Thread: Better Fuel Economy

My auto 300Tdi with a Davis Landis turbo upgrade averages 13km/l. Slow, noisy and on std tyres.

You might like the fuel economy but will loath the sluggish diesel compared to the v8.

Buy a 300tdi.

Wayyyyy less than 10k and swap goodies over and have change for some mods.

Hell, buy a td5. And chip it. And swap the tyres over and you could still be under 10k.

Originally Posted by zeroland

My auto 300Tdi with a Davis Landis turbo upgrade averages 13km/l. Slow, noisy and on std tyres.

You might like the fuel economy but will loath the sluggish diesel compared to the v8.

Must be sick, my tdi auto is not slow and i'm on 245/70's and a stock motor.

4.11 gearing or defender TC will fix the oversize tyre issue, diesel swap will cost more than the vehicle is worth.
All you can do is keep it all in good tune, pump up your tyres and drive sensibly or maybe look into an lpg conversion.

Get another set of standards size wheels with road tread. The tread is more important than the size for fuel economy.

Originally Posted by damo79

Hi guys,
I am chasing better fuel economy in my 93 D1 3.9l, looking at all options. Is an engine swap to a diesel viable or practical? What are other people getting? Mine is about 23 - 25 litres per 100km which hurts and limits touring distances. Should I just buy a diesel and change over all the goodies?

Also should confess I am running 33" muddies which wouldn't help the situation and prefer not to lose any ground clearance.

Any ideas are welcome. Maximum budget would be about $10k for mods or changes.

Cheers,
Damo

There must be something seriously wrong with your V8 if your running on petrol for those figures, mine gets under 13 LPH on the highway at 110 klm using cruise except for big hills running on unleaded 91 ron, not great but we are driving 2 ton bricks. 2 things i have done which have massively improved fuel economy, convert ignition module and coil to Bosch as per "Bee Utey how to" and adjusted timing from 2>9 BTDC, you must be on gas for those figures.
Sparky