Save My Skyline!

[33Sedan]

Got a money prob at the moment and can't afford the r33's fuel bill's....... pretty much stock and im getting 350 to the $65 tank (Driving casually), which is almost 5 days of driving for me asi have alot of highway driving. Is there anything i can do to increase fuel economy without being retarded. Ie I was wondering if you can say set a dual stage boost controller to boost under standard boost and the next at say slightly above standard.....

Or am i retarded? I really wanna keep the skyline as i have times when ihave enough money to take the engine past 2k rpm ;-) But for a few months I shall be poor.... Any ideas.

PS. I don't wanna numb the skyline, i still want to be able to drive it like its mean tto be drivin but was just wondering if for the other times i'm driving it if i can save petrol.....

[Beer Baron]

350kms for $65? I say be happy! things aint going to get much cheaper than that with skyline ownership.

[WogsRus]

well it cost me $75 dollars to fill up, BP ultimate, and i get 400 out of a tank, seams exy, but when you look at actuall fuel consumption figure 55 liters for 400 km is GREAT for a skyline arround town.

[cheez]

im getting 370-400 city driving with mine, that costs me around $65 to fill. about 500 on freeway. welcome to the world of skylines. now you know why so many people have them as a weekender and not a daily.

[SLIPPERY]

my 33 used to get 600km surburban if i was careful

If you cant afford the car, then sell it, buy a bunky and use that for the time being.

Then, if you still want a 33, buy one later and it will be even cheaper to buy down the track

[33Sedan]

Haha yea wish i had money to buy another sub 2ltr get around car. Man money sucks. THanks guy for the fast reply's! Seems my fuel consumption is pretty avg. Hate catchin the bus :-(

Do you guys know if it is possible to set boost below standard?

[RBwhatever]

5psi will your lowest possible setting due to the 5psi actuator.

[ferni]

You don't need to touch the boost - you will only hit full boost if your right foot is telling it to. Just be softer on the gas pedal and you won't hit full boost....

[SLIPPERY]

you should be able to keep it in vacuum all day every day if youre that desperate lol

[WogsRus]

getting a tune with a pigy back computer and some tweaks can improve ecconomy greatly. I picked up close to 80 kilometers extra once my SAFC II was tuned, now i still get good fuel ecconomy with 217 rwKw.

[blind_elk]

What tyre pressures are you running?

[SLIPPERY]

He doesnt have the money to be buying SAFCs and tunes...thats the problem

[ZENNON]

fyi: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=174292

[cosworth1971]

<350kms ere

stop start driving(small trips)

id say drive less or buy a suzuki swift :laughing-smiley-014:

and try owning a v8 its worse or 5 cars at once like stupid me

[TTT]

classic.

how do you not afford fuel yet own a skyline?

not many options..

bus, train, push bike...

I gotta ask... if you don't have money for fuel, what do you eat everyday?

[paulr33]

the fuel economy isnt that bad. besides it only uses as much fuel based on how you drive it.

so if obviously you are flooring it and loading it up. if you want to see how much economy you can get give the car to your mum for a week. also are you completely emptying the tank? the needle goes past E. if you consider it empty when it gets to the E line theres about 30-40ks left (ish) before its bone empty so you are probably nearing 400ks to a tank which is good imho.

[abu]

classic.

how do you not afford fuel yet own a skyline?

not many options..

bus, train, push bike...

I gotta ask... if you don't have money for fuel, what do you eat everyday?

Either mummy or daddy is rich, or the things on finance.

[TTT]

if mummy and daddy were rich, there would be no can't afford fuel thread.

[ZENNON]

...are you completely emptying the tank? the needle goes past E. if you consider it empty when it gets to the E line theres about 30-40ks left (ish) before its bone empty so you are probably nearing 400ks to a tank which is good imho.

with all due respect paul using more of the fuel in the tank will not improve fuel economy - im sure you realize this - so how about you (33Sedan) calculate your fuel economy properly and see how you go...

steps to follow: (taken from above thread i posted)

1. fill tank completely and note kms

2. drive - drive - drive

3. fill tank completely again and note kms

4. to calculate take litres it took to fill / kms travelled

[TTT]

fill tank

reset trip meter

drive drive drive.

fill tank

check petrol pump to see how many litres you put in.

check trip meter to see distance travelled.

Litres pumped / km's travelled x 100 = Litres per 100km

eg

40L pumped / 370km's travelled x 100 = 10.81L per 100kms

no use saying I get 350km to a tank unless you filled up, reset trip meter, drove till you ran out of fuel and broke down on the side of the road and looked at trip meter and told us that number.

that's what you get to a tank.

Edited August 29, 2007 by GTST