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Old 05-22-2003, 04:33 PM
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Recent junkyard turbo kit on my z6 in my crx. hf mani, t25, 450's vafc hack, 8-9 psi, 2-4k -40% 4-8k -35%. also running bkr7e plugs. Getting pretty bad gas mileage, like 13mpg. Havent been able to see a fuel leak and doesnt really smoke in boost. any info would be appreciated.


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Old 05-22-2003, 04:35 PM
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How do your plugs look?
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well i ran on stock plugs for a day and they were black but havent got the chance to pull the new ones out yet.


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How does your exhaust smell? Like fuel?
Old 05-22-2003, 04:40 PM
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only really smell fuel at idle, does not burn oil either.


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Old 05-22-2003, 05:06 PM
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Old 05-22-2003, 05:12 PM
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Default Re: bad gas mileage (ImportHatch)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ImportHatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">only really smell fuel at idle, does not burn oil either.


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Answered your own question here...you're too rich...mght want to tone the fuel a bit or dyno tune it
Old 05-22-2003, 05:28 PM
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Well i figured im running rich at idle. But it just seems weird that very vafc hack post I read is using about hte same fuel settings, and for some reason Im just getting bad gas mileage. I figured if im running that rich, i would be smoking quite a bit.


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trim more fuel with your afc


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should I just try to run -40% across the board?


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