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Range Rover Blues:
I've just had a thought. You're running Unimog wheels arn't you? These I understand from your other thread are bigger than the 101 rims? If so then there are 2 things, firstly the bigger tyres will make it thirsty, both with their own inertia and also by gearing up the drivetrain. Secondly your speedo and therefore odometer are not accurate, so the 8 miles you get on a gallon of LPG is possibly 9 or more miles?
Lee_D:
Your driving one and a half 101s at the end of the day.
Will it drive with the centre wheels removed? Would look odd but would no doubt transform your drive. Shame you can't lift an axle.
If you could bung a big diesel in it then you wouldn't do much worse.. look at HGV's consumption. At least then you can look at single fuel for the trip.. i.e. dump the gas tanks and carry more derv.
If you stick with Petrol you should have plenty of places to hang a tank under the chassis.. or at least several small tanks joined together.
Lee
bezzabsa:
well my DAF 65 does 15 mpg, and the Volvo FL6 does 11 mpg.. daf is 6.5 tonnes empty the volvo is 9 empty
ditch the rover lump bite the bullet and get a gmc 6.5 diesel conversion..guy scross the road from me converted his 3.5 efi rangie and doubled his mpg - from 12 to mid twneties!!
Lee_D:
My only reservation then would be to pay attention to the weight of the engine. The 101 runs on Parabolics and they just sit nice with a light V8 in.
A big diesel unit is going to weigh in alot heavier and also put extra strain on the steering. :?
Lee
MuddyMike:
Just thinking about this again, how efficient is the engine running? Can you smell gas in the exhaust? If so work back through the system ignition first, how good is the spark? Do you use top quality plugs and more importantly leads? have you fitted a spark booster? Is the timing advanced to suitable LPG setting?
Then to the LPG system. Have you cleaned out the vaporiser recently? What air filter are you using? is it clean?
LPG is fussy ablout all the above and more, get it all right and you should get 90% of petrol MPG. Get one or two wrong and it will plummett.
Mike
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