V6 vs V8 fuel economy and performance

[death starfire]

Hi I'm new, and still have 13 lousy months until getting my P plates, but am seriously looking for cars for the end of the year. I want to know how much more petrol the LS1 uses than the V6. As I'm living in the ACT, I doubt many restrictions will be made for P platers. As I will probably not be using the car for any racing (though Wakefield Park is only approx 80km away) would the V8 be overkill?
Thank you for your help.
death starfire
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[VrWagz1]

I think the ls1 is better on fuel than the old 5.0ltr(which comes in the S1 VT's and previous models back to 1990ish). Its alloy so its heaps lighter than the old cast iron 5ltr block. A bloke at work has a vr 5ltr and his daughter has a G3 and it does better than his vr on fuel. But a v6 will save around 4ltrs per 100k's over the v8 id say on rough. But its all in how you drive, you can flog it and get 18ltrs per hundred if you want.

[DARK SIDE]

Well in my experience from owning a vy v6 ecotech and a 2000 caprice ls1 there is not much difference between the two. I use to get 15L per 100 with the v6 and with the v8 im getting 16L per hundred normally.

[walesy]

mine uses a fair bit but might be my foot to firewall syndrome... out on the highway at 100kms i sit on between 9l/100k to 11 depending on how flat area is... im sure that will change alot when my new diff gears and stally go in haha

[bking7803]

We get about 770 k's per tank out of our ecotech vt wagon only running premium, so thats fairly good economy out of a big heavy car. We also noticed that if we dont hold the trigger on the fuel nozzle in all the way when refilling we are getting alot more fuel than air compared to holding the trigger in flat out. We were only getting about 550 k's before so it shows how much air you pay for.

[Galixia]

in our house we have a VN Calais V8 5.0ltr, VT Berlina V6 Ecotech and a WH Statesman V8 LS1 our current fuel averages from the dash display is around: VN 13lt/100km, VT 15lt/100km and WH 12lt/100km... i recently drove my WH from Melbourne to Adelaide full car of people and a full boot of luggage, i have a 75lt fuel tank and i only used about 3 quarters of a tank of petrol.

[ephect]

We also noticed that if we dont hold the trigger on the fuel nozzle in all the way when refilling we are getting alot more fuel than air compared to holding the trigger in flat out. We were only getting about 550 k's before so it shows how much air you pay for.

ummm how do you figure? seriously think about this.. Ur saying that the petrol pump, pumps air into your tank?!?! wtf or that air gets trapped in your tank if u pour it too fast??

there is a breather hose at the top of the tank that vents the air as you fill with fuel back into the filler pipe, which is then vented out the neck. what ever fuel u put in, it displaces the air out the breather.

the only thing holding the trigger at half open does is let it flow in slower therefore not creating as much fuel vaper. instead of filling 50ltrs u put in 50ltrs coz 1ltr has turned to vaper and is wasted to the atmosphere.

[Tony.]

Really depends on the condition of the car/engine, you're driving style and what sort of driving you do (city, highway, mixed etc).

If you compare a stock ECOTEC and a stock LS1 the ECOTEC is more economical but then I have seen heaps of people on here with LS1s who after a few mods (exhaust, mafless tune, OTRCAI) get similar if not better economy than the ECOTEC guys when they drive easy.

[NVE_069]

I adv atm is 14.1 in my ls1 my old vt berlina v6 was 16.5 i think it was. Way better in my opinion. the old 5L as well was 16.1 I think. and like said it depends on ur foot. My car has 245K and yeh

[johnvtls1]

ive never had over about 14.5 liters per hunder in my ss and thats all mixed driving. i usually average 13-13.5 per hundred but if i do a lot of short trips (works only 3 minutes away) then it creeps up to about 14 liters per hundred.

[vx_ss_black]

the ls1s out of the factory arent as thirsty as youd think. i was getting about 600ks out of 65 litres in my vx ss if i took it real easy, and now after my tune i get about 600ks on normal driving. i cant say how the v6s are coz i never owned one, but with a tune the ls1s are pretty dam fuel efficient. plus, you have the power to break loose when you want it with an ls1. best of both worlds in my opinion.

[sway9]

thats really strange coz i can drive pretty flat out and get the same economy as if i drive steady. mind you me driving steady and me driving flat out apparently there isnt much difference. i average about 11-12 ltrs per 100km mixed driving. ive got from 550-630km out of a tank from my VT of premium. i only got 550 from one coz i had a track day and i was drivin flat on the highway coz i was late >.> <.< .... shhhh.... but all in all if you want an LS1 there isnt much difference and the way fuel is now who really cares to be honest the LS1 has the power the cars are usually well looked after so if you want one buy one its up to you noone else can make that choice for you at the end of the day its your car and you should buy what you feel comfortable with

[Full Spectrum]

I got a 2000 VT V6. It's rare for me to get on freeways. So most is local driving conditions. I'm getting around 12.4l/100 right now. When i drive short 5-7min trips it's more towards 13.5-14.5. Out on the highway it's below 9 very easily.