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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Bendigo
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Hey guys, just picked up a 1980 Ford Escort GL 2.0 Litre 4 speed manual, just wanted to know what fuel you guys run and how many k's per tank? Petrol gauge is playing up a bit! Cheers
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Perth XR5'er
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Perth
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I run BP98. The super fuel we all used to buy was 96 octane, so generic premium at 95 octane is abit low and you car can ping using it. Also I get about 400km's per tank.
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Escort MkII 1977 2.0L
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i run mine on 98 whenever i can, 95 at worst. i got hardened valve seats, so i dont need additive
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Escort MkII 1977 2.0L
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Thanks JamesR
Better be safe than sorry. |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: melbourne
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City driving I think i'd get about 450 ish a tank.
At the moment with some good long highway driving and a bit of city driving I am on 420km with a quater of a tank left. I think pure highway driving could get about 600ish from the 56 liter tank. |
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![]() i get about 400ks outta my 56l tank on hiway.. heaps less through town.
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Shift for brains
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I use flash lube lead replacement and 95 octane (shells vpower? on the trip above). |
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mines had some work done to the head, so yeah, ill never get good economy. [my right foots heavier than my left too ;)] vpower is 98octane.
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Shift for brains
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Location: melbourne
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The engine has been rebuilt before I got it, I havn't done any work to it, so I don't know what's been done. My right foot dosn't do much stomping (-: I'm going up to bendigo again tomorrow so i'll see how it goes (BP 95). |
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Location: Bendigo
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Just been running it on shell 95 and has been going great, hopefully my shed gets finished this week so i can get in there and detail it, hopefully post some pics early next week
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Shift for brains
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Sorry for dragging this on, but above i've been meant to be saying vortex, not vpower (doh)
Also hit 315km for half a tank (240 freeway, 75 short trips) |
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My gauge is a bit dodgy to (stops working at about 2/3s of a tank) so i just set the trip metre when i fill im getting about 10.5l/p100ks round town & having fun motor standardish
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