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well

sounds stupid i know, BUT its true (in my case)

Normally i average 200-250Km a tank

well, after i put this new to4e turbo on....i got 280KM to a half of a tank...

ao thats over 500KM to a tank if i calculate it correctly

ill do a test since i have to fill it up anwyays and i will have a week before i get a tune.

more on that later

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yeah, im curious to see gas mileage between rough tune and after Rom tune with more fuel delivery parts installed.

im hoping 450+ KM a tank...if i can get 300 id be happy

this 250km a tank is killing me

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its huge

i had to grind part of the compressor housing to fit it on the stock manifold (stainless had a huge ass crack so i threw it away)

its a t04E size compressor

50 trim

i get 10psi at 4k rpm

im imagining 1 bar at 4300-4500rpm

when i get home i will throw up a picture of it next to a stock turbo for comparrison

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well sounds stupid i know, BUT its true (in my case)

Normally i average 200-250Km a tank

well, after i put this new to4e turbo on....i got 280KM to a half of a tank...

ao thats over 500KM to a tank if i calculate it correctly

ill do a test since i have to fill it up anwyays and i will have a week before i get a tune.

more on that later

What did you do, run it on 2 cylinders only? :)

Whats that knocking noise I hear? :(

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lol

nah

AFs are in the low 13s accross the board

i had liek 2 horus to tune it on the highway.

and nah, i drive my car like a bat out of hell.

thats why i have to maintain it all the damn time.

im never out of boost normally

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yeah, im curious to see gas mileage between rough tune and after Rom tune with more fuel delivery parts installed.

im hoping 450+ KM a tank...if i can get 300 id be happy

this 250km a tank is killing me

Should have gone Autech Grant. 650hp, 400kms a tank.

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well that makes no sense to me .. hopefully someone will tell is what the go is

same here, thats why i was like WTF

so far 67 kms of hard city driving and it is still at hte full mark.

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Yep, big turbo would be to blaim, when you're cruising along on the highway or whatever it is making less boost and the ECU runs is leaner.

It was the same for me with my old R31 that a HT-18 on it. Most the time was off boost, so fuel efficiency was awesome. As soon as you get up, you can just about watch the fuel needle dropping! A friend of mine with an R32 also has similar affects.

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