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Paradox - 25 Feb 2005 01:45 GMT

So I do 100% city driving, 6 miles to and from work, I'm kinda heavy on the
accelerator, and I use 91 octane gas, I'm getting about 15-16mpg from my 87
300xz turbo 5 speed, is that pretty much in line with what it should be
getting?

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Steve T - 25 Feb 2005 08:43 GMT

> So I do 100% city driving, 6 miles to and from work, I'm kinda heavy on
> the
> accelerator, and I use 91 octane gas, I'm getting about 15-16mpg from my
> 87 300xz turbo 5 speed, is that pretty much in line with what it should be
> getting?

Yep, short trips use the warm up cycle for a larger percentage of the time
and heavy foot with a turbo equals crappy MPG.

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Paradox - 26 Feb 2005 01:03 GMT

> > So I do 100% city driving, 6 miles to and from work, I'm kinda heavy on
> > the
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> Yep, short trips use the warm up cycle for a larger percentage of the time
> and heavy foot with a turbo equals crappy MPG.

ahh cool, havent had a chance to take it on a road trip, needing new tires
and struts and all, so haven't been able to get an upper limit on the gas
mileage range.

Conciquently, it takes 10 minutes to get to work, so that borks the engine
warmup cycle I'm sure.

As a side note, SteveT, when replacing the timing chain, its also a good
time to replace the waterpump right? is there a parts list somewhere that I
can take to a nissan dealership and say "give me all of this"?

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Peter Hill - 25 Feb 2005 17:57 GMT

>So I do 100% city driving, 6 miles to and from work, I'm kinda heavy on the
>accelerator, and I use 91 octane gas, I'm getting about 15-16mpg from my 87
>300xz turbo 5 speed, is that pretty much in line with what it should be
>getting?

Stay off the boost until it's fully warm - about 10 min.

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