How Many Kms Are Everyone Getting Out Of Their V35

[cookie--monster]

nah,not on purpose

i was waiting for tightarse tuesday for discounts on the petrol!!

The intank fuel filter should be able to handle it.-Last tiime i drained a fuel tank was years ago with my 83 prelude- after almost 20 years it had only a little bit of sediment in the tank...

[rs73]

anyone used shell's v-power racing 100 octane?

i'm just worried about the E5 (ethanol) content in it as not all cars are compatible, and as with imports I have not found any references whether V35 is Ethanol tolerant...

[WazR32GTSt]

i've used it once before without noticing any difference, either positive or negative

haven't used it since as its a pain to get to Milton which is the closes shell that stocks it...

[NA_R33]

Yeah ive used it a few times from said pertrol station and with the same results, i wont use it anymore however as the car has been tuned for 98ron and im now getting around 550km's to a tank all city driving with the new ecu.

[Eug]

  WazR32GTSt said:

Milton which is the closes shell that stocks it...

they haven't had it for over 6 weeks now... quite frustrating

they make more money by using the ethanol with the 91RON - as more people can afford it.

[rs73]

  NA_R33 said:

Yeah ive used it a few times from said pertrol station and with the same results, i wont use it anymore however as the car has been tuned for 98ron and im now getting around 550km's to a tank all city driving with the new ecu.

What sort of new ECU did you put in?

[Redback]

ive been using boost98 and notice a much smoother engine and drive. have to say i was quite concerned about the 10%ethonol but did a shit load of research and could find a major thing to be worried about. i did make sure i filled up with a full tank first go though and the ethonol blends with water that may be sitting at the bottom of your tank (this does happen) from moisture.

second tank through. much more impressed. did 510km country driving with just under half tank left, 4L V8 economy.... i was impressed.... not sure weather it was the fuel of ECU reset but it fogged factory specs. done it twice now.

Edited May 12, 2008 by Redback

[GEXer]

some members on G35driver has reported that changing or cleaning the O2 sensor helps with the economy too. and of course best to do a ECU reset with it... Havent tried it, might give it a go this weekend. However our car is known for it's fuel sucking engine... i dont think we will see a lot of improvements with ECU tunes or change fuel types, it comes down to the driving style...

[WazR32GTSt]

  GEXer said:

However our car is known for it's fuel sucking engine...

you're kidding, right??

this has to be one of the most economical for its power output cars i have driven for a long long time..

[Unique]

We have several topics on this issue (one would suffice and probably cause less confusion). However if you read through all, you will find that these cars are actually pretty economical, as Warren has pointed out. I almost fell off my chair after reading the above comment "fuel sucking engine"...maybe next to a Toyota Echo.

Am I the only one here blown away by how good the economy is on these cars?

[WazR32GTSt]

when i first got my car i was travelling to Wondai on a weekly basis, and the fuel economy was unbelieveable

you just don't expect to get >800kms out of a tank from a car with this much power

especialyl coming from the fuel-sucking engines from R-series skylines.. now they are horrible on fuel economy

but you'd expect decent economy from such advanced engine design that hte VQ has, not to mention the fact that its an NA

[GEXer]

  WazR32GTSt said:

you're kidding, right??

this has to be one of the most economical for its power output cars i have driven for a long long time..

no im not kidding, if you have look a the figures on modern day 5-6L V8s with over 300kw, they consumes about 13-15L/100km. so in comparison, its no where as efficient ...

[Unique]

  GEXer said:

no im not kidding, if you have look a the figures on modern day 5-6L V8s with over 300kw, they consumes about 13-15L/100km. so in comparison, its no where as efficient ...

Have you owned a 5-6L V8 with over 300kw? I can tell you real world figures are far from those as mentioned.

Currently my 35 is getting closer to 12L/100km.

[Frank350GT]

  GEXer said:

some members on G35driver has reported that changing or cleaning the O2 sensor helps with the economy too. and of course best to do a ECU reset with it... Havent tried it, might give it a go this weekend. However our car is known for it's fuel sucking engine... i dont think we will see a lot of improvements with ECU tunes or change fuel types, it comes down to the driving style...

Hi Mate:

Any recommandation in SYD for change of O2 sensor and reset ECU in inner west area? I don not want send my car to some work shop has no idea with import car.

Thanks

[GEXer]

  Frank350GT said:

Hi Mate:

Any recommandation in SYD for change of O2 sensor and reset ECU in inner west area? I don not want send my car to some work shop has no idea with import car.

Thanks

try to clean the O2 sensor with some rubbing alcohol first. as to reset ECU, u can do that urself, hmmm if u have access to the G35driver's forum, there's a dedicated thread on that...

[Frank350GT]

  GEXer said:

try to clean the O2 sensor with some rubbing alcohol first. as to reset ECU, u can do that urself, hmmm if u have access to the G35driver's forum, there's a dedicated thread on that...

Thanks a lot.

Let start searching.

Got it:

  Quote

I've done 2 things. 1/ Checked the ESM (section EC-68) for confirmation of this procedure, and 2/ done the procedure on my G.

I tried several times to do this without success b4 succeeding on about the 4th try.

-------------turned ign. to on & waited (only) 3 seconds- just 'on', not started!

--------------floored and released gas/p 5 times within 5 secs.

--------------waited 7 secs then floored gas/p for 10 secs at which time the check engine light blinks

------------- release gas/p

------------- floor and hold gas/p for 10 secs.

-------------your done.

seems timing is very important on this

I've done the procedure but have no idea if it's had the desired effect yet. Won't know that 'till later today.

If successful, this looks like any easy way to erase the ECU's memory. I'll post my impressions later. Would someone else try it too?

[NISMO]

  Frank350GT said:

Thanks a lot.

Let start searching.

Got it:

One thing to note guys. We have a different ECU to the US G35.

I have looked into having mine reflashed and in speaking with a workshop in the US have confirmed that they are different. (This place has both)

Not sure if doing the steps would be doing anything bad, just saying.

If anyone gives it a shot, let us know.

Cheers

Bobby

[n15m0]

Chris,

Does your scantool reset ecus?

[NA_R33]

  rs73 said:

What sort of new ECU did you put in?

I went with an autronic, apparently the first in the country with one fitted as autronic and my tuner both helped eachother to write the software to run the car... more headaches but at least it goes now, and a hell of alot better and more economically then it did before.