Thread: free plug - hope its okay with everyone

Originally Posted by Quiggers

I'll do a short trip report soon, on the highway (750kms and three brief top-ups) my fuel consumption (after fix)
was 11.3 l / 100km. Howzat?

Prior to fix, running around Squidnee, it was 21 l...

Cheers,

GQ

Um please explain... I cant even begin to comprehend that highway figure its amazing.

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Landrover APC & Akrep strike vehicle
I did a search on the site and didnt find any matchs for this one, from what i can see the only thing Land Rover that remains is the headlights and indicators, very interesting tho,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78P_JZpTTQ4
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Hey Quiggers, this is the Landy for Sydney traffic.

should of popped in to say hi

I would not like to run into those weapons in the dark, make a good pari Dakar bus though?
Thankyou excellent video clip.

Nope, I'm not pulling anyone's chain.

I sat on about 100km/h, where I could as the Pac Hwy is still a track in sooo many places....

My fuel-up measurement is simple - the tank overflows somewhere in the guts of the fuel line. So, I pour in the juice and when the bowser clicks off, I trickle in a bit more and wait for the drops...

I measure my consumption as kilometres to the litre and the run from Berowa to Coolongolook was 8.85 km/l. C'look to Kempsey was the same (ish) 8.81.
Kempsey to Grafton was 8.86.
Grafton to home and then a top-up today was 8.82.
My figures are accurate. My driving was steady, the Disco was light and the night was cool.
No air con - no heater, windows up....boring drive.
On the way down (Bna - Syd) prior to the tune up - I thought 7.2 km/l was good....

But as I said, running around Syd, the lovely V8 sucked it in at 4.9 km / l....

Sitting in traffic, stop and go, sitting at lights, and the donk is a very big 12 volt generator....

What amazed me (apart from my fabulous consumption figures) was the number of big caravans being hauled by recent Prados.....
must be the tow truck of choice for the grey nomads.....

Yeah, thanks shorty, but that looks a bit light for Sydney traffic, might need an Abrams next time.....√
The traffic is truly unbeeeeelevable...

GQ

Well GQ finally a result,

interesting something along the lines of what we talked about the other week.

I thought i told you the traffic was crap down there, must have forgot.


john

Originally Posted by Quiggers

40 minutes on the plug-in-to-Disco computer and a few adjustments, and my Disco was working; it was, apparently; running lean!
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I'll do a short trip report soon, on the highway (750kms and three brief top-ups) my fuel consumption (after fix)
was 11.3 l / 100km. Howzat?

Prior to fix, running around Squidnee, it was 21 l...

Cheers,

GQ

It was running lean & returning 21 litres/100km.
Now it's returning 11.3 litres/100km.

How white are your spark plugs now ?

I can't see the exhaust valves lasting too long with those sort of fuel figures.

Hey Quiggers, my neighbour is a video/doco maker/editor too. Ex SBS, ABC, originally from OS mainly does work for the studs around here now (obviously no work ATM) and the occasional bit of ABC stuff (if they have budget).