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GorGasmSpecB

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  1. What is going on here?  From what I can gather you are willing to spend a lot of money, to try and save money?  How does that even work?

     

    Buying a new car to save money is a complete fallacy, used by many a man to justify a new vehicle to his better half.

     

    Be realistic, if you are buying a new car, it's not to save money.

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  2. Finally fixed my boost control problem which has been annoying me for a year or so by process of elimination.  It would boost randomly between 9 and 17 PSI.

     

    Blocked the BOV off, replaced a few vac lines and managed to get stable boost and max out at 24PSI.  Put the BOV back in and tightened the crap out of it and now I get 16/20PSI,

     

    Turns out the BOV was leaking the whole time, possibly due to shitty vac lines as well.

     

    Probably end up running the bearings now that it is back to full performance.

  3. It's an HKS replica plumbed back in.  I think if I had run it to atmo I would have found the problem earlier as it would run like balls.

     

    I tightened it up yesterday/today and replaced the vac lines and it seems to be happy enough now.  Runs much stronger.

  4. Never had an issue with my Auto BP5 and knocking.  It did prefer 98 fuel but no issues whatsoever.

     

    Sold my 3.0R because it was too slow - other than that it was an excellent car. 2.0T has more power and torque.  3.0 is smoother.

  5. 10,000km intervals on full synthetic here.  Something in the 5w-40, 10W-30 range.  Personally I like the Penrite range.

     

    If I was using a cheaper semi synth then I would go closer to 5000km but decent fully synthetic oil can last the distance.

     

    Legacy TT @ 215kms and still going strong.

     

  6. Car : 2002 Legacy Blitzen TT

    Tuned : Tuned, downpipes, FMIC, 18 PSI.  200awkw.

    Fuel : Mobil 98 or Gull F10.

    Fuel economy : AVG: 11l/100kmm, Open road: 9l/100km, City: 12l/100km.

     

    Car : 2006 BMW M5

    Tuned : Stock, 373kw

    Fuel : Mobil 98

    Fuel economy : AVG: 20//100km, best: 13.5l/100km, worst 26l/100km.  AVG 300-350km per tank, worst 225km.

     

    Car : 2007 BMW 130i

    Tuned : Stock, 195kw

    Fuel : Any 95+

    Fuel economy : AVG: 10l/100km

     

    Legacy and 130i are pretty good on gas.  M5 is horrendous in town.

  7. Why bother with 3.5k changes? You're throwing good oil away.  Buy some decent oil and change every 10-15k or 12-18 months and top up as needed.

     

    I would recommend Penrite 5w30 or 10w40.

     

    There may be nothing wrong with your car or oil.  As a totally different comparison, I burn 1L per 1k and that is considered "normal" for my engine.

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