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in my 86 wagon get 26.3 city and 30.9 hiway I have own many subarus and this one for wagons i think is about the norm so, I wanted to know how the rest of the boards cars do for the the project that the engieering class is doing on fuel econamy so, could i have your help

 

 

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Isial

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stock 95 legacy L got 25-28.. i once it got 400+ miles on a tank,

BUT....

now with 205x75 14's, intake, 2.25 exhaust, and ouutback strut lift, i get from 19-23... like 200-275 miles on a tank...

 

:(

suky

 

But its got lots of power, sounds and looks good!!

hooray :D

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In your experience: What's a good real-world gas mileage guesstimate for an 86 GL wagon, 4WD with ATx? So far, dunno if it's carbed or FI. Figure on mostly highway miles, lots at 65-75 MPH.

(FWIW: Local former Subaru mechanic says about 23-24 mpg for wagon w/ATx. While I'd love a higher figure, I suspect he's right.)

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In your experience: What's a good real-world gas mileage guesstimate for an 86 GL wagon, 4WD with ATx? So far, dunno if it's carbed or FI. Figure on mostly highway miles, lots at 65-75 MPH.

(FWIW: Local former Subaru mechanic says about 23-24 mpg for wagon w/ATx. While I'd love a higher figure, I suspect he's right.)

 

I got ~21-22 with a carbed EA82, 4" lift, 28" tires, ATX in a wagon driving 60-70mph so I'd think you could pull at least 24 or so.

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I get 32 to 38 mpg with a 1986 carbed EA82, 4x4 & 5 speed.

 

Note: You will only get this IF you keep your foot out of the carb. Drive as light footed as humanly possible and keep highway speeds below 65.

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my carbbed stock 87 4x4 mt5 got about 30 ish mpg... but it had a bad accel pump so I couldnt really floor it... now 29" tires and SPFI it gets about 24 or so. 84 BRAT stock carb and tires was getting about 12... now it has SPFI and is being tested... My 89 XT6 gets about 22 around town and 25 on the highway... thats speeds between about 60-well... fast on the way from CO to NC.

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would have to guess around 24-25 for the stock Brat - dont really know for sure tho.

 

89 GL wagon, 5 spd, Fwd gets around 31-32 Average - mostly country driving, average speed 60mph (not much for highways around here) have gotten as high as 36 (summer) and as low as 26 (winter) running the cheapest (ie: lowest octane) gas i can get.

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