diff --git a/test/e2e/autoscaling.go b/test/e2e/autoscaling.go
index 9cdd5c1625f..f6d54c0bb45 100644
--- a/test/e2e/autoscaling.go
+++ b/test/e2e/autoscaling.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/fields"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
@@ -54,12 +53,14 @@ var _ = Describe("Autoscaling", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("[Skipped][Autoscaling Suite] should scale cluster size based on cpu utilization", func() {
-		setUpAutoscaler("cpu/node_utilization", 0.7, nodeCount, nodeCount+1)
+		setUpAutoscaler("cpu/node_utilization", 0.5, nodeCount, nodeCount+1)
 
-		ConsumeCpu(f, "cpu-utilization", nodeCount*coresPerNode)
+		// Consume 60% CPU
+		millicoresPerReplica := 600
+		rc := NewStaticResourceConsumer("rc", nodeCount*coresPerNode, millicoresPerReplica*nodeCount*coresPerNode, 0, int64(millicoresPerReplica), 100, f)
 		expectNoError(waitForClusterSize(f.Client, nodeCount+1, 20*time.Minute))
 
-		StopConsuming(f, "cpu-utilization")
+		rc.CleanUp()
 		expectNoError(waitForClusterSize(f.Client, nodeCount, 20*time.Minute))
 	})
 
@@ -76,12 +77,12 @@ var _ = Describe("Autoscaling", func() {
 	It("[Skipped][Autoscaling Suite] should scale cluster size based on memory utilization", func() {
 		setUpAutoscaler("memory/node_utilization", 0.5, nodeCount, nodeCount+1)
 
-		// Consume 60% of total memory capacity in 256MB chunks.
-		chunks := memCapacityMb * nodeCount * 6 / 10 / 256
-		ConsumeMemory(f, "memory-utilization", chunks)
+		// Consume 60% of total memory capacity
+		megabytesPerReplica := int(memCapacityMb * 6 / 10 / coresPerNode)
+		rc := NewStaticResourceConsumer("rc", nodeCount*coresPerNode, 0, megabytesPerReplica*nodeCount*coresPerNode, 100, int64(megabytesPerReplica+100), f)
 		expectNoError(waitForClusterSize(f.Client, nodeCount+1, 20*time.Minute))
 
-		StopConsuming(f, "memory-utilization")
+		rc.CleanUp()
 		expectNoError(waitForClusterSize(f.Client, nodeCount, 20*time.Minute))
 	})
 
@@ -120,59 +121,6 @@ func cleanUpAutoscaler() {
 	expectNoError(err, "Output: "+string(out))
 }
 
-func CreateService(f *Framework, name string) {
-	By("Running sevice" + name)
-	service := &api.Service{
-		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: name,
-		},
-		Spec: api.ServiceSpec{
-			Selector: map[string]string{
-				"name": name,
-			},
-			Ports: []api.ServicePort{{
-				Port:       8080,
-				TargetPort: util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(8080),
-			}},
-		},
-	}
-	_, err := f.Client.Services(f.Namespace.Name).Create(service)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-}
-
-func ConsumeCpu(f *Framework, id string, cores int) {
-	CreateService(f, id)
-	By(fmt.Sprintf("Running RC which consumes %v cores", cores))
-	config := &RCConfig{
-		Client:     f.Client,
-		Name:       id,
-		Namespace:  f.Namespace.Name,
-		Timeout:    10 * time.Minute,
-		Image:      "jess/stress",
-		Command:    []string{"stress", "-c", "1"},
-		Replicas:   cores,
-		CpuRequest: 500,
-		CpuLimit:   1000,
-	}
-	expectNoError(RunRC(*config))
-}
-
-// Consume <chunks> chunks of size 256MB.
-func ConsumeMemory(f *Framework, id string, chunks int) {
-	CreateService(f, id)
-	By(fmt.Sprintf("Running RC which consumes %v MB of memory in 256MB chunks", chunks*256))
-	config := &RCConfig{
-		Client:    f.Client,
-		Name:      id,
-		Namespace: f.Namespace.Name,
-		Timeout:   10 * time.Minute,
-		Image:     "jess/stress",
-		Command:   []string{"stress", "-m", "1", "--vm-hang", "0"},
-		Replicas:  chunks,
-	}
-	expectNoError(RunRC(*config))
-}
-
 func ReserveCpu(f *Framework, id string, millicores int) {
 	By(fmt.Sprintf("Running RC which reserves %v millicores", millicores))
 	config := &RCConfig{