Ovrclck350

Just put 15.77 gallons in. Just figured I'd share.

ChillPhatCat

HERE WE GO AGAIN! (J/K I hope)...

WaynesRS

No , its 15.78 cus I just filled up .
JUST KIDDING ...hehe ..I never have paid attention to mine .
Wayne

Monkie

Well just for the reccord i put in $8 worth yesterday!

Ovrclck350

Came out to a lil over $20. My car was surging on the way there when I'd stop or go around a corner.

fiream

D'oh!!!

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Chevy 2.8L 60° V6
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?Bosch Platinum +4
?Hi-Flo CatCo CAT
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Black 86 'bird

I have never had to put over $20 in my car yet.

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87RS402

How many times do we have to go through this?

One last time, third gen F-bodies will only hold a maximum of 3.55762 US Gallons No more no less.

Ovrclck350

Not trying to start any thing, but if I can find the receipt, I'll show you where it was 15.77X gallons at $1.2X or whatever.

3.1 firebird

Mine only holds 13 gallons. I just filled my tank yesterday when the guage was on empty.

Another time my car was spuddering because I was nearly out of gas, I filled it up-13 gallons.

And yet another time, I was near empty and it held less than 13.

So 3 times at 3 different gas stations verifies my car holds 13 gallons.

Grammy back me up!

CanadianCamaro

Uh-Oh My car must be broken; it only holds litres of gas, not gallons :O It holds about 50 liters which if i fingered it out right is a little over 13 gal. It costs me on average $30 to fill from empty (61.9/L)

86Chicken

When I fill up from "E" I usually get about 13gal but the tank is nowhere near empty. Every book I have seen says ~15.9 gal for our tanks and I believe it.

I have never actually ran it dry tho. There is something about changing the fuel pump after it burns out does not appeal to me

Dale

ChillPhatCat

I envy gas prices in the $1.2x range.... just think, gas was down to $.90 just 2 years ago! I've put up to $23 into my tank and that wasn't even 15 Gallons!

86bird_28v6_5spd_ramair

wow here in ohio we are close too a buck a gallon again.

i love my bird, i can drive all week on 5 bucks.

last summer it took 15 bucks of ulrta 94 too fil my tank.

normal gas i get 130-140 miles on a tank, untra 94 i get 150-160+

and with the ultra 94 its sweet when im really hammering it, pedel held too the floor hi rpm shifts. every time i shift it blows flames out the back.

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Kyle F

Owners manual sayes 15.5
Do you think they made speciual tanks for your cars or what?
Just accpept it it 15.5 gallons period

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89 Trans Am Turbo 3.8L All stock 43,000 miles #1053 of 1555

Past Thirdgen:
86 Trans Am w/ built 355TPI with SLP goodies and too much other stuff to List. One sweet *** car, wish I would have had a good enough Job to pay insurance on three cars so I could keep it, but for a 89 Turbo Trans Am w/ Low miles, I think I made the right choice!

ChillPhatCat

I was just looking at the specs on the 89 TTA in the sales brochure on this site and it said TTA's came with 18 Gal. tanks... hmmm

jason86/2.8

$20 is the most I've ever put in and it was about 14 gallons. I ran mine dry the other week. I had to put some gas in at the house b4 I went to fill up so I don't know how much could go in but I'm figuring 15.5.

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RIP #3

Camaro_hunter_d

Well once again I can only get a little over 13.5 with a tank thats more then dry... Even my 91 305 TBI takes 13.5... Know this because I had to fill it to drive it home. A week later I replaced the fuel pump.. NOT FUN. Damn previous owner!

Joe_L

Damn the people from BC...lol, its 69.9/L, you got 50 litres in it you must drive till its bone dry...lol I put 48 in once and it was surging to the station...

Kyle F

Owners manual that came with the car, both the normal one for an 89 Firebird and the TTA supplement sayes 15.5. I think I will take it over the sales brochure. Though one thing is for sure if they would have put a different tank in anything it would have been a TTA.

