BEST! engine combo for gq patrol?

[muddymayhem]

hey how are you all? i new to this forum.
Im goin to buy a GQ Patrol but not sure what the best engine combo is?
heres what im looking. i want something with good fuel economy but enuff power to get me most places. heres what i was thinking?
4.2 petrol?
4.2 petrol with turbo?
rb30 with vl efi and turbo?
or a LS1?
im not a huge fan of diesel. but what do you all think of gas?
i would love to hear what you guys are running and what fuel economy u are getting and where you have taken ur rig?
thanks heaps.
cheers :-)

[growler2058]

G'day mate welcome aboard
TD42T all the way

[MudRunnerTD]

G'day mate welcome aboard
TD42T all the way

Gday mate, welcome here. What he said mate

or a TB42 Turbo goes good or the LS1 or LS2

[muddymayhem]

thanks guys so with a diesel do you lose much power at all? and what sort of fuel economy are you guys getting? i know it doesnt matter but it would be good to be able to drive it every day without taking out a second loan lol?

[threedogs]

Turbo the petrol I've seen these produce big figures at the rear wheels ,
and 14.5sec, 1/4 mile times not out of the question

[taslucas]

The answers you're seeking are so varied.
Fuel usage can vary from over 30lt per 100 k's for a tb42 carby driven hard all the way down to low 11lt per 100 k's for an easily driven 2.8 diesel.
It's all about compromise.
If you are thinking about big engine mods like an ls1 conversion, turbo'd tb42 or skyline efi then also think about how much fuel you could buy for the cost of the mods. Eg: $4000 - $5000 for an ls1 conversion is a lot of petrol money to put through your existing engine.

Petrol vs diesel comes down to personal choice.
Do you have friends with 4wds that you can test run?

Also if you try the search function on this forum you may find some helpfully threads regarding different engine pros and cons

[Winnie]

What sort of driving will you be doing? Daily driver? Tourer? Weekend basher?

For daily driving my old TB42 on gas was cheaper to drive than my TD42 but a lot less power and far less driving before filling up. For a tourer I would not go anything but TD42 and a weekend basher, well a turbo TB42 would be sweet.

[ozzyboy]

What sort of driving will you be doing? Daily driver? Tourer? Weekend basher?

For daily driving my old TB42 on gas was cheaper to drive than my TD42 but a lot less power and far less driving before filling up. For a tourer I would not go anything but TD42 and a weekend basher, well a turbo TB42 would be sweet.

i think winnie just nailed it.

[taslucas]

i think winnie just nailed it.

First thing he's nailed in a while!

Lmao

[taslucas]

............and a weekend basher, well a turbo TB42 would be sweet.

Hey muddymayhem, if this interests you, have a look for bigrigs thread in the members ride section. I thinks it's called: Tank, big grey and ugly. He turbo'd his efi TB42 and has lots of info and even dyno runs on there. He got more power AND economy AFTER he turbo'd it.