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JimX Grand Master

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High idle will affect your economy a lot if you do a lot of stop-start traffic. Try getting it down below 800. Other than that, just do the usual stuff - replace plugs, clean injectors, etc. Does the R30 use an AFM? If so try cleaning it with some electrical contact cleaner.

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Bleach1 Proficient

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Aftern owning a sr20de silvia for 3 years and getting around 450ks from 45L of fuel it was a big shock how much fuel my r33 uses. The best figures i have gotten are 11L/100ks on highway driving. I average 13.5L/100k in the city but have had it as high as 18L/100ks after a night of hard driving. I guess a relativly heavy car and a 6cyl turbo doesnt help with fuel consumption.

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The best ive ever got from my R30 was something over 400kms out of a full tank. Prettymuch i trash it everywhere, so i dont think thats too bad.

Things that i have done are, new plugs, leads, rotor button and distributor cap.

Other things that will help are cleaning the injectors (one of the best things is to put a bout 250mls of Auto-Trans fluid in the tank next time you fill it up), between doing this and replacing the fuel filter it will make a big diference.

The other thing that everyone with a L24E in a R30 should do is to cut the airbox.

I removed the shitty restrictive cold air feed piece of crap and cut a big hole in the top of the airbox, ill post pics soon.

This made a big diference in power, its much quicker, revs smoother and sounds totaly nuts. I couldnt beleive the diference it made. with the standard exhaust still in place i (Quiet out the back) i have had people ask me if its a V8, others are convinced there is a hole in my exhaust! dickheads.

seriously try going for a drive, just take the airbox lid off and go for a quik spin, youll know what im talking about.

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oh man i love you that sounds awsome. Although I have experienced another problem wif 2nd gear this is with cap to. Ok I accelerate fast in first to about 4 - 5k rpm, then i change to 2nd and put my foot down........................ LAg WTf?!? it like does nothing doesnt rev or no power, a dead spot for about half to 1 sec, insanley gay. i have new distrbtor cap, leads, plugs, fuel filter oil filter and this gay thing happens what to do????

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Craved Grand Master

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ive noticed since installing new plugs, NGK iridium's and changed oil to the new mobile 1 - super synth and ive actually lost 50-70Km's per tank!!! not sure what going on here! will the wrong gap affect fuel consumption?

will try normal mobile 1 next and see if i get it back!

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Craved Grand Master

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yeah i used to get atleast 450Km out of it, but now about 350 - 380 Km's even with highway driving, so i'll check it out!!

noticed alot more noise in the engine since the super synth mobil 1 went in, so see how this affects the sitution before regapping, as fuel consumption was (i think) ok before the oil change!!

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