Yeh!
Lift your slipper up a bit, cruise along and enjoy the journey.
The gold you will save on fuel, wear and tear etc. will be well worth it and you can buy a few good CD's to listen to along the way.
Cheers, Mick
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Yeh!
Lift your slipper up a bit, cruise along and enjoy the journey.
The gold you will save on fuel, wear and tear etc. will be well worth it and you can buy a few good CD's to listen to along the way.
Cheers, Mick
It also might be an idea to remove roof racks , bull bars etc etc if you have any on..
If the car originally had an airdam , put it back on. The air dam on a RRC is supposedly worth 1MPG in the old currency.
Regards Philip A
Really? interesting, any more info?Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilipA
Buy a pyro and boost gauge and fuel it up
No not really. It is a barely remembered line from a LR description of the 89 when AFAIR the air dam became standard equipment.Quote:
Really? interesting, any more info?
I have actually filled in all the slots in mine with nylon and added a brace to the steering protector so it doesn't fold back in water.
I did worse economy to Cape york this time without it than previous trips with, but there are too many variables to make any conclusions.
But air dams are supposed to reduce drag by decreasing the amount of air that goes under the car.
I also tried those wake disruptors but they didn't seem to do much.
Its hard to improve a shape that has a Rain Gutter over the windscreen and it is not practical to remove it . LOL
Regards Philip A
here is a quote from Ford's new Ranger press release which talks about the effect of their airdam.
Regards Philip AQuote:
Ford claims the imported aero gurus performed more than 1000 full-vehicle aerodynamic simulations to perfect the shape of Ranger for fuel efficiency, resulting in a deep front air dam and a small spoiler on the lip of the tailgate.
Mr Maertens, who supervises the aerodynamics team, said the biggest drag reduction came from the front air dam, which limits the amount of flow that goes under the vehicle and effectively cuts the drag by about seven per cent while improving vehicle stability and helping to cool the engine.
“A key challenge was managing the interactions between the air flowing over the roof and the variations of cargo boxes in the Ranger lineup, as this constitutes a significant proportion of the vehicle drag,” said Mr Maertens.
“The pickup’s ride height, especially in the 4x4 models, was another challenge. The higher the vehicle, the more aerodynamic drag it has to overcome. It’s a big number for every millimetre of ride height.”
Next time I am near my 87 RRC I will check in the owners handbook. It gives fuel use figures with and without the air dam. From memory they expect up to 10l per 100km with the air dam fitted at about 100 kph. I :Rolling::Rolling::Rolling: when I read that.Quote:
Originally Posted by rovercare
Mate
if you have a bit of coin to spare consider a diesel/gas injection. i've read good things about them improved power and torque, fuel economy and range.
on my list of things to do
mark
Get an EL Falcon! Falcons are cheap, comfy and will do that speed all day.
Greetings Luke from another Luke in the NT (Darwin). My 98 TDI will sit on 130-145km/h foot to floor, just like everyone else the faster you go above 100 the more fuel you chew.
Years ago on the trip up from Melb, sat on 140km/h before the restrictions and was getting 13-13.8l/100kms economy. At 100km/h it dropped back to 8.5-9l/100kms depending if I was using the Air Con.
Nowadays with the car 13yr old it does 10.7L around town with the AirCon on and 9.6L with it off. Highway I'm still getting 8-8.5L. The temp we get up here in the Territory affects your fuel economy. Down in the cooler climes I got easy 7.5-7.8L.
Quick way to/from Hooker Creek.sorry Lajamanu is charter Plane. God knows I have done that enough times(Charter Pilot) usually from Darwin in 2hrs overnighting at the Longhouse if it's still there.
get it serviced and get the injectors cleaned by a pro. Makes a big difference.
Cheers
Luke.M