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    Fuel Consumption

    My wife and I have just returned from a trip to Cape York (from Torquay, Vic.) in our '97 4.6 HSE. We did nearly 12,000 km and the average was 17.4km/100L.

    We travelled "light", no trailer etc and all our gear in the vehicle including a range of spares etc in the spare wheel well. Our spare wheel was mounted on a swingaway. We have a set of roof bars and our Roof Top Tent was mounted on that.
    We didn't carry any extra fuel as the longest distance between servos was about 220km.

    Awesome trip BTW.

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    @p38arover suffice it say considerably heavier than the composite tank? though the retaining bracket is made of steel and wraps around the entire thing it would still be at least 20kg heavier I assume. Trying to keep the weights down and considering if a 155l tank would suffice with a pair of empty jerries if need be or keep the standard tank and go to the trouble of making an extra tank in the rear wheel well space (which will also weigh, even when empty)

    It should not be a problem that it is not a stock item, shipping would probably be prohibitive so perhaps I can find a way to get them make one and delivered somewhere so that I can mount it when down under. I don't need that tank until I am actually there?

    @ozzyal that is relatively frugal I would say for the big girl. Do you have an indication as to what kind of terrain mix you travelled? (ie 60% tarmac, 30% gravel, 10% sand)

    Thanks!

    -P

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ozzyal View Post
    My wife and I have just returned from a trip to Cape York (from Torquay, Vic.) in our '97 4.6 HSE. We did nearly 12,000 km and the average was 17.4km/100L.

    We travelled "light", no trailer etc and all our gear in the vehicle including a range of spares etc in the spare wheel well. Our spare wheel was mounted on a swingaway. We have a set of roof bars and our Roof Top Tent was mounted on that.
    We didn't carry any extra fuel as the longest distance between servos was about 220km.

    Awesome trip BTW.
    What a great trip. I bet you got some looks in that car. I think you mean 17.5lt/100km?

    After living with a perentie 50 Lt tank which safely gave you 400km in range (plus a few jerrys), Im all for getting by with the standard 90-100lt tank rather than spending money on lang range tank. In a P38 a 100 Lt tank should give you 550 km in range.
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    Cool

    Quote Originally Posted by rar110 View Post
    What a great trip. I bet you got some looks in that car. I think you mean 17.5lt/100km?

    After living with a perentie 50 Lt tank which safely gave you 400km in range (plus a few jerrys), Im all for getting by with the standard 90-100lt tank rather than spending money on lang range tank. In a P38 a 100 Lt tank should give you 550 km in range.
    Thanks for that yep 17.4 litres per 100km ......I still think in MPG too

    Yeah, plenty of looks and comments.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by prelude View Post
    @p38arover suffice it say considerably heavier than the composite tank? though the retaining bracket is made of steel and wraps around the entire thing it would still be at least 20kg heavier I assume. Trying to keep the weights down and considering if a 155l tank would suffice with a pair of empty jerries if need be or keep the standard tank and go to the trouble of making an extra tank in the rear wheel well space (which will also weigh, even when empty)

    It should not be a problem that it is not a stock item, shipping would probably be prohibitive so perhaps I can find a way to get them make one and delivered somewhere so that I can mount it when down under. I don't need that tank until I am actually there?

    @ozzyal that is relatively frugal I would say for the big girl. Do you have an indication as to what kind of terrain mix you travelled? (ie 60% tarmac, 30% gravel, 10% sand)

    Thanks!

    -P
    G'day, majority, 75% was tarmac sitting at 100kmh, 25% dirt roads and tracks generally of the worst quality imaginable.(Corrugations in places 12" high & 12" gap) Included in this were about two days in low range and a probably about four hours of soft sand.

    Hope that helps. Al

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    Didn't that ASW fella from 4XOverland just drive his old classic rangie along the Canning Stock Route? Maybe if u do a search of one of the last videos he may mention his fuel economy for the V8 Rangie?

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    yes it helps ozzyal thanks!

    And yes, aspw did post an answer on a youtube comment regarding that. Funnely enough his 3.5 V8 carburated was the most frugal of the bunch, go figure...

    Range Rover was by far the most economical. And that's a 47 year-old carburettor V8! FJ got 30L/100 kms until Sean dropped the tyre pressures some more and then it went to 25L/100KM. Range Rover at worst was 20L100km.
    It's not like she was not loaded up either, two spares, a 200l! spare fuel tank, a bunch of spares a fridge. I reckon that range rover was loaded up to GVM. How on earth can people justify those big diesel cruisers?! They use more fuel than a loaded V8 petrol.

    Cheers,
    -P

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