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Originally Posted by biggqwesty
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Please explainQuote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
Bloody oath, not bad at all. I consistently get about 12.5 no matter what driving I do.....unless I'm in 4lowQuote:
Originally Posted by Softy
Yeah interested as well never heard of a breather modQuote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
@ Softly what tyre size you running 265's ??
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Originally Posted by Nisshead
Really. Surly you guys have read what I did to the fast fill breather in the main tank to squeeze 20+ L into your main tanks??Quote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Please explain,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,????Quote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
only fit 95ltr and 30ltr if in OE guise wheres this extra 20ltr come from???
Yeah just factory S3 Alloys and stupid Highway tyres.Quote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
Will be getting some proper rubber and steelies eventually.... Then i'll see what the economy is like. :toot:
Mine is Automatic btw.
same here with the auto Ill get about 12 around town and 14 going away
Think I remember something? Need more info though. If you do it to this car take pics of the process and post a thread about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
No worries
12.5l/100kms always (highway and town, a/c on and a/c off), 12l/100kms if I didn't use cruise control.
Done one for ya mateQuote:
Originally Posted by Winnie
Looks like my car is finally run in. Consistently getting 11.9L per 100ks and happy with that.
This is a mixture of highway/city/hills and I've got these figures over the last 3000ks plus. I've also been pushing the car a little harder than usual so surprised by these figures.
Trips have been a mixture of cruise and less OD than usual, includes quite a bit of Melb city, lots of Otway hills and country roads. No 4WD involved (unfortunately).
Don't tell porkies. You've been driving it like ya stole it. Haven't you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Apollofish
Is there any other way mate ??Quote:
Originally Posted by mudnut
2002 GU wagon 3.0lt , auto , piranha dual batteries , 3" lift , chip , needle & Dawes valves - just gettin started
I have noticed this, the old GU2 would do 1000 to 1100 km on the 120l.Quote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
The new GU8 has only been getting around 900 to 950, might still be loosening up.
I haven't done a full tank run for a while without a trailer/boat/car on the back at some time.
Also noticed that the GU8 struggles at 70 in 4th towing the boat up the hill from Hillarys marina, the old GU2 easily accelerated up the same hill, although the GU8 appears to be geared a little higher.
Graham
Did you have any mods done to the gu2?Quote:
Originally Posted by GeeYou8
What's this Tillix I've seen a couple posting about??Quote:
Originally Posted by Softy
Guess I've got a but of reading to do..
Just a snorkel, it had a steel bull bar. (>250 000km)Quote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
GU8 is stock, not even a bull bar, going to wait until it is out of warranty before I do anything.(<25 000km)
Graham
Ok.. have you put yours on any scales yet??
Mine came in at 2.75T with only 60L of fuel in it..
The draws, braces, winch bar and diff mods all add up..
Your touring weight might be just over 3t ,gotta be happy with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
Have you fitted a tigged Intercooler to your Patrol yet ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Softy
@ Kallen is your IC OE or been changed they leak from new I reckon lol
That's empty. Empty draws no fridge or water etc..Quote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
So we'd be way over when packed for a trip..
Stock as..Quote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
In time I plan on going bigger but have to clean up and move the gq first
I haven't weighed it, only things added from base are towbar (genuine Nissan) Redarc Tow Pro Elite brake controller (must be at least 100 grams), a Tom Tom stuck to the windscreen & a set of rubber mats. Nothing to warrant a weight & balance check.Quote:
Originally Posted by biggqwesty
I am kind of liking not having a bull bar, although we have seen more roos in this one in 8 months than we did in the old one over 10 years.
Graham
Is your CRD a wagon? Any extra accessories adding weight or mods such as 3" exhaust?Quote:
Originally Posted by escix
Makes me wanna cry each time I read a 2012 CRD using less than 16l/100km.
Yep it is a CRD wagon. Only mods are alloy bullbar, Nissan towbar, dual battery, snorkel. But mine is a manual. I noticed yours an Auto.Quote:
Originally Posted by foggs
I was puzzled with not getting any better fuel economy with highway speeds, then I put it to the drag force issue.
Manual is meant to be worse from what I understand.. now you're just rubbing salt in the wound :PQuote:
Originally Posted by escix
What do you mean by "drag force issue"?
PS. I do get 13.5L/100km on highways.
Because the shape of the Patrol (which is not very aerodynamic friendly) the more speed the car is traveling it creates more drag force (pulling the car behind). I am not entirely sure whether this is the cause, but I never experienced any better fuel economy.Quote:
Originally Posted by foggs
I used to have a Honda CRV which had an instantaneous fuel usage gauge, one thing I noticed from that was RPM is irrelevant to the fuel usage, you can go on 4th gear with less RPM but it used more fuel than going in 3rd with high rpm, of'course this is in the overlapping gear ratio speeds not always.
In the old td42 I can get 11L/100..
31" tyres and 90k/h..
Just to 13/100 if you do 100k /h..
And 14 /100 if I run 33's and 90k/h..
So it's all about the car..
One thing I have noticed with the crd manual is out 5th is very low in the rpm range at 100k..
I was told the other day by a comp truck driver that my fuel figures are too high and jpc are shit... apperently they only play with the fuel screw and that is all.
Gave me a number of a bloke who he swears by and says many of the blokes in the know use him.... now i am just regurgitating what he said but he did say look at all the guys back in 2005 that used jpc for their tuning and now how many are going to him (competition seen).
Also said brett was shit...lol
Had nothing bad to say about dieseltec.
Yet another reason to move to the East!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
Yeah that's exactly what I have heard about JPC by a bloke who knows his shit with these pumps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
Who's Brett?
Whos this guy? And whos Brett?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
4x4 obsession. ..
Thanks. thought thats who it was. Funny reading this. You speak to any of these guys and they will say the same about each other. Just trying to keep and get customers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
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I would still like to try a different tuner for a second opinion.
I heard that jpc does not tune properly and does the lazy mans tune.?
Yeah ill wait until my warranty is up on the motor then ill try a different tuner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
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So no one in the west that can "play with my fuel screw"? :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
Just bought a 92' Maverick and drove from QLD to Coffs. 500km and got 10.2l per hundred. Not sure what the norm is but The GU used more than that. The Mav is completely stock and only done 215,000 kms.
That is awesome economy for a GQ!! What engine?Quote:
Originally Posted by Covo71
Ive found Brett very knowledgable when it come to Patrols ,Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloodyaussie
seeing its his specialty, wonder why they said he's shite.
Pretty sure he took any Patrols to be Dynoed to JPC as well