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Had My 97 stagea now for a couple

of weeks and set to only get 300 from a tank. Im new to this beast. Boost control is turned off. Only occasional lead food. Has Apexi safc2. No ideas of setting yet. What do other users get out of a tank? Any ideas?

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Yeah do that ^ & throw a bottle of injector/fuel system stuff in for the happy trifecta, should be about 100ish all up! Could go for a dyno tune if your keen, but even still, dont expect any miracles with fuel consumption on these cars, they are thirsty beasts!

Also check ur tyre sizes. When i bought my 1st stagea it was fitted the tyres that were way smaller than the oem requirement (compliance shops just fit the cheapest crap available). That alone was worth 50kms a tank (highway)

Getting an o2 sensor from vulture motorsport monday. Fitting it tuesday as well as full fluids change. Next job find centre caps for wheels r34 gtt rims, then replace rotors and pads r32. Will post results of o2 sensor change

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I think I should probably get a new O2 sensor aswell.......

since my ECU died and got an auto one in there.. half a tank has only got me 120km's >.< .. I was getting 350-400 previously.... (city driving)

im of the opinion my economy is shit as well.. although this is my first turbo car, so i do boost a bit :D

however, i was told when my car was being tuned last time, the engine light would come on randomly for a second and the O2 sensor would be the error.

How hard is it to replace??

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