Fw: [Diy_efi] The Hunt effect

[Don Sauman]

7 cents around here; last I checked.

It does vary.

>>5 lt V8 VN that is giving a freeway mileage (kilometerage???) of
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>fuel consumption. :-)
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Good call

>>12.7 l/100 km on standard ULP driven hard. Do you think I would
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>Since when can you put in any freeway km driven hard around Perth?
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I have a lead foot e.g. passed a semi on Kwinana Freeway yesterday at 
140+ km/h. Didn't realise until I was pulling back in.

>The engine is sufficiently-new so that it should be able to take
>advantage of the higher Octane.
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>Depending on your driving style, it might take 2 tank-fulls to get
>the full benefit. City driving with low Octane in a high-output
>engine tends to gum up the work a bit. 
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I'll give it a shot.

>An "Italian tuneup" can be
>used to blow out the cobwebs earlier; but don't try it unless you
>know that the engine is in otherwise good condition.
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Perhaps not.