION: AUTOMATIC
CITY: 430kms / 55L (12.8L/100kms)
HWY: Not Available
COMMENTS: Maximum kilometres out of a tank is about 420-430 (then the light comes on, not sure how many kms I can get from there).

NAME: Brad
ENGINE: SR20DET
TRANSMISSION: AUTOMATIC
CITY: 450kms / 50L (11.1L/100kms)
HWY: 560kms / 50L (8.9L/100kms)
COMMENTS: Lots of crazy driving: ~350km/50L. Fuel: Shell Optimax or Caltex Vortex.

SR20DET (S14 TYPE)

NAME: Pete
ENGINE: SR20DET (S14??)
TRANSMISSION: MANUAL (5 Spd)
CITY: 10L/100kms
HWY: 6.5-7L/100kms
COMMENTS: Stock ECU, big cooler, big turbo, Vl fuel pump, big fuel reg.

NAME: Ben
ENGINE: SR20DET (S14 TYPE)
TRANSMISSION: MANUAL (5 Spd???)
CITY: 600kms / 60L (10.0L/100kms)
HWY: Not Available
COMMENTS: 1997 200SX SR20DET.

NAME: Tom
ENGINE: SR20DET (S14 TYPE)
TRANSMISSION: MANUAL (5 Spd)
CITY: ??? / 60L (20-25 mpg)
HWY: ??? / 60L (12 mpg)
COMMENTS: Ok so im too lazy to convert mpg to L/100kms - maths was never my strong suit. Bloody imperial measurements... ;)

SR20DE

NAME: Joel
ENGINE: SR20DE
TRANSMISSION: MANUAL (5 Spd)
CITY: 11.0L/100kms
HWY: 600kms / 60L (10.0L/100kms)
COMMENTS: Normal unleaded petrol. 150km highway speed.

NAME: Damian
ENGINE: SR20DE
TRANSMISSION: MANUAL (5 Spd)
CITY: 380kms / 45L (11.8L/100kms)
HWY: 480kms / 45L (9.4L/100kms)
COMMENTS: None.


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