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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 11:19 PM
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how many miles on your remans now?

Just curious on how the remans are doing? Any problems?


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Old Aug 13, 2002 | 11:44 PM
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i have around 30K miles on mine. I've heard of others with over 40K even. Mine had new housings..not sure about new rotors or not of course. The thing with the remans is that it's like a lottery draw. Sometimes you get a good one that is good as new, and sometimes you get a bad one that goes right after the warrenty.

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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 01:35 AM
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Mine's got about 7 or 8k on it. Running fine
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 02:36 AM
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over 40k
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 05:54 AM
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40k on mine.
3/4 of its life it has been used with premix and 1/2 it's life it has had a DP.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 05:58 AM
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4k, and going strong.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 06:16 AM
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8K and pulling a strong 17 in hg vac at 750 RPM. It's had a downpipe it's whole life. Just got a new Koyo radiator. Been running premix for the past few months.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 07:18 AM
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12K on mana and still

with only cat back, however.... SSdp/Greddy SMIC/PFS EFI EMS/"99 Jspec turbos etc all in closet to go on top of new Eibach springs,Billstien HD struts, HKS purple sway bars, with "widefoot" front bar mounts.... Um... just a little OCD...LOL, Carter
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 07:19 AM
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Originally posted by SanJoRX7
Mine's got about 7 or 8k on it. Running fine
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 07:34 AM
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Around 22k with 19 inHg vacuum.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 09:57 AM
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like 2k on a factory reman (short..er... block-ish??)
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 10:00 AM
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With in 10 months, I had put 24k (yes, 24,000 miles) miles on my rebuild and still going strong. I tach it out almost everyday......NO PROBELMS! Changing the oil every <3k miles is the key to longevity.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 10:26 AM
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reman miles

I have about 50K on mine. 16" vacuum. Runs great.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 11:32 AM
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About 17k on the clock, with believe it or not a strong 19.5-20in.Hg of vacuum
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 12:18 PM
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10k miles here, and I still get 18-20in of vaccume
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 03:41 PM
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Does vacuum really tell condition of motor? If my idle is 725, my vac is around 16........if my idle is around 850, it's a notch below 20......I vary in idle because my PFC broke and I bouoght another and haven't tuned it yet......really rich now......Just a thought!
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 04:05 PM
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