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Old 01-27-2004, 05:19 PM
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I have my 97 type R all original (stock) with 6,431 miles.still looks new and runs like the first day.
Old 01-30-2004, 08:35 PM
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84k. 10k with boost of 13-15psi daily on stock internals with inline pro head gasket and block gaurd. the distrib. cap went bad about 2 years ago but that is only thing ever(knock on wood) I use castrol GTX and nothing else. synthetic=leaky car
Old 01-30-2004, 09:07 PM
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8200 exactly right now...car is in winter storage
Old 02-03-2004, 07:11 PM
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88k,been supercharged for around three years and running perfect
Old 02-04-2004, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by TypeR178
Jan Niemi wrote:

[quote:0b30890d70]I would guess that without synthetic, whatever caused the excess ring wear would have caused them to let go much sooner. I would guess over fueling is the main cause
Probably, i have only recently gotten some fuel management. Do you run organic oil?[/quote:0b30890d70]

Personally I run and have always ran synthetic in the ITR - no leaks.
Old 02-04-2004, 10:09 AM
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22500 and still doing just fine.
Old 02-06-2004, 05:17 PM
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24,820 in storage for the winter

4th motor set-up this year. Runs fine for now :lol:

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