Question About Every Day Driving For Turbo Owners

[Yidz]

I fang mine around all the time. I'm not saying this to sound cool. I just dont drive it like a granny. Im not really fussed about fuel consumption as I didnt buy the car for that.

Before you say I drive like a dick, I dont swerve in and out of traffic, dont speed in excess and never lost a point. I just sit a gear lower than I should all the time

[R34GTFOUR]

i've found that if i bounce on the limter first thing in the morning, it warms the engine up quicker....

[Yidz]

Hmm... I find that with mine too..

Would recommend probably sitting on limiter for a good 30 seconds just to get it going

[TTT]

^^^ that's crazy man..

you'll wreck your engine.

You gotta warm it up..

like me..

each night, I put a container of oil in to a speacially built room which is heated to 80 degrees.

before I start my car in the morning, I pull the head off and put a little bit of this pre-heated oil in the pistons to make sure they are lubricated and warm.

I then torque down the head and put it all back together.

I then proceed to take the turbo off, pull it apart and lubricate the bearings with the same pre-heated oil.

I then put it back on.

Then, I pull the injectors off, put a little bit of fuel in them and install them back in.

I remove the spark plugs, put them in the heated room for 20 minutes to warm them up, then install them back in the car.

THEN, I put the key in the ignition, turn it to reds and wait for the pump to prime.

Then I crank it over and start the car.

At this point, I let the car idle for 55 minutes exactly to make sure it has warmed up properly.

While it is doing that, I jack up the car and spin the wheels by hand then run to the drivers side and step on the brake.

I do this about 15 times to get a little bit of heat in to the brakes.

after 55 minutes have passed, I remove my tyre warmers and thermal blanket off the car and drive slowly, making sure I don't go over 0 on the boost gauge and not over 1500rpm on the tacho.. for at least the next 10 minutes.

At this point, it is safe to drive the car to a maximum of 3200rpm.. you don't want to thrash them over that..

Revs kills engines you know..

This routine takes about 12 hours each morning, but it is well worth it.

I strongly suggest you all do the same thing..

You would if you really cared about your skyline.

[Yidz]

I dunno..

I mean to save all that trouble, I would just up the time spent on limiter to about 6 minutes.

While it is doing that, I jack up the car and spin the wheels by hand then run to the drivers side and step on the brake.

I do this about 15 times to get a little bit of heat in to the brakes.

Gold! LOL

[Yo-Yo]

^^^ that's crazy man..

you'll wreck your engine.

You gotta warm it up..

like me..

each night, I put a container of oil in to a speacially built room which is heated to 80 degrees.

before I start my car in the morning, I pull the head off and put a little bit of this pre-heated oil in the pistons to make sure they are lubricated and warm.

I then torque down the head and put it all back together.

I then proceed to take the turbo off, pull it apart and lubricate the bearings with the same pre-heated oil.

I then put it back on.

Then, I pull the injectors off, put a little bit of fuel in them and install them back in.

I remove the spark plugs, put them in the heated room for 20 minutes to warm them up, then install them back in the car.

THEN, I put the key in the ignition, turn it to reds and wait for the pump to prime.

Then I crank it over and start the car.

At this point, I let the car idle for 55 minutes exactly to make sure it has warmed up properly.

While it is doing that, I jack up the car and spin the wheels by hand then run to the drivers side and step on the brake.

I do this about 15 times to get a little bit of heat in to the brakes.

after 55 minutes have passed, I remove my tyre warmers and thermal blanket off the car and drive slowly, making sure I don't go over 0 on the boost gauge and not over 1500rpm on the tacho.. for at least the next 10 minutes.

At this point, it is safe to drive the car to a maximum of 3200rpm.. you don't want to thrash them over that..

Revs kills engines you know..

This routine takes about 12 hours each morning, but it is well worth it.

I strongly suggest you all do the same thing..

You would if you really cared about your skyline.

I take 12 hours and 30 minutes... can never be too careful

oh and every 1/2 hour I replace the air filter element, I keep my boot jam packed with the suckers

[MBS206]

What's boost?

