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Old 05-05-2012, 09:40 PM
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well. I have done a lot of driving today. 170 miles total, and still have over 1/4 tank left! spark plugs and wires I think have helped A LOT! now just need the O2 sensors....

that's much better gas mileage than i was getting. normally, well I used to get about that on a whole tank.
170 miles on a full tank? Something was horribly off. I get that and more on 1/2 tank.
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Old 05-05-2012, 09:45 PM
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170 miles on a full tank? Something was horribly off. I get that and more on 1/2 tank.
yeah, i got some issues I got to work out. I hope its the o2 sensors, which has had the CEL on for awhile. I hope that will fix that. after I do that I gatta see how things are.

this is also why I want to get a miata. 30+ mpg = D
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170 miles on a full tank? Something was horribly off. I get that and more on 1/2 tank.
really? i get like 120 on half a tank.
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injectors: last night and this afternoon. better idle by so much. lots of less rumble.
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Did you really stuff the neck coming out of the airbox? Throttle body i can understand...
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6000k HIDs with kuzican and my dad.
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Did you really stuff the neck coming out of the airbox? Throttle body i can understand...
idk. i just felt it needed it. open holes arent safe by me.
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really? i get like 120 on half a tank.

I usually can get 350 miles per tank. 17-18 mpg
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I usually can get 350 miles per tank. 17-18 mpg
thats more than 18 mpg. 20 gallon tank right?
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Oh, and if you are going to wire lights on a trailer... dont ground to the frame... take some time and run grounds...

Btw steve... if that was your wiring... my bad... that trailer is BAD... but it will be straight before i return it
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6000k HIDs with kuzican and my dad.

Does your father approve of your bromance? Does he even know?

But good job on everything.
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thats more than 18 mpg. 20 gallon tank right?

20 gallon tank, same as yours
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Does your father approve of your bromance? Does he even know?

But good job on everything.
i asked if he could come. he didnt care. he said we could do his spark plugs too, but he had already done them. good thing, my HIDs took a while.
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thats more than 18 mpg. 20 gallon tank right?
Even on a bad day i got 300 on a tank... but that was at 12 mpg... now im at 15-16
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Oh, and if you are going to wire lights on a trailer... dont ground to the frame... take some time and run grounds...

Btw steve... if that was your wiring... my bad... that trailer is BAD... but it will be straight before i return it

And seriously, I do not know how I missed that you were moving. If I had known, would of switched my schedule or something to help out.
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