Mate of mine has one and empty with canopy 6 to 6.5 km/l and towing echo 4 trailer 5 to 5.5 km/l
Con
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>> 1HZ naturally aspirated? 6-7l per 100km down to 4-6 in the muck.
WHAT??? HOW????
J
Psst – sure that is kpl? J
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Thank you very much for the input. Question is… When is that damn turbodiesel V8 going to arrive and will they put it in the 78?
1HZ gives 7km/l
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Clem:
I drive a 1HZ, kitted for travel, so always loaded.
When I drive standard, no trailer, and keep speeds at 110 kph true speed, I get almost 7kpl
When I push it to try maintain 120 – it drops to 6kpl
When I am towing the caravan, it drops to just over 5kpl
I do have 285 75R16’s BFG MT KM2’s fitted. No roof rack.
I’ve just fitted a 76mm mandrel bent free flow exhaust, which has improved the drivability of the vehicle quite a bit. Revs much better. Just need to get a dyna tune to bring it up to its best with the new exhaust.
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Clem we did a 9000km round trip in 4 weeks and we were comfortable all the time,79 single cab. Some very long days in the saddle with little driver fatigue. Road noise will depend on the tyre choice, with my muds on, noisy on tar, but with the AT’s on it is quite.
Yes there are times when the 1HZ does not have the power but only maybe 5% of your driving time. In any case with a loaded vehicle driving faster than 110km / hour is not safe IMHO.
Fuel consumption with the diesel, based on my 3.5T loaded 79, does not change that much between the open road (6.5km / L) and the sand / bush (5.8km/L) driving, I think you will find this very different with the new Petrol motor.
Enjoy making your choice, whichever one will put a smile on your face.
From: overlan...@googlegroups.com [mailto:overlan...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Clem Daniel
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2013 10:57 AM
To: overlan...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [Overland] 79 series 4 L petrol engine fuel consumption
Thank you Heine. Well tried engine then. Now another question...what's the LC like driving on tar? Is it reasonably comfortable and what is the road noise insulation like (I'm thinking long haul driver fatigue for example)?
I’m amazed as my 100VX with the 4.2 TDi has given me 7.15km/l over 85000 km at speeds normally a bit quicker than 100kmh and it has a roof rack attached permanently.
Geoff
Hi Marc,
Snap on the vehicle and the consumption.
Geoff
The tdi has better consumption figures
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