My ze is killing my wallet

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » March 18th, 2007, 1:57 pm

Ouch LOL I know this is just to vent, you want performance you gotta be ready to pay the price. I LOVE driving my mx3.I LOVE IT.. to bad it on ly ujses premium gas! lol I find myself fueling every 2 days.. 10 dllrs at a time LOL sometimes i spend around 80 dllrs a weel and 40 on the weekend. I know its not much.. Im making this my weekend driver and using the maxima. (uses regular)

I know i know lol i shouldnt even be complaining, I am happy with the ze, some overtime should compensate my driving style.. :S

go mx3s!

I was bored and well yeah.

How much do you guys spend on gas?

hharb · Post by **hharb** » March 18th, 2007, 2:05 pm

thats alot on gas lol, im gonna have my ZE out soon, my GS costs me around 50 a week maybe a little more

Tropical Emerald 1993 · March 18th, 2007, 6:15 pm

Gas is 2X cheaper in US than in Europe. Feeling better now?

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » March 18th, 2007, 6:26 pm

how many miles you get a tank?

Vanished · Post by **Vanished** » March 18th, 2007, 7:19 pm

I get about 350 with 2 bad o2s. 45 bucks gets me a up to a full tank when the light goes on. KLZE's rock hey?

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » March 18th, 2007, 9:15 pm

Like 275 or less. O2 sensors are fine, its running great. Kicking some good behind at the drags. I guess driving style? Its ok I guess. How expensive is it in europe?

Tropical Emerald 1993 · March 19th, 2007, 8:32 am

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/euro ... clude.html

neutral · Post by **neutral** » March 19th, 2007, 12:11 pm

The US # in that chart is a bit outdated. Nat'l US avg. prices for regular unleaded (per liter) come closer to $.60+... Still less expensive than most countries tho.

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » March 19th, 2007, 12:12 pm

Lol drive less then.

I get 300km to the tank if I am lucky, stupid 02 that I cannot take off on the front. I hate my car sometimes.

papa roached · Post by **papa roached** » March 19th, 2007, 1:02 pm

i ran 87 in mine and notice no power loss or adverse effects

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » March 20th, 2007, 7:12 pm

If i run low-octane, she just drinks fuel like it's going out of style so I never try to see what a whole tank would get me.

With my ZE, my milleage went up as opposed to my K8. Highway i'll average 450, city about 300-350, and that's with a fuel leak

solo_ryder · Post by **solo_ryder** » March 20th, 2007, 8:39 pm

Nice, I am lucky if I can get 350 on the highway. I run chevron 94 octane or vpower shell which is like 91-92 octane. I notice no real difference in the fuels.

mmmx3 · Post by **mmmx3** » April 5th, 2007, 12:10 am

The KLZE JDM 200hp needs premium gas? Wow, I just know. Did you notice a lot mpg drop when you swapped this motor?

How about the KLDE 170hp in US? Still need Premium gas?

My K8 stock V6 with 120K still gets me 22-23mpg city and about 30mpg on the highway, regular gas! Sometimes I spent more than 400dollars on gas and drove more than 3000miles a month....but I spent easily at least more than 300dollars on gas a month.

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » April 5th, 2007, 2:52 am

Thats what i was told. I dynoed with regular gas and stock exhaust piping, no kat , header and resonator and got 162 whp, got the 2.5 and dynoed 165 and had premium gas. I dont think it matters.

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » April 5th, 2007, 6:20 am

You require higher octane gas on a ZE because it's a higher compression motor (10:1). It doesn't improve performance, but it can be reduced if it detects and knocks or pings from power octane. You don't need high octane on a DE because it's compression is not as high (9.2:1, same compression as a K8 I believe.) I've never really ran low octane gas (I never get lower than 91 Octane), but it seems to suck that back really fast when I did try it. As I've mentioned, my milleage went up, an extra 50-100km a tank with my ZE compared to my K8