1991 td42 (non turboed) LWB 33" muds
Boy I think I have a problem, filled the tank , zeroed the trip meter drove around till we got to half a tank and then filled it up again. 43lt and only 2.3km!!!!! By my math that works out at 1886ltrs per 100km
Then figured it wasnt worth fixing the odo and trip meterso I did the same excerise with the gps and got 12.6 lt per 100km and felt better about life
Im getting the same fuel econ has I had with the L28 running rb30s
rb30 & l28
15k/l petrol
22 L/ l00 lpg
TB4.2 carby - getting 23 l/100
Last edited by GQ TANK; 16th October 2012 at 03:58 PM.
1991 GQ LWB 4.2 Carby dual fuel, 32 mud claws, 2 inch lift, LSD's front and back
And its Toooooooo High for the Ball & chain
I filled up in Traralgon, drove around the town there for a while, went up to Lakes and from there drove to Warragul. 382.7km and used 78.86L of LPG, that's 20.61L/100km
Not bad, I was happy with that and I was sitting on 110km the whole way back from Lakes so it could have been a fair bit better.
Just did a trip down south coast nsw, 2011 wagon manual 3lt crd 674.8 klms, 79.91lts, =11.84 l/100klm. Very happy
96 gq st rd28t
No matter how it's driven, fwy, around town, towing, 450-500km's to 85 litre's. The last tank only got 400km's to 85 litre's :/
Running my Cooper ATR 285-75-16s get around 330 to half tank
Just fitted my M/Ts MTZs 305-70-16s Will let you know
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
1998 4.5L Dual Fuel
GAS
18l per 100k'S @60C per Litre (Todays Melb Ave Price) = $10.80 Cost per 100K's
ULP
16L per 100K's @140.2c per Litre(Todays Melb Ave Price) = $22.43 Cost per 100K's
Now a 3Litre Diesel
Lets assume 12L per 100K's @ 147.3 per Litre(Todays Melb Ave Price)=$17.67 Cost per 100K's
Dont know Prices of Gas in remote areas but if in Melb or even Bendigo Gas is the way to go
GQ TB42s on 33" Muds
Last I checked a full tank (95L?) Got me 425k so I think that is 22.3L/100kms, haven't checked it since I fitted pertronix though. Wish I got a turbo diesel...
1990 Ford Maverick, 4.2 Carby, 2" SL, 2" BL, Dual Batts, 33" Maxxis Big Horns
impressive figures bob but sorry mate think ill stick with dieselOriginally Posted by bob
Remember you will always see a decrease in economy fitting larger tyres. Your car is calibrated for 265's so throwing a 305 on it means that the wheel tyre combo is doing less revolutions to cover the same distance. This will read less on your trip/odo meter as its all calculated for the smaller diameter factory fitted rubber.
For example a mate and I did a 150km trip, he was on 35's, I was on 33's, we pulled up at a servo nearing our destination and my trip meter said I had travelled 20km extra then he did. (both trip meters set to 0 at start of trip). We had identical running gear, engines, gearboxes and diff ratios.
PMC (20th June 2014)
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