I rarely use it... Probably about once a day I hit it, and it's due to a VERY poorly designed on ramp near me, speeds usually drop to 40 odd km/h in a 90 zone... Using 3rd gear I pull onto the outer lane with a decent amount of throttle (Mind you, I do it in a safe gap too!) and that's normally only low boost too.

I rarely hit full boost, maybe once or twice a week.

I just baby it, it's driven daily, and there's no need to hit full boost on the way to work.

[TTT]

^^^ You're getting a Handbag for xmas aren't you?

or maybe a towbar for the skyline so that you can tow your dresses.

[JAS-25T]

T - you got too much time on your hands

[TTT]

yeh..

[bezender]

yeh im with most ppl here... dont go over 3k till oil n water are up to temp. I never bother with warming up apart from getting up to oil pressure cos ur diff n trans dont get warmed up sitting there stationary! Most of my day to day driving is putting about off boost, with a squirt here and there. Dont usually get over 4k. I do however drive in the hills a couple times a week to blow the cobwebs out

[MBS206]

^^^ You're getting a Handbag for xmas aren't you?

or maybe a towbar for the skyline so that you can tow your dresses.

No sweety, I'm just going to keep carrying yours around for you, as I don't want you to hurt yourself lifting something so heavy for you.

Seriously, it's a public road. The amount of people out there in peak hour traffic that jump and change. If you're hammering it, and they change lanes, it's an accident waiting to happen.

I actually found some good statistics not too long ago on the RTA site.

Approximately every 3 KM someone makes a mistake that could lead to an accident

Every 8KM someone makes a mistake leading to a near miss.

So if you drive 10km to work, you're bound to make 3 mistakes, with one leading to nearly having an accident.

You start flogging your car, those distances drop down quite a bit lower.

Wisen up or go buy your self a push bike

[SECURITY]

T - you got too much time on your hands

thats not time, its jizz.

[JAS-25T]

I actually found some good statistics not too long ago on the RTA site.

Approximately every 3 KM someone makes a mistake that could lead to an accident

Every 8KM someone makes a mistake leading to a near miss.

So if you drive 10km to work, you're bound to make 3 mistakes, with one leading to nearly having an accident.

You start flogging your car, those distances drop down quite a bit lower.

Wisen up or go buy your self a push bike

I've put those two words in bold, because it shows you dont know how to understand data. Someone out of XXXX amount of cars on the road makes a mistake every 3km. That doesn't mean that it is you

And I did buy a pushbike, thanks for asking

[MBS206]

Sorry Jas, the stats actually was each average person.

I'll try find them again for you all. It was one person out of everyone, it was each person makes a mistake approx every 3km.

Each has a near miss approx every 8km.

[PM-R33]

thats not time, its jizz.

Hahaha!

[MBS206]

Okay, got the stat SLIGHTLY wrong, but:

Crash research shows that all drivers, even

you, can and will make mistakes. It is estimated

that drivers make a mistake that:

Could lead to a crash about every three

kilometres.

Leads to a near crash about every 800

kilometres.

Leads to a crash about every 980,000

kilometres.

Page 30/31 of 94 of the Driver Qualification handbook

Start driving like a tool, you manage to lower those distances DRAMATICALLY!

[POLICE]

Driving fast actually does save petrol,

unless you're coming up to a red light and still doing 70km/hr until 50 metres before it.

So I tend to accelerate faster than normal and go 5-10 above the limit unless overtaking

also shifting to neutral when going down steep declines helps a little

So if I drive 42km to and from work then it means I make 14 mistakes everyday?

Doesn't sound right to me, I mean even Mr Bean doesn't drive that bad

[battery]

i never go over the speed limit. but ill do my best to get there as fast as possible.

i can't think of the last time i waited for my engine to warm up before hitting full boost.

limiter get a bashing daily.

stupid i guess, maybe ill learn when i have to replace the rb20. or crash.

when i drive normal cars(Camry) i drive granny spec, but when your behind the wheel of a skyline you can't help it!

[TTT]

jizz?? I thought it was Hand and nail cream.

tastes like hand and nail cream