We use 9-10gph give or take a little for tracks with more or less WOT. That lets us do pit stops on the 2hr mark with 2-2.5g in reserve with a 22g cell if the pits are closed or we are not ready for some other reason. Two 11g Hunsacker jugs with 10g in each so it does not dribble out the vent is a perfect fill.
MPG? Who knows... it ain't a useful number for racing.
Our Lemons Datsun 280Z gets around 7 MPG on track.
We use 6.5 to 7.5 gallons per hour in our 2nd gen rx7. Track dependent.
Prius 12mpg on rallycross
We get about 12mpg in the (M42 1.8) rally e30 on stage, but since our wheels are spinning a lot more mileage than we're actually going, it's probably more like 15 lol. Car still pulls 30mpg on the highway while towing a tire trailer though
The Civic gets about 11 mpg. The Thunderbird before that got 6.
Did a full day trackday with my turbo'd mr2 spyder and a 3hr total drive time to and from the track. Totaling almost a full tank of gas during which I averaged 23 mpg.
When I had the 302/575 Speed Demon in the Fairmont, it would get 24 highway, 16 city, and 12 track. Now, with the 347/Holley Terminator EFI, I get 15 if I'm lucky on the highway, and 6 at the track. I am still working on the tune, though.
I'm also jealous of my buddy, who took his CRX to his first track day. He drove 2.5 hours to the track and four 20 minute sessions, and averaged 30 mpg.
markwemple wrote:
Is it wierd to say that I don't keep track?
Not at all. But it's interesting trivia.
Cobalt SS turbo, mild tune, Hallett. 9.0 mpg on 1.8 mile track run in 3rd gear including warmup and turbo wind-down idling. My data is your data.
Hopefully Sonic will jump on and correct me if I'm wrong, but by my rough math:
Our '89 Civic hatch uses about 4gph in LeMons. This equates to roughly 16-17mpg. Pretty amazing considering my minivan gets that in suburban gentle driving.
"The boat" which was a '94 S10 with a Seasprite boat body ran the GM 4.3L V6. It burned roughly 6gph IIRC which is roughly 11-12mpg.
Sonic
SuperDork
8/12/16 6:41 a.m.
In reply to Klayfish:
Yes, the Honda reliably gets just more than 4 gph at race speed. The boat was usually 8-10, and about 25% less if we only use 4th gear.
Glad to hear snailmont5oh was getting 12 on the track with a 302, because that's what's going in the new track car, and that's twice what I'm getting with the E92 M3. With the '79 3 series coupe, I'm still only getting like 10, because I have to run it WOT at 5800 RPM damn near the whole time I'm not on the brakes. But at least it doesn't eat tires and brake pads like the E92, Christ almighty . . . .
Interestingly, a 1975 Ford LTD Landau with a big block gets approximately the same fuel economy on track at a LeMons race as it does driving on the street.
Approximately 8-9 gallons per hour, or roughly 7 mpg.
The rally RX7 gets right around 5 mpg on gravel, and lower if the stage is sandy or muddy. It's not a very efficient engine
At a test'n tune event this weekend, my 2015 WRX returned ~6.5mpg.
ZOO
UltraDork
8/17/16 7:37 a.m.
We measure it a bit differently in Canada, but my old C4LT1 Corvette showed 54 litres per 100 kms . . . 54l/100.
In contrast, driving to the track, at a steady highway speed, with the AC on, showed just under 7l/100 kms.
My M3 measures it in km per litre -- track work shows around 4 km per litre on track, compared to 11 km per litre on the highway. No one else uses a km/l measure that I am aware of.
Bone stock 68BHP Datsun 1200 got 22 mpg, now 105-110whp 12 mpg.
1.6 Showroom Stock C Miata got 9 mpg, never let the motor go below 5000 RPMs
F500 AMW power 4-5 mpg; the Rotax 494 is supposed to get 8-9
Averaged 10.1 MPG at my first (last) track day, including the hour drive each direction.
Considering my Evo gets under 20 MPG normally, pretty happy about that result.
The FD with a ported engine running stock boost/stock fuel gets 6-8 on track.
My Daewoo got about 12 mpg with the 1.5 and about 10 mpg after the 2L engine swap.
The turbocharged Tuscani (2g Tiburon) with triple the Daewoo's power- we'll find out soon.