Are Skylines More Frugal Than S14s

[siddr20]

Dont get a sports car if you more worried about fuel.. simple

Look at your budget, see which car suits it. Then think of what you would like to do to it.. Which one looks better to your eyes, and then make a decision about which car to purchase.

Perhaps the s14 would be a bit more fuel efficent with the smaller engine..

[dangerous_daveo]

Well my small bit of imput. I get 100kms/10L every week, week in week out, in my cefiro (rb20det). So its a bit heavier, I drive with my headlights on a lot of the time, in traffic. A/C on part of the time too. I drive it fairly responsibly, but I dont stay off boost all the time. Can even do a bit of a light mountain drive and I will still get about those figures. Mods are just filter, exaust, 12psi, R34 sidemount, and a Dr Drift chip.

That said, if I head out to the track, it dissappears VERY quickly.

[Equinox]

Chassis wise, the S14 and R32 are quite similar, with the R32 being slightly more favorable due to it's front suspension setup. (R33 is more of a GT car however...) So it basically comes down to which engine you prefer.

The SR20 will be more fuel efficient (my S14 gets around 500km to the tank while making 200rwkw), and will make more peak torque mod for mod than either the RB20 or RB25.

The RBs on the other hand, will make less peak torque, but hold their torque higher into the rev range and go on to make similar (RB20) or higher (RB25) power mod for mod.

When you drive cars hard, do you prefer to sit around 4000rpm through twisties? Or do you love revving it out around long sweepers/track?

If revving is your thing, RB. If drifting or mid range is your thing, SR.

I always tell my mates who have RB20s and 25s that I'd love to have their engines, purely because I love engines which keep making torque up to like 8000rpm. Then they tell me to shut up and look at their fuel bills.

Edited November 4, 2007 by Equinox

[tm_r33]

my r33 isnt great on fuel, say 300km to a tank but i dont exactly drive with fuel consumption in mind... price u gotta pay with these cars.

as for lpg... i have a mate with a turbod celica that runs on lpg... fasted car ive been in.

it was the fastest car in QLD in recent year i believe for its size

but personally i would stick to petrol and just use good fuel like BP Ultimate (dont use cheap unleaded)

[dmr]

to the guys ranting on about which car is quicker, it all really depends on the driver at the end of the day. power is power but if you don't know how to use it then you'll lose against slower cars.

back to the thread, wtf lpg? i wouldn't even bother. if you're considering buying a jap car but not spending the money pit that comes with it, then i wouldn't consider one at all. expect to be paying top dollar for fuel for a long time, with a car that knows how to drink it well.

[tm_r33]

i agree with drm.... it is much about the driver of the car

[TTT]

For Example.

GTiR, FMIC, Custom 3" pipework and Blitz BOV, Power FC, Pod, CAI, Exhaust, = 165-175awkw (give or take) @ 16psi Weighting in about 1250kgs. This one on question had 165awkw. possibly low reading dyno?

R33 Gtst, Zaust, Pod, Cai, FMIC, everything else stock. = 180rwkw > 195rwkw (some examples have gotten more just a rought example) Mine actually turned out 194rwkw. @ 11psi Weighing in about 1360kgs.

GTiR -> floggs the GTST off the line, every time, By about 80km's, GTST Passes the GTiR, to win to 160 by about 4 car lengths. Every time.

Tests were done on Private closed controlled Conditions of course . You seem to believe they are faster than they actually are.

your "private road tests" mean about as much as dyno results.

get the 2 cars to a drag strip and get your timeslips.

The mods you mentioned above for the GTiR is what was required for a 12.9 @ WSID on my mates car.

I already mentoined that the GTST would probably pass it once it is able to stretch its legs.

But on an official drag strip of 400m, they can't.

nor will they on any retard traffic light grand prix

[dano4127]

i think at the end of the day all this talk of XXXRWKW is a load of crap - I have seen a variation of 30rwkw over the various dynos my car has been on without a change in mods at all, car felt the same at all said power levels - dont get too caught up in the numbers seat of the pants is where its at

Good tune and driver ability pwns all!