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SteveW

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9th Sep 09 at 15:29

24mpg

im pretty damn pleased with that

book says 18mpg and thats with the currently shitty conditions of the M25 roadworks. Average speed however is a mere 27mph

still running it in but can already feel the gearbox loosening up a bit

am sooo chuffed with the VXR8.. certainly puts a smile on my face, which is what matters really

DaveyLC

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9th Sep 09 at 15:32

On mixed driving my 2.2 Omega only ever returned a 27mpg average. Its amazing that a V8 can be better.

Makes me want a Monaro even more than ever

Tommy L

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9th Sep 09 at 15:34

Running it in?

I thought new cars didn't need to be run in? I thought driven hard from the go was what you were supposed to do?

I could be wrong and thats what you have to do with the VXR8, i dont know

[Edited on 09-09-2009 by corsa_tomtom]

SteveW

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9th Sep 09 at 15:38

needs to run diff run in for a bit.. says in the manual (yes i read it) that it needs minimum 1k miles and not to take it over 70mph for longer than 15mins per time for the run in period

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9th Sep 09 at 15:39

Apparently it's a good idea to bed in the rear diff on this car tomtom.

Tommy L

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9th Sep 09 at 15:41

That's cool

Bet you can't wait till the 1k

I would have to drive to Scotland and back on the first day

SteveW

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9th Sep 09 at 15:46

really cant wait. should have done enough miles end of next week

DaveyLC

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9th Sep 09 at 15:51

The tollerances are so tight in modern cars I think its better to just give them death from the start to make sure the rings bed into the honing marks as good as possible.

DaveyLC

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9th Sep 09 at 15:52

...and if it blows up, warranty time!

SteveW

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9th Sep 09 at 15:54

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
...and if it blows up, warranty time!

Thats what a few of the owners forums have said but im too scared to do it lol.. have taken it up to 90mph and that was just in 3rd.. wasnt much more than 5k on the revs either. Its a freakin animal

DaveyLC

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9th Sep 09 at 16:02

its supposed to be the best way to run engines in

The reasoning behind taking it easy is to alow all of the moving parts to 'wear in' but modern manufacturing technieques and oils mean this isnt really needed and there is also only a finite amount of time that the piston rings get to bed into the hone marks on the cylinder walls before they have worn down, if they are not bed in properly by the time the marks wear down they will never bed in and therfore the seal will never be as good as it could be meaning you get more fuel contamination in the oil which increases wear elsewhere.

Carl

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9th Sep 09 at 16:06

24mpg, i'd expect better from an overweight vectra.

SteveW

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9th Sep 09 at 16:09

quote:
Originally posted by Carl
24mpg, i'd expect better from an overweight vectra.

dont you start as well

Carl

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9th Sep 09 at 16:11

quote:
Originally posted by SteveW

quote:
Originally posted by Carl
24mpg, i'd expect better from an overweight vectra.

dont you start as well

Just kidding.

j10E W

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9th Sep 09 at 16:11

thats better than my measly 330ci!!

SteveW

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9th Sep 09 at 16:25

quote:
Originally posted by Carl

quote:
Originally posted by SteveW

quote:
Originally posted by Carl
24mpg, i'd expect better from an overweight vectra.

dont you start as well

Just kidding.

guess you read my other post then lol

Ben G

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9th Sep 09 at 16:32

quote:
Originally posted by SteveW

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
...and if it blows up, warranty time!

Thats what a few of the owners forums have said but im too scared to do it lol.. have taken it up to 90mph and that was just in 3rd.. wasnt much more than 5k on the revs either. Its a freakin animal

bet you can't wait to get past the 1k mark and floor it everywhere

i didn't run mine in at all, didn't see the need as i have warranty, so it's had a hard life but a few problems (nothing really engine related)

[Edited on 09-09-2009 by Ben G]

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9th Sep 09 at 16:46

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
...and if it blows up, warranty time!

Datalogging is quite common in a lot of ecus these days...

Fad

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9th Sep 09 at 16:49

Why are you being a pussy? Only 800 miles so far? You are not driving it enough I would of had 2k on that by now easy!

moka

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9th Sep 09 at 16:51

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
The tollerances are so tight in modern cars I think its better to just give them death from the start to make sure the rings bed into the honing marks as good as possible.

This is what i thought

Marc

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9th Sep 09 at 16:57

I'd be happy with that too.

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9th Sep 09 at 16:58

quote:
Originally posted by moka

quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
The tollerances are so tight in modern cars I think its better to just give them death from the start to make sure the rings bed into the honing marks as good as possible.

This is what i thought

Considering as it's the diff that's being bedded blah blah blah...

Nic Barnes

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9th Sep 09 at 17:46

24 aint bad really.

Colin

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9th Sep 09 at 17:52

Very good...........now top driving like a pansy, get it sideways & the mpg into single figures

Doug

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9th Sep 09 at 17:54

Dosnt the LS3 engine shut down a couple cylinders when cruising to save on fuel?

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