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I did 120km yesterday on around 1/8 of a tank. Stock ecus are terribly rich at cruise. Skylines don't have to be terrible on fuel!

Mine gets about 9L/100km at cruise and about 10L/100km when I drive it around town. When I get around to a new ECU I'll definitely be getting a lot of attention paid the the cruise map settings.

Well know idea what mine us gonna be like..........but I have a sneakin suspicion it's not gonna be greatly fuel efficient

As long as it's better than Nicks 20L/100 for 200KW

But you all get more than me a week there is my problem :(

I had a dream I sold my car for 4500.... Woke up and went to ckeck my car was still there. Had me scared

Getting $4500 for yours would be a dream :P

Question... who has had a screamer pipe before? Ive always been against it due to driving my car a lot and it would be annoying. Now i wont be driving my car anywhere near as much im contemplating getting one for something different. As far as im aware there is no increase in performance having one..

Question... who has had a screamer pipe before? Ive always been against it due to driving my car a lot and it would be annoying. Now i wont be driving my car anywhere near as much im contemplating getting one for something different. As far as im aware there is no increase in performance having one..

I would think since your are releasing energy before the turbo there would be no performance gain. I know of someone in the Supra club with one but I don't know what she thinks of it other than she can't go to lakeside due to noise restrictions.

Well know idea what mine us gonna be like..........but I have a sneakin suspicion it's not gonna be greatly fuel efficient

It will be ok, Sean pays attention to the cruise areas of the map in an attempt to keep fuel usage down, Your will be quite similar to mine I imagine.

Question... who has had a screamer pipe before? Ive always been against it due to driving my car a lot and it would be annoying. Now i wont be driving my car anywhere near as much im contemplating getting one for something different. As far as im aware there is no increase in performance having one..

The only advantage is if your exhaust is not flowing enough to cope with the extra volume of gas when the wastegate opens, in that instance it will allow you to control boost better.

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