The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) VII

Chuck33079

Then you should move.

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madwi

Who made that? Looks like a bigger size of one I gave to my cousin when she got married. I had the one that didn't have the middle grill part though.

It's such a pain in the a$$ getting the temps right on a new rig. I swore many a times when the wind would shift and make a change in the temp. The good part is the excuse to sit right next to it with a beer, a laptop/tablet, some beef jerky (cause the smell will drive you insane lol).

JARblue

The tank is 19.1 US Gallons. I get 350ish miles on a tank daily driving (I was barely getting 300 before my tune). The only time I get 400+ is when I'm at highway speeds for at least half a tank. Also, that is pretty much a full tank. I fill up at least 17 gallons about 95% of the time. This morning I filled up 18.2 gallons with 412 miles on the tank.

This of course excludes spirited fun I might have occasionally

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eastwest2300

i agree 1000%

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Chuck33079

It's from PitsByJJ. He used to be one of the guys who made pits for Klose. No real issues getting the temps right, I just have to build a bigger fire than I'm used to since there's so much interior volume to fill. I'll set up shop next to it with some bourbon, the whole damn humidor and be perfectly happy all weekend.

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eastwest2300

ahhhh. So its safe to say, if I were to go on a roadtrip, i'd be safe to get 400 miles on a topped off tank. Thanks bro.

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eastwest2300

Man, I bet the food smells absolutely delicious.. im soo jealous.

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carlitos_370z

sounds good bro!!!

Chuck33079

It does. I reek of BBQ smoke all weekend. My GF used to complain, until she had to admit pecan smoke smells better than cigars and whiskey.

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madwi

Yeah I didn't give away anything that nice lol the fire box, handles and gauges look the same though. And that is a heck of a weekend plan

madwi

Seriously man, I have to have a big bag of jerky to munch on otherwise I'd go insane.

Chuck33079

Jerky and a bigass bag of sunflower seeds.

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GaleForce

I'm not sure it's worth it.

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JARblue

The only thing to be aware of if you let your fuel get low is fuel starvation. If you're cruising on pretty flat roads, no problem. But if you take a cloverleaf exit, but be wary of a right hand curve at speed with throttle. There are many people that suggest you fill up at 1/4 or even 1/2 tank. I fill up enough that doing it that often would waste a lot of my time. I take it down to one dot and --- Miles Remaining virtually every time. But I have learned my driving style vs the miles I can expect to get on a tank over time, and now I can predict how much gas I'm going to fill up with a few tenths of a gallon.

Also, note that my EcuTek tune seems to have really helped my gas mileage. Before the tune, I'm not sure I could have gotten 400 miles on a tank unless I was driving 100% highway at around 75 mph or less. This past tank, I was driving about on the highway for about half of it (rest was my daily commute in town). Almost one quarter of the mileage was on an 85 mph toll road, and I had cruise control set at 93 mph. The rest of the highway miles were mostly cruise control at 80 mph on the interstate.

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