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I fang mine around all the time. I'm not saying this to sound cool. I just dont drive it like a granny. Im not really fussed about fuel consumption as I didnt buy the car for that.

Before you say I drive like a dick, I dont swerve in and out of traffic, dont speed in excess and never lost a point. I just sit a gear lower than I should all the time :thumbsup:

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^^^ that's crazy man..

you'll wreck your engine.

You gotta warm it up..

like me..

each night, I put a container of oil in to a speacially built room which is heated to 80 degrees.

before I start my car in the morning, I pull the head off and put a little bit of this pre-heated oil in the pistons to make sure they are lubricated and warm.

I then torque down the head and put it all back together.

I then proceed to take the turbo off, pull it apart and lubricate the bearings with the same pre-heated oil.

I then put it back on.

Then, I pull the injectors off, put a little bit of fuel in them and install them back in.

I remove the spark plugs, put them in the heated room for 20 minutes to warm them up, then install them back in the car.

THEN, I put the key in the ignition, turn it to reds and wait for the pump to prime.

Then I crank it over and start the car.

At this point, I let the car idle for 55 minutes exactly to make sure it has warmed up properly.

While it is doing that, I jack up the car and spin the wheels by hand then run to the drivers side and step on the brake.

I do this about 15 times to get a little bit of heat in to the brakes.

after 55 minutes have passed, I remove my tyre warmers and thermal blanket off the car and drive slowly, making sure I don't go over 0 on the boost gauge and not over 1500rpm on the tacho.. for at least the next 10 minutes.

At this point, it is safe to drive the car to a maximum of 3200rpm.. you don't want to thrash them over that..

Revs kills engines you know..

This routine takes about 12 hours each morning, but it is well worth it.

I strongly suggest you all do the same thing..

You would if you really cared about your skyline.

I dunno..

I mean to save all that trouble, I would just up the time spent on limiter to about 6 minutes.

While it is doing that, I jack up the car and spin the wheels by hand then run to the drivers side and step on the brake.

I do this about 15 times to get a little bit of heat in to the brakes.

Gold! LOL

^^^ that's crazy man..

you'll wreck your engine.

You gotta warm it up..

like me..

each night, I put a container of oil in to a speacially built room which is heated to 80 degrees.

before I start my car in the morning, I pull the head off and put a little bit of this pre-heated oil in the pistons to make sure they are lubricated and warm.

I then torque down the head and put it all back together.

I then proceed to take the turbo off, pull it apart and lubricate the bearings with the same pre-heated oil.

I then put it back on.

Then, I pull the injectors off, put a little bit of fuel in them and install them back in.

I remove the spark plugs, put them in the heated room for 20 minutes to warm them up, then install them back in the car.

THEN, I put the key in the ignition, turn it to reds and wait for the pump to prime.

Then I crank it over and start the car.

At this point, I let the car idle for 55 minutes exactly to make sure it has warmed up properly.

While it is doing that, I jack up the car and spin the wheels by hand then run to the drivers side and step on the brake.

I do this about 15 times to get a little bit of heat in to the brakes.

after 55 minutes have passed, I remove my tyre warmers and thermal blanket off the car and drive slowly, making sure I don't go over 0 on the boost gauge and not over 1500rpm on the tacho.. for at least the next 10 minutes.

At this point, it is safe to drive the car to a maximum of 3200rpm.. you don't want to thrash them over that..

Revs kills engines you know..

This routine takes about 12 hours each morning, but it is well worth it.

I strongly suggest you all do the same thing..

You would if you really cared about your skyline.

I take 12 hours and 30 minutes... can never be too careful :cheers:

oh and every 1/2 hour I replace the air filter element, I keep my boot jam packed with the suckers

What's boost?

I rarely use it... Probably about once a day I hit it, and it's due to a VERY poorly designed on ramp near me, speeds usually drop to 40 odd km/h in a 90 zone... Using 3rd gear I pull onto the outer lane with a decent amount of throttle (Mind you, I do it in a safe gap too!) and that's normally only low boost too.

I rarely hit full boost, maybe once or twice a week.

I just baby it, it's driven daily, and there's no need to hit full boost on the way to work.

yeh im with most ppl here... dont go over 3k till oil n water are up to temp. I never bother with warming up apart from getting up to oil pressure cos ur diff n trans dont get warmed up sitting there stationary! Most of my day to day driving is putting about off boost, with a squirt here and there. Dont usually get over 4k. I do however drive in the hills a couple times a week to blow the cobwebs out :P

^^^ You're getting a Handbag for xmas aren't you?

or maybe a towbar for the skyline so that you can tow your dresses.

No sweety, I'm just going to keep carrying yours around for you, as I don't want you to hurt yourself lifting something so heavy for you.

Seriously, it's a public road. The amount of people out there in peak hour traffic that jump and change. If you're hammering it, and they change lanes, it's an accident waiting to happen.

I actually found some good statistics not too long ago on the RTA site.

Approximately every 3 KM someone makes a mistake that could lead to an accident

Every 8KM someone makes a mistake leading to a near miss.

So if you drive 10km to work, you're bound to make 3 mistakes, with one leading to nearly having an accident.

You start flogging your car, those distances drop down quite a bit lower.

Wisen up or go buy your self a push bike

I actually found some good statistics not too long ago on the RTA site.

Approximately every 3 KM someone makes a mistake that could lead to an accident

Every 8KM someone makes a mistake leading to a near miss.

So if you drive 10km to work, you're bound to make 3 mistakes, with one leading to nearly having an accident.

You start flogging your car, those distances drop down quite a bit lower.

Wisen up or go buy your self a push bike

I've put those two words in bold, because it shows you dont know how to understand data. Someone out of XXXX amount of cars on the road makes a mistake every 3km. That doesn't mean that it is you

And I did buy a pushbike, thanks for asking :P

Sorry Jas, the stats actually was each average person.

I'll try find them again for you all. It was one person out of everyone, it was each person makes a mistake approx every 3km.

Each has a near miss approx every 8km.

Okay, got the stat SLIGHTLY wrong, but:

Crash research shows that all drivers, even

you, can and will make mistakes. It is estimated

that drivers make a mistake that:

Could lead to a crash about every three

kilometres.

Leads to a near crash about every 800

kilometres.

Leads to a crash about every 980,000

kilometres.

Page 30/31 of 94 of the Driver Qualification handbook

Start driving like a tool, you manage to lower those distances DRAMATICALLY!

Driving fast actually does save petrol,

unless you're coming up to a red light and still doing 70km/hr until 50 metres before it.

So I tend to accelerate faster than normal and go 5-10 above the limit unless overtaking

also shifting to neutral when going down steep declines helps a little :P

So if I drive 42km to and from work then it means I make 14 mistakes everyday?

Doesn't sound right to me, I mean even Mr Bean doesn't drive that bad

i never go over the speed limit. but ill do my best to get there as fast as possible.

i can't think of the last time i waited for my engine to warm up before hitting full boost.

limiter get a bashing daily.

stupid i guess, maybe ill learn when i have to replace the rb20. or crash.

when i drive normal cars(Camry) i drive granny spec, but when your behind the wheel of a skyline you can't help it!

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