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I have an R33 GTS-T Manual skyline.

I have just got a job that means I will drive about 120k return each day to work. It will be 95% highway driving at 100kph.

Now this is my first import. I have only owned falcons before which are built for the highway slog.

FYI, the car has been properly serviced. syn oil every 5000ks. new gearbox and diff oil, new plugs, timing belt done etc...

Now as you would all know the car sits at about 2600-2700 at 100kph. Is that too much to be doing 600ks every week? Am I going to wear it out really quickly if I do this sort of rpm all the time? or will it be fine if I keep the oil changes up?

What sort of lts per 100kph can a turbo skyline get if its in good mechanical condition when used on the freeway?

any thought on this would be great

Thanks!

why do people seem to think that skylines are some mythical beast that needs to be treated in some special way and can't be driven like a normal car? they are just a standard family car with a turbo attatched. it will be more than fine to do the highway run in. highway driving is generally better on cars than the stop/start of city driving.

as for fuel economy, you should see around 10L/100kms on the stock ecu.

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thanks for the reply. I figured provided i service it the way I do it would be completely fine. I usually change the engine oil (synthetic oil + drift magnetic filter) every 5000kms. Do you think that given the light loads that are applied on highway cruiseing I could make it 7500kms without any harm? at 5000kms ill be changing oil every 2months!!

Now I just wish nissan put cruise control in them!

thanks for the reply. I figured provided i service it the way I do it would be completely fine. I usually change the engine oil (synthetic oil + drift magnetic filter) every 5000kms. Do you think that given the light loads that are applied on highway cruiseing I could make it 7500kms without any harm? at 5000kms ill be changing oil every 2months!!

Now I just wish nissan put cruise control in them!

yeah 7500kms of highway driving would be fine. in city driving you can spend a lot of time just idling which is wear going on the engine but not on the clock

mate no offence, but you start pointless threads every few days it seems.

YES its a car it will be able to do it, its built to do that shit, if you didnt know that then maybe you should catch the bus.

Thats pretty unfair really. I don't start threads every couple of days about this sort of stuff. Nothing I ask isn't without some sought of grounding. This is a forum designed to allow people who are not experts in skylines, find out the information they need. If this offends you I'm sorry. This is the first skyline I have owned, everything before has been a low reving highway slug, I wanted to know how these engines/drivelines cope with that sought of driving as very few people use them for that. Once again I apologise for upsetting you, I'll stop flooding the forum and leave more space for people starting threads about 'what turbo will suit my rb25 best'.

sounds good :banana:

in all essence mate.. A car is a car.. Lots of people use them for highway driving.. especially R33.. they are everywhere.. As long as you service is regularly with the correct equipment then your car will be fine..

You do less wear and tear to the motor when you sit at a constant speed, i.e., highway driving where the engine sits at a constant rpm. You cause more engine wear & tear from city driving.

Thats pretty unfair really. I don't start threads every couple of days about this sort of stuff. Nothing I ask isn't without some sought of grounding. This is a forum designed to allow people who are not experts in skylines, find out the information they need. If this offends you I'm sorry. This is the first skyline I have owned, everything before has been a low reving highway slug, I wanted to know how these engines/drivelines cope with that sought of driving as very few people use them for that. Once again I apologise for upsetting you, I'll stop flooding the forum and leave more space for people starting threads about 'what turbo will suit my rb25 best'.

Didnt mean to offend you, or bring you down or anything man, my appologies :P

Won't be the most comfortable of trips but it will handle fine mechanically. I do wish the R33 had a longer 5th gear or even a 6th gear...the engine could easily do the job with 500rpm less at 100km/h. But these cars were meant to get off the line quickly and the compromise is fuel economy. It won't be fantastic, no turbo petrol car is at highway speed compared to n/a counterparts...but will be much better than city driving that's for sure.

when i'm on the freeway for long periods, i like to give the throttle a stab here and there, get into positive boost, or back off a bit, etc. just to keep the revs moving around.

dunno if it's any better for it, but sitting at a steady 3krpm for long periods just sounds unhealthy to me lol

the sitting at 3krpm isn't an issue. pretty much every 4 cylinder will sit at that sort of rpm at 100km/h.

as for being off boost, yeah that cuts the fuel down a bit, however you are at the sort of rpm that you will very quickly be into positive boost on hills or just speed up a bit, so you can very quickly start drinking the fuel if you aren't very smooth with your throttle application. just grab a multimeter and check your o2 sensor is working, otherwise your fuel economy will really suck.

Now this is my first import. I have only owned falcons before which are built for the highway slog.

If the rest of the thread wasn't sensible I would swear you are trolling. falcons built for the highway? yeah, maybe parking on the side of it after they overheated (seriously, 90% of the cars i see broken down at the top of a long hill are falcons).

10L/100km for the freeway, no problems. motor loves it.

If the rest of the thread wasn't sensible I would swear you are trolling. falcons built for the highway? yeah, maybe parking on the side of it after they overheated (seriously, 90% of the cars i see broken down at the top of a long hill are falcons).

10L/100km for the freeway, no problems. motor loves it.

i'd take a commodore or falcon for highway driving over a skyline any day of the week.

the only reason you'd see falcons on the side of the road comes down to the lack of maintenance by a lot of owners, not the actual cars. if skylines were treated like a lot of commodores and falcons are there'd be a hell of a lot more of them on the side of the road broken down than commodores and falcons.

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