Member Since: 13 Jan 2021
Location: London
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Top mods for fuel economy
Disco 3 currently getting 21 mpg.
What are the top mods to get it to 30+ MPG?
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5th Feb 2021 11:31 am
Yargo
Member Since: 25 Dec 2020
Location: Europe
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Most suitable mod would be brick under accelerator pedal
5th Feb 2021 11:34 am
rrhool
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Get out of the Disco, buy a small petrol car, get in that! Richard
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5th Feb 2021 11:36 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Or small diesel 4x4. Getting mid 50s from mine, 59.something at best. Planet saved!
TBS, brick under the pedal is about the best mod.
5th Feb 2021 11:43 am
MorganD379
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Change the wheel radius in the ecu settings
5th Feb 2021 11:55 am
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Put a bit of gaffer tape over the mpg readout.
5th Feb 2021 11:56 am
timmyt79
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Re: Top mods for fuel economy
sriz1noorsy wrote:
Disco 3 currently getting 21 mpg.
What are the top mods to get it to 30+ MPG?
Do your thing forum...!
HA! You got fooled into thinking you could get 30+ eh?!...i fell for that once....
You WONT...even if it says so on 'lie o' meter'
You have the wrong car if your worried about mpg im afraid.Just get in it...enjoy it...fix it...enjoy it...fix it again...fuel it again...and again....
5th Feb 2021 11:59 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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It’s only money, you can’t take it with you. Plus fuel is one of the cheaper costs of running a Disco!
5th Feb 2021 12:04 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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Re: Top mods for fuel economy
timmyt79 wrote:
sriz1noorsy wrote:
Disco 3 currently getting 21 mpg.
What are the top mods to get it to 30+ MPG?
Do your thing forum...!
HA! You got fooled into thinking you could get 30+ eh?!...i fell for that once....
You WONT...even if it says so on 'lie o' meter'
You have the wrong car if your worried about mpg im afraid.Just get in it...enjoy it...fix it...enjoy it...fix it again...fuel it again...and again....
A remap would probably be your best option but you'd need to be doing plenty of miles to get it to pay for itself. A remap makes the car drive so much better so is well worth it anyway.
5th Feb 2021 12:17 pm
Moo D3 Decade
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Just leave it on the drive.
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5th Feb 2021 12:26 pm
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5th Feb 2021 1:39 pm
Kilovolt
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Re: Top mods for fuel economy
sriz1noorsy wrote:
Disco 3 currently getting 21 mpg.
What are the top mods to get it to 30+ MPG?
Do your thing forum...!
Your location is stated as London ............ urban driving only with no longer runs
A heavy right foot and urban driving ............... 21 sounds about right.
Good luck."Track day running - Don't put your foot back on the accelerator until your absolutely sure you don't have to take it off again"
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You got fooled into thinking you could get 30+ eh?!...i fell for that once....
