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MRSAMO

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joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo Grand Master

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If you're experiencing bad fuel economy, try replacing the oxygen sensor if it hasn't been replaced in the last 50,000km (or if you don't know whether it has been replaced or not). $120ish item, extra 100km to a tank...and it's quite common for them to be worn out.

lol... not too many 300rwkw cars running an O2 sensor mang....

mine got disabled years ago

oh and FWIW i get ~350 per tank... (RB25 @ 285rwkw/19ps)

Birds Grand Master

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lol... not too many 300rwkw cars running an O2 sensor mang....

mine got disabled years ago

oh and FWIW i get ~350 per tank... (RB25 @ 285rwkw/19ps)

Ahh read thread ffs. I didn't direct that at Chris or I would have quoted him!

I'm burning up here.

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lol... not too many 300rwkw cars running an O2 sensor mang....

mine got disabled years ago

oh and FWIW i get ~350 per tank... (RB25 @ 285rwkw/19ps)

out of interest, why dont/cant you run an o2 sensor?

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Cowboy1600 Grand Master

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My car is doing 0km per 0L at the moment >.> Too busy sitting on a train that smells like bad breath.

Which train you catching at the moment, Chuck? I'm working in the city now so am training to work at the moment.

Although I'm taking a squizz at a 98 zx9 tomorrow (kawasaki...*shudder*) so this may be my last day on 84 wheels!

R31Nismoid Grand Master

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lol...

Peter - RE: O2 sensors, if the tuner has adjusted all the cells sufficiently, the O2 sensor can be made redundant.

All the O2 really does it on light load leans off mix and so on by way of mapping. Nothing you cannot do via a tune in the light throttle/load cells far as i understand it.

My car generally gets as good or better economy than cars with less power and O2 sensors :P

Count Grantleyish Grand Master

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Ok,

My fuel economy is 'I don't care'

What I do is put petrol in the tank, drive it and fill it up when it's almost empty.

Simple really.

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MRSAMO Rising Star

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Mine is pretty poor!! I am getting about 19-21 L/100ks

I am ALWAYS at the petrol station!!!

:D not so flash for the wallet

You need to get the car check ASAP if you haven't done so already. You are spending too much money unnecessarily on petrol. Skylines can do much better than that.

Comparison for fuel consumption is a good exercise because you get to see how well most Skylines run over time, especially with such contrasting setups. The newer cars like the R34 should have better fuel economy, whereas the older models if well maintained/serviced should perform almost as good. 400-450km to a tank sounds like the average for skyline drivers.

During my drive to Sydney I managed to get over 600km to a tank on V-Power and about the same amount on the drive back to Melbourne. This is a stockish untuned R32 GTR and driving a constant 110km/h in 5th gear (which every GTR should be able to do or better).

My next car BTW is going to be an R35 GTR, it averages 12.7 lt\100km and goes waaaaaaay faster than my car.

Cowboy1600 Grand Master

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you drive a roadtrain?

Actually I did the maths wrong. It's 96 wheels :)

6 carriage train, 16 wheels per carriage :D

But I'm doing the 2 wheel commute now. Sooo much faster, and more fun, than 96.

If anyone sees a blue '98 ZX9 weaving through traffic somewhere between Hurstbridge, Ivanhoe and the City (Collins St) gizza wave, and get outta my way :)

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For some reasons, I seemed to get more k's from a tank of 95 than a tank of V-power, why is that?

Difference is 10.5L and 12L

maybe you drive it a bit different because you know you just put in shitter fuel?

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