After a couple of trips chasing deer,I checked fuel used.14.2litres/100ks which I thort was pretty good for a old wagon.
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After a couple of trips chasing deer,I checked fuel used.14.2litres/100ks which I thort was pretty good for a old wagon.
Mind you the air con was on for the returns trips to keep the venison cold.:thumbsup:
They didn't get into the history books for their economy!
Good old Friction.
Just returned from a 10 day trip to Northland in ours @520,000km. Not towing anything, did 11L/100km. Its wearing Cooper SRX's.
I know when the wife throws the float and horsey on the back it drops to about 16L/100km.
But came back in two seperate wagons: found one with significantly less km on the clock, and no bloody 'rain roof', so picked it up relatively cheap, and over the next couple of months will tart up the old truck and hopefully make the change over for just a few thou $$.
Will be keeping an eye on consumption of the new wagon. Keen to see if there is any significant difference.
Certainly a different feel to the whole truck, with a couple of hundy less on the clock.
If you went to Repco or Nissan and grabbed a new set of bushes all around and did the engine, body mounts, and steering and suspension dampers you'd get a phenomenal improvement in noise/vibration/harshness intruding into the cabin and also with tracking and ride on the road. Giving the thing a mechanical tart up and checking out injector flow and injection pump settings along with air filters is the other part. When I did mine I got something like 3/4L reduction in fuel useage per 100 just from that work - controlling everything so it's not hopping all over the road makes a surprising difference apparently.
They are not the best geared units (the engine trans and cases come out of Nissan's light truck parts line) and as mentioned have the aerodynamics of a cinder block which helps - not. I was getting around the 11/100 when I upgraded mine to a D22, that was more comfortable and quieter but not much better in terms of economy. In comparison the Ranger PXII is returning 8.1L/100Km, doing it quicker, quieter and more comfortably and actually does something when the right boot goes down.
I think my land rover 200tdi discovery does 10-11L/100km since I put 32" MT's on it recently. With the old smaller tyres it was more like 8L/100km, it could do 1000km from an 80L tank on the open road.
I only replace parts when the wof tells me or the part breaks.And that hasnt been to much in the last 589000ks 18yrs.
i just rebuuilt mine td42 manual 250hp, i get 600-700km per tank
I can squeeze around 650-670ks out of my 95litr tank if im nice.
Have you spent $10k on it so that it can do 100 kmh? @Stump what’s your economy like?
The 4.2 just craves a small turbo running 3-4 psi
A low boost setup sharpens throttle response, increase HP and torque, and improve fuel economy
Nelson city to Hamner and back yesterday....speed limit set to 109kph and sat on that up hill down hill round corners plus a few flat to floor overtaking maneuvers and brake down to limit when back in lane.
Over 600km driving pretty hard...8.5l per hundy on the computer, and that is higher than actual usesage as running bigger tires so actually cover more kms than the computer thinks.
Real usage in the high 7s for driving like a rental.
Love how economical the Triton is.
I think @7mmsaum is refering to the old GQ's running no turbo. I do know a mate who turbo'd a SWB GQ and got low 30's mpg. (9?L/100km)
Not an economical way to drive at a set limit either because no coast run over on down hills and up the other side and up it on any uphill to maintain 109
My old auto SWB bounced around between 12-13 L/100. That had KL71 muds on it. Tyre pressures made a big difference.
Mines a big turbo running 30psi lol
Mine was non turbo but one of the black top high torque donks. That thing wasn't the crispest on response but stump pulling torque. It was hard on mounts and clutches!
Beauty and the Beast in one.:D
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1997 swb gq. 2 inch lift 33s roof rack. Factory turbo engine, running hx30 20psi top mount cooler, tuned pump putting out 185hp and about 470 NM. Can get 700kms from 70l on the regular driving from masterton to wanaka. Not too bad a for a old brick.
There are a range of diff options for them. I run the 4.11 diffs on 33" tyres on my few, all manual, non-turbo, tweaked injector pump. I could happily go to the 4.6 or 4.8 diffs.
They're not fast or pretty or too comfortable, but as said above "stump pulling torque" they'll tow about anything else on the road backwards, up hill and down dale.
Fuel usage? I couldn't tell you. I just fill em when they're looking to get to about half.
My fuel bill went down $200/M when I sold my Safari SWB (4.2 factory turbo) for a BT 50 3.2 and itll tow 3.5 tonnes uphill at a decent clip . . . But getting into z difficult spot - no comparision, its not even worth running muds on a BT50/Ranger.
That would be an oddball one, I thought the 3.9 only went behind the petrol autos. I might have a 4.1 LSD rear and open front I could sell you soon.
Yeah mine are tall on the revs, which is why I would be happy to go up a ratio, but the EGTs like it. I figure turning diesel into heat rather than traction is a waste.
Interesting point, that. My experience the first time I had to drive on clay was 'fu*k' - 2H slide back towards gate post. 4H spin all wheels slide quicker... Hmm. 4L, electronic brain thingy engaged, grrrr from the abs on each corner and drive straight out. No way I was getting it out from that situation any other way without a vehicle in front to anchor off or some recovery gear which I also didn't have...
Best iv done is from Mobil-TeAnu to Z Rolleston 93ltrs=626km.Trying to cruiz at a 100kph,long trip.
If I cruised at 90kph I'd get 1100 k from a 75l tank
One day near xmas the traffic was slow 85-90kph,i got 420ks on half a tank 47litrs.The fuel gauge was slow going down,camper vans in convoy and bloody rental cars.I had mental road rage,i tell you but i wasnt going to pass n crash head on for no bastard.
I've never really configured them for fuel usage, I've only owned them for 30yrs. But I'm a 4wder, the Safari I have is my 2nd one which I bought in 2007.
They are extremely capable, the TD42 is very strong, cheap to run, you can't loose.
My 80 series cruiser 1hdt 4.2 turbo tickled a bit ( so similar size, weight ,engine etc.
100 liter tank could get 750km if all of it was on a trip and driving economically.
Normally would get around 600km per tank and if loaded up trailer on it could suck 100l in just over 400km.