Caldina fuel economy and FXGT Price

[Rollin']

Hi Guys,

long time no type and see with the wellington crew, been overseas.

I might be selling my FXGT and upgrading to a caldina, GT-T is still on the cards but a GT is half the insurance and excess.

What fuel economy do you get with a 2.0 and a 2.0 turbo open road and round town?

How much do you rekon my FXGT is Worth, Ive had it for 5 years!

1986 AE82
243,000Kms
ROH 14" mags
King spring super lows
Front Monroe shocks
35% prof. tints
electric windows
sony xplode front components, 6" splits rear
cold air intake, pod filter
New 2" exhaust at 242, 000kms reciepted
5Zigen stainless tip
remote central locking via Uniden 255 alarm with twin engine immobilisers( alarm not working, not sure why)

New head gasket 207,000kms and:
cambelt, water pump, thermostate, thermostate housing, 0.5mm planned
off head, tensioner, headset, air intake cleaned and sandblasted
New Clutch about 230,000kms
All genuine parts fitted at Rutherford and Bond Toyota by Brent Sellens

Has small oil leak from Crank seal and rust starting on the front guard, new locks and slight indent on drivers side next to lock where i broke into it after frost froze my Locks this winter!

Engine runs fine, no smoke and all round tidy car, 500KM open road to 42L tank, 450Km round town. been garaged for the last 2 years.

pic here:

http://toyspeed.blakjak.net/profiles/profile.php?id=166

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

i get ~300-400kms out of $60 in my dina
90% open road driving

if you want to buy mine let me know



you'll prob get about 1500-2000 for the fx

[Dell'Orto]

Holy crap, wondered where you'd disappeared to! Yeah, you'll get ~$1500 for the FX, they've gone up in value somewhat.

[spud]

in my gtt i get around 10km/l around town giving it a bit of stick. haven't tried it out on the open road yet but after new years i'm sure i'll have a good idea of open road gas consumption.

[ollieboy]

Yeah, you'll get ~$1500 for the FX, they've gone up in value somewhat.

Round Christchurch just put it for sale round where some shitkicks live for an outrageous price and people go crazy wanting to buy them. They're like the new DX

[BlakJak]

My TZ-G (3SGE 4WD) gives me about 450km on ~53L (my typical fillup) which is about $80 of 91 Octane. Thats a bit of a hybrid - I drive 25 to 30km to work (each way) plus a bit of round-town-ness. Open road it may widen out into the low 500's.

I would expect that a GT-T based on a slightly newer version of the 3S would give you similar performance unless you have a lead foot...

[XERO]

My GT which now is basically now back to std, get around 400-500kms out of a tank (typical fill around 50l mark)

I dont drive very economically so yeah

[Rollin007]

My Caldina is shocking on gas. I get like 270-300ks for $70 around town and that doesnt really change for open road driving... And thats not boostn everywhere either... Oh well, the price of boost i spose...

[flygt4]

caldina gt non turbo,ours has the computer to tell you economy etc.

on 98 it regularly does ~ 12-14km/L , up to 600km per tank on the open road, fully loaded with 2people+ ~100kg of stuff
i usually only use 50L of gas to do that distance but theres at least 5 more litres under empty , probly more like 10 but ive never been keen to push it that far.

on 95 its shit,noticeably less power and only 10-11km/L.
id never bother runing it on 91.

around town its quite thirsty, usually turning in 400-450km per 50L gas.

the GT is a good option if you're worried about insurance cost and fuel usage. i got mine as a sensible long distance car as i have my ae101 for going fast in.
they go pretty well for a lardass n/a 2L, but unfortunately they are all auto and it kills it from a standing start. once its going ive found it roughly comparable to blacktop ae111's in terms of speed, but the torquier engine makes overtaking quite comfortable. they have quite a noticeable kick at ~4500rpm and they take off from there. good for a laugh to load up the 4wd through corners and watch 6cyl holdens/fords get sideways trying to keep up.

[BlakJak]

the GT is a good option if you're worried about insurance cost and fuel usage. i got mine as a sensible long distance car as i have my ae101 for going fast in.
they go pretty well for a lardass n/a 2L, but unfortunately they are all auto and it kills it from a standing start. once its going ive found it roughly comparable to blacktop ae111's in terms of speed, but the torquier engine makes overtaking quite comfortable. they have quite a noticeable kick at ~4500rpm and they take off from there. good for a laugh to load up the 4wd through corners and watch 6cyl holdens/fords get sideways trying to keep up.

Agree with most of the above.
What engine does the GT have? That makes it a 98 or so right? I seem to recall a few of those had 3SFE's which are less powerful, but more fuel efficient. (might be im thinking of the previous generation)

In my 3SGE on 91 Octane I still get 400-450km on around 50-55L being mostly round-town driving. I'm convinced that a 2WD would give me another 50-100km per tank... (IIRC, tank is 62L.)

[flygt4]

most ive ever got into a GT tank was 55L and that was after driving under E for about 15minutes.i suspect there probly a few more L in there tho.

the GT was 97 onwards, and gets the beams 3S-GE with single VVT-I , rated at 140kw/191hp i think.
it also gets the GTT interior and seats, and all variations of the gtt bodykit were optional, some have top and bottom spoiler, some only got the top, some only got the bottom.

some of the earlier model ones got 3sfe's, and there is a few other model designations in the 97 onwards too.

essentially the GT is a GTT minus the turbo engine/tiptronic transmission and with their best version of the 3s available at the time and a normal auto gearbox.
if you've looked at carib/corolla bzT's and decided they are too small or dont like the idea of a 1600 then you'll probly be looking at the GT as an option.

[ST185]

Drove from Welly to Taupo just before christmas it it took a tiny bit over 1/2 tank to get there.

I thought that was pretty good.

[blitza]

borrowed my cousin's gt for a weekwnd trip to toepaw, thought it was the biggest piece ever, no torque, no overtaking, always labouring. not heavily loaded, but with a bike on the roof, used heaps of gas as was always strugling.

In our GTT, have managed WLG-AKL in one hit, 800kms reasonably loaded after a two week south island trip, took 55litres.
on the otherhand have seen 2.6 km/l on a scenic drive run whan it was running 22psi.

[Arthanon]

[quote="blitza"]borrowed my cousin's gt for a weekwnd trip to toepaw, thought it was the biggest piece ever, no torque, no overtaking, always labouring. not heavily loaded, but with a bike on the roof, used heaps of gas as was always strugling.
quote]

Dont really agree with that. My GT has enough pwer when you need it, is pretty economical if I dont use a lead foot (4-500k per tank). Tis very sluggish from a standing start though.

But then again, you cant really compare NA to turbo when it comes to power/torque.

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

My Caldina is shocking on gas. I get like 270-300ks for $70 around town and that doesnt really change for open road driving... And thats not boostn everywhere either... Oh well, the price of boost i spose...

if its that bad, its probably getting fcuked

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

.....but theres at least 5 more litres under empty , probly more like 10 but ive never been keen to push it that far.

oh yeah my GT-T does at last 50kms with the fuel light on