jct

so what did yall set your gas tank size too 11 gal or 12 gal?

Tomas

Per the SGII manual, set the SGII to the next SMALLER whole gallon. My xB has an 11.9 gallon tank, so my SGII is set to 11 gallons. That means when my SGII says I have just run out of fuel, there should be about 0.9 gallons left sloshing back and forth in the bottom of the tank. That's just fine by me. I like to leave at least that much in the tank so I don't have to worry about the gas being somewhere the pump can't reach it on the hills around here. :D

And just for completeness, here's where my SGII lives:



Tom

jct

thanks

i have mine set at 11 gallons also

got mine jammed into where my ash tray was...

i'll get around to making a mounting bracket for it

06B0X

Just because its here and more ScanGauges are getting purchased.

I just read through all the pages and am anxious to "calibrate" my ScanGuage!

Jan06xB

I set mine to 12 because if you do any engine braking it says it burns more than actual and it gets "confused" when you use more than that tank size you set. Also protect it from excessive heat from the sun with a cover so that it stays under 170 degrees or the display may be damaged.

06B0X

Does anyone have a ScanGauge and Cruise?
Just curious what sort of numbers you get...

Gsnorgathon

I've got a ScanGauge and cruise, but we've got these amazing and utterly bizarre things out here called "hills" and "mountains" that you might not be familiar with... :@P

I'm averaging about 32mpg, with an auto.

365Motorwerks

300+ miles a day!
30mpg +/- depending on how "frisky" I feel! 15" w/205 50's and a roof rack..

Tomas

Yeah, I'm about 40 miles south of Gsnorgathon, and we have those strange land bumps here, too. The little one my apartment is on top of is higher than the tallest mountain in Florida (Space Mountain). They play havoc with gas mileage. Two miles west of me is sea level, I'm at about 400 feet, and 50 miles southeast is 14,410 feet.

32 MPG I really good in our environment!

Tom

06B0X

Ok I'm filling her up tonight to start calibration.

Jan06xB

You also need to calibrate the speed ideally with a GPS that can display 0.1 mph increments.

06B0X

I rolling on OEM sized tires on my wheels so I'll get to the MPH part later.

Any know if I can get the scangauge in the cubby?

Jan06xB

Stock tires are off almost 10 % on the mileage and about 3% on the speed and put the scangauge where you can see it and the road at the same time because . . . crash will happen if you can't see it quickly and easily. I stuck two small velcro pads on each end and stuck it on the steering column but the cubby hole right in front of the wheel is good too except for when you have to reach to press the buttons. In the cubbby it can be in the shade and that will keep it cooler. You will want to check your speed with it rather than the speedo since it is going to be WAY more accurate.

Gsnorgathon

My stockers were off on the odo by about 4% - 4.17%, IIRC (I'm on 185/65 tires now, so the speedo's right on and the odo's off by ~6%).

Calibrating it was a bit of a pain (here I am with a friggin' stopwatch cruising down I-5, desperately hoping for the traffic to lighten up enough that I can maintain a constant speed for a few mileposts' worth...).

365Motorwerks

I have that one and it won't fit without triming..

06B0X

Thats exactly what I was looking for.

I just put mine on top of the wheel (non-turning part)

Reason is, it won't fit in the cubby once I install the radio, my wheel is all the way up so both the dash cubby and even top are blocked by the wheel and I didn't want it down in the OEM cubby.

I just routing the cable along the column and made sure I wouldn't have to worry about interference w/ my feet.

KINGxOFxSKA

Here's my mount that I had Dr_Isotope make for me:


Here's Dr. Isotope's personal mount in his tC:


http://www.doctorisotope.com

Jan06xB

Sweet but in an xB that part of the dask is way too low to look at while driving.

06B0X

If one was to have a GPS and find a stretch of road - can the calibration be done "accurately" w/o having to drive 100 miles?

I was going to borrow a friends GPS and attempt to find a stretch of road w/ accurate mile markers (to many exits in central florida).

Gsnorgathon

You don't have to drive 100 miles; longer is better but it's not necessary (100 miles does make the math easier). Of course a good GPS with a good satellite lock ought to be very accurate.

When I was calibrating my odo it was just one more excuse to take some road trips that I wanted to take anyway.