Slater
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| posted on 27/6/24 at 11:49 AM |
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Kit Stats - Mileage, MPG and Insurance costs
I'm a sucker for spreadsheets, here are a few stats about my kit:
Average miles/yr over last 5 yrs - 2,000
Total Mileage since SVA in 2009 (with 5 yr break) 17,000
MPG with 1.8 Zetec on Bike Carbs - 35 (measured on a 300 mile drive up to Coventry & back)
Fuel tank 29 litres, so 226 mile range
Insurance with A Plan:
2019 - £137
rising to
2024 - £167
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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bi22le
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| posted on 27/6/24 at 07:47 PM |
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Actually pretty interesting.
The only spreadsheets I have on my kit car is the amount I need to spend to get it back together or repair the broken thang.
My key takeaways from your information.
1) Kit car insurance has not gone up at the same rate as normal tin tops. I wonder why. . .
2) 35mpg is pretty good going considering its on carbs and not very aerodynamic.
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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MikeR
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| posted on 28/6/24 at 09:26 AM |
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No windscreen will certainly help the MPG
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padrc66
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| posted on 28/6/24 at 11:35 AM |
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i love stats!
just back from camping trip to Normandy
Average miles/yr since IVA in 2019 - 1100
Total Mileage - 5370
MPG with Hayabusa bike engine - 42 on this last trip
Fuel tank - never measured but at least 200 mile range
Insurance with 2gether:
2019 - £121
rising to
2023 - £146
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JoelP
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| posted on 28/6/24 at 06:15 PM |
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Quite shocked to work out mine got very roughly 40mpg on a run today. 120 miles for £20. That's crazy from big carbs!
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TimC
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| posted on 1/7/24 at 07:56 PM |
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Funnily enough, I was similarly shocked when I found that mine did c.35mpg on a 120 mile commute last week. That includes the odd full-bore
acceleration run. And I'm confident (without a rolling road set-up yet but looking at the narrowband AFR meter and smelling the thing) that it
is over-fuelling.
2007 Yamaha FZ1 (I need to change my bio - having killed two 4C8 R1s, I decided to try something slightly different.)
[Edited on 1/7/24 by TimC]
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JoelP
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| posted on 1/7/24 at 08:55 PM |
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I recalculated mine to 30mpg after both legs, but that did include flogging it past many people!
It still does its strange fault, where after you've flogged it through a few gears to peak rpm, and a few corners, it backfires terribly and only
works properly at high rpm and throttle.
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