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awesome stuff Craig - glad to hear the black beast is back on the road :)

mad job in getting it there also.

its too damn far, and im not enough mods along to need a tune myself just yet lol

that said, i havent done an oil change in a while, with the nismo ecu still learning, i got 540km from the last tank of about 70L. thats with some spirited driving also. im pretty happy with the economy of this ecu even though i have a boat load more power/torque!

yeah 540kms wtf ;) --- im lucky to get 450 off boost :S

heh ive given up on mine in the sense of mods for the time being you guys are light years ahead even you Zei20l. ill be a year away from getting a tune and an ecu at this rate - its only destined to get a highflowed turbo for the time being and a new starter :)

ill do the runner spacer and new plugs and rocker gaskets when the turbo gets done. as i cant see myself in the limited space ive got doing engine outs often - until i get a bigger garage.

Edited by PetroDola

Spotted my tractor getting 520kms from 62 litres of 98

including going up Mt Tambourine with 5 large adults in the car

:)

Also, c34 rear strut brace fabrication begins next week ;)

He drives like a pussy so no surprise... :) lol

LOL, if it wasn't for him quoting 70 litres, I would have thought he was giving us numbers for his wife's Fiat, not the Stagea. And that would be some serious thrashing of the little buzzbox, too (the car, not the wife ;) ).

Getting a 70+ litre fuel tank into the little Fiat would be a feat, the thing is so small!

Man, this thread is way too quiet. Oh and it always makes me hungry, regardless of if the last few posts contained chat about food or not.

We need Sean, Cyrus, Mr ClownShoesTangles and others to start posting again.

i rekon using the boot i could get 70L in there :)

FYI people, did 240km on 1/4 of a tank to Port Stevens ;) all highway but needed some serious throttle to get past some morons. yes, the wife commented on the car sounding like a plane when i give it a boot full!

i guess 500+ km from a tank isnt all that bad. it needs an oil change so i expect that to get a little better afterwards

need to do the manifold spacer at some stage. not to mention the 456428475840596845673486 suspension parts to go on as well. i wish i had time.............

Man, this thread is way too quiet. Oh and it always makes me hungry, regardless of if the last few posts contained chat about food or not.

We need Sean, Cyrus, Mr ClownShoesTangles and others to start posting again.

boy`s must have eaten to many CHILLIES lol

i rekon using the boot i could get 70L in there :)

FYI people, did 240km on 1/4 of a tank to Port Stevens :) all highway but needed some serious throttle to get past some morons. yes, the wife commented on the car sounding like a plane when i give it a boot full!

i guess 500+ km from a tank isnt all that bad. it needs an oil change so i expect that to get a little better afterwards

need to do the manifold spacer at some stage. not to mention the 456428475840596845673486 suspension parts to go on as well. i wish i had time.............

my m35 acheived regularly 650-700 ks out of a tank cruising mainly 110-115 kph over 5000ks sunny coast - melbourne and many places in between including up to mt hotham -bairnsdale-moe.

around the sunny coast 550-600 per tank 50/50 city-country driving. ;)

Fitted L/H tailgate lamp cluster. Interesting, the cluster I had was from a tailgate that did not have the closer fitted. The plug for the cluster is four pin on the closer model, but only three pin on the non closer. I experienced the same problem on the 25G while fitting a closer.

Why Mr Nissan????????

Now all the probs with the AFM are fixed have wound the boost up to 10psi.Will check it out Monday.

cant believe i am awake and its sunday... think its time to go wash the car...... f**k i have to get out of bed to do that also....

Wash car. whats that? I gotta stop fkn with my sig and shit. i keep forgetn to save. lol. no pm atm and default skin is shizenhousen. ftl

Admins did well with the db upgrade fck all downtime, but bringing across the pms will be the true task. checkn for integrity will be a PITA. Latency seems minimal. :thanks:

Edited by dirtyRS4

Wash car. whats that? I gotta stop fkn with my sig and shit. i keep forgetn to save. lol. no pm atm and default skin is shizenhousen. ftl

Admins bringing across the pms will be the true task. checkn for integrity will be a PITA.

LOL only way Your Car in washed is driven in RAIN :D,Give me a Buzz you slack Barcket :thanks:

LOL only way Your Car in washed is driven in RAIN :D,Give me a Buzz you slack Barcket :thanks:

Just got back from the Swan Valley chuckie. Will ring later on tonight. :nyaanyaa: whats with the post edits not disappearing? lol

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