how many miles on your R and hows she running?

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01-27-2004 | 05:19 PM

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1997 type R #103

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From: West Palm Bch Fl.

I have my 97 type R all original (stock) with 6,431 miles.still looks new and runs like the first day.

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01-30-2004 | 08:35 PM

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ITR41

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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

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01-30-2004 | 09:07 PM

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swtxaznrac3r

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From: Philadelphia, PA

8200 exactly right now...car is in winter storage

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02-03-2004 | 07:11 PM

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98 Supercharged R

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From: Indiana

88k,been supercharged for around three years and running perfect

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02-04-2004 | 08:06 AM

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Jan Niemi

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From: City of Boost

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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.

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