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It is a common belief that most, if not all, odometers are wound back either here or over there.

I believe it was done to mine.

Thing is, I also believe that the engines are tough and the drive train can take it.

Just check the condition of everything and try not to judge by odometer alone.

Mate, if the 45 thou is genuine you have no need to worry (even if it had a coupla hundred thousand in front of it.

Go by the condition and service it regularly.

El Bee

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My old RB20DET did 170,000km's, 100,000km's of that was running 1bar and ~164rwkw.

I occasionally threw it on the dyno to check afr's and ignition timing to ensure they fuel pump wasn't going bad etc..

Keep them running well and you won't have any problems for hundreds of thousands of kays.

The motor still had good 145psi in all 6 cylinders when I pulled it out.

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my 32 gt-r is showing 138ks, which i believe is genuine as the car has been here since 96..

compression tested it on the weekend, its showing 170psi in all cylinders, and i know the car has had an avcr and aftermarket turbos for a few kays..

makes me wonder how many have had some form of tampering going on.. theres no reason a stockie engine (maybe not turbos) couldnt do 200k i reckon.

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I should also state that 145psi across all 6 cylinders in the rb20det was exactly the same as it was when I bought the car on 67,000km's.

Compression is affected by cam, cam timing etc.. Overlap bleeds off compression, as a result show a lower compression.

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I have a problem with my Odometer, I bought it a year ago and it was 115000Kms on the Odometer. One day i was driving and suddenly I noticed it says 230000Kms which I believe it's supposed to be 130000Kms cuz I'd only driven it for 15000kms. The old owner told me there is a minor problem with the Odometer it's not functioning correctly sometimes...is there a way to fix it?

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I have a problem with my Odometer, I bought it a year ago and it was 115000Kms on the Odometer. One day i was driving and suddenly I noticed it says 230000Kms which I believe it's supposed to be 130000Kms cuz I'd only driven it for 15000kms. The old owner told me there is a minor problem with the Odometer it's not functioning correctly sometimes...is there  a way to fix it?

i'm guessing its a digital odo.

i've heard many many cases of this with digital odo's all of a sudden they jump like 100-200K kms!!!

this is the result of the odo catching up on its true reading after being electronically wound back.

some sydney siders may remember a dealership name B** B*** Toys, rhymes with Fig Joys Toys, on parramatta rd broadway.

heard of lots of cases from them...

i'd suggest making sure your car has all the things replaced/repaired that should normally be done for a car with your 'new' odo reading,

the rest is up to you!

everyone should be aware that realistically, every single jap import has had the clock wound back.

i've just bought a r32 gtr with 80k on the clock, its a 15yr old car, theres no way thats legit!

just do the maths

20k kms/yr

15yrs

300,000kms

and that myth that japs dont/cant drive very much is crap, japs drive as much as we do!

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and that myth that japs dont/cant drive very much is crap, japs drive as much as we do!

SPOT ON!!!

I can't believe the dreamers with the amazingly low K's.

But all this "winding back the clock" stuff went out with white-wall tyres.

They just buy another speedo from the wreckers and use that one. Cheap as.

Come selling time, they re-fit the original speedo and hey, look at the low K's on my car.

Log book history is much harder to falsify.

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