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89 Trans Am Turbo 3.8L All stock 43,000 miles #1053 of 1555

Past Thirdgen:
86 Trans Am w/ built 355TPI with SLP goodies and too much other stuff to List. One sweet *** car, wish I would have had a good enough Job to pay insurance on three cars so I could keep it, but for a 89 Turbo Trans Am w/ Low miles, I think I made the right choice!

TomP

I had heard about a tank that was "specially baffled" (beyond the lame thing GM calls a baffle in our tanks!), but it was supposed to hold less than the 16 gallons, not more...


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Jason E

2 things to note...

1) Pumps can be wrong. If it said you put in 15.77 gallons, IMO you either got robbed, or managed to fill up the entire fuel neck too. That would put you over, but would mean you were REALLY on E!!!

2) Just because you can only fit 13 gallons in when your car says E doesn't mean you're on E. C'mon, does ANYONE here really believe a third gen gas gague??? Anyone who has owned one long enough should know better!!

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Jason E

'89 Camaro RS
-Medium Grey Metallic
-2.8, A4, T-tops, 94k miles
-Hypertech chip, Accel wires/coil/K&Ns
-Alpine 60x4 and Bostons

'97 Z28
-30th Anniversary package (white with orange stripes)
-LT1, M6, t-tops, 45k miles
-Eclipse CD and 10" Aluminum sub in JL Audio Stealth box, Boston RM speakers, Xtant 403a amp

Speed Kills...Wanna live forever? Drive a Ford.
Long Live #3...

CaliCamaroRS

Hmmmm, you suck. I wanted to cry when I filled up during the summer when the prices were HIGH.....my total was around $27 for 87 octane!!!!



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-1990 3.1L RS
-Mods? no
-Slow? yes
-Currently collecting parts for T5 swap

Project: 85 2.8 bird

gas prices here are currenlty $1.07 at the speedway, a penny less @ miejer

ChillPhatCat

Anybody that thinks they have a 13 gallon tank is a fool... look at the manual and then look at the specs of every other sports car out there... 16 gallons give or take a little is THE standard for sports cars (19+ for ferraris and the such). My manual says 16.5 and I would believe it...

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Check out my ride here - My $1300 Toy

"IT'S SNOWING! TO THE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT!" - The Mustang and Firebird face off in the dead of winter.

FAST RS

We have a 15.5 gallon tanke with a half gallon reserve so basicly 16 total. Ive ran my car bone dry to were i actualy had to push it to the pump and i put 16 gallos in

WaynesRS

1.22 here at chevron in Louisiana . ...I wish I could find gas for a 1.00 gallon .damn thats cheap , I know its only .22 less than im paying now but still . Wayne

Project: 85 2.8 bird

the official word: Called a dealership,
$400.00 for a new one, capacity: 60 liters OR 15.85 gals.
this does not include filler neck


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$150.00 2.8 Auto.
Blown Head Gasket.
turbo has arrived ,
this close / \ to getting parts to fix it.

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Black 86 'bird

I believe I paid $1.17 at Rich... Need to go up there...


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ChillPhatCat

1.22 would be awesome... Reg here goes for 1.42 on a good day and 1.56 for premium 93 don't even ask what ultra 94 goes for.

Lopezzi

You guys are lucky! Poor CaliCameroRS and I are paying 1.61 for 91! And that is the lowest it's been here for a while!

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1987 Firebird
173 2.8L V6
Flowmaster Muffler
Sadly, the rest is stock.

Lopezzi

Oops! I meant CaliCamaroRS
No hard feelings right?

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1987 Firebird
173 2.8L V6
Flowmaster Muffler
Sadly, the rest is stock.

Kj Rockz

That's friggen crazy. We have to pay mad cash here in the Aloha State.

It's 1.89 for 87octane, 2.09 for 92octane

And that's the cheapest

Last fill up was $28.00, and I wasn't on E yet