fuel economy

[incisor]

how many klms do you county owners get out of a std tank?

[wovenrovings]

Mine it depends how i drive. But I get between 12 and 10L per 100km.
Sisters county got 770km out of a tank between Rocky and Longreach, put 77L in it. Good thing we had a jerry can of fuel with us.
Speed makes a big difference because of the wonderfull streamlining. 95kmh gives me 10L/100km and 105-110 gives me 11.5L/100km. Mine is a 4 speed.
5 speeds are a bit better at the higher speeds.

Hope that gives you an idea.

[kaa45]

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/isuzu-land...uel-range.html

[JDNSW]

Standard tank holds 80l, and I get between 10 and 12l/100km, mostly pretty close to 11. Doesn't seem to make much difference load, speed, towing etc as long as I stay below 110. (I have a 60l extra tank, and being diesel, I try my best not to run either tank dry - I reckon on 1100km safely from both tanks)

John

[justinc]

Dave,
My uncle, the original owner of the 110 that my engine came from, had a 5spd 1988 county, and at that time the engine was N/A.
Always did country miles, and returned regularly around 12l/100km. (Lots of hills around where they live...)
On a trip fully laden (3000+kg all up) it got 15l/100km average from the south west of WA, up the Canning stock route and return to the south west of WA.
He just wished it would pull up hills better
I let him drive my RRC after I had turboed and intercooled his old motor, couldn't wipe the smile off his face
JC

[Bigbjorn]

Dave, my beast has a 130 litre aftermarket tank and I have never had it below an indicated 1/4 full. Have a look at my posts titled "Went for a drive" of 28/3/2007 and 3/10/2007 for actual economy figures. Both trips were fast and laden. Light laden highway use (me and an overnight bag) returns usually around 9 l/100k's. Round town usage is variable according to traffic conditions and load but is around 11-12 l/100k's

[long stroke]

Our's is a 1985 modal N/A, lt95 gbox running 32" MTR'S with roof racks, and we have just finished reconditioning the motor.
We went away for the weekend last week and returned 10ltr's per 100km's full of camping gear and towing a camper trailer with a bit of low range work and dirt roads included.

CHEERS TIM.

[isuzurover]

Best ever about 9.0L/100

Usual around 11L/100

Drove Bris-Townsville once (non stop each way apart from fuel/food breaks). Averaged 11L/100 on the way up - sitting on the speed limit (incl. speedo error) most of the way. The first leg back down there was a really bad headwind - went up to 13L/100.

Worst I have ever experienced was 16.5. In Dave S's old county (which now lives in canada). NA 5 speed, driving through Wyoming. Headwinds were about 100km/h, so the best we could do was 80-90km/h in 3rd, foot flat to the floor. had 3 people, and a big roofrack with ammo boxes bolted to it - which didn't help our drag coefficient.

[OLR-067]

So far on our trip we are averaging 12.12L/100km. This is with tyre on bonnet, roof rack, roof tent, bicycles on back carrier, 9kg gas bottle on roof and weighing around the 3.2t mark.

Cheers
Paul

[isuzurover]

Just completed a trip - Perth - Adl - Melb - Tas - Syd - Dubbo - Broken Hill - Clare (SA) - Port Lincoln - Perth. Total just over 15k km.

110 County, 4BD1T (see conversion thread for specs), 255/85-16s.
4 people, 70L water, 120L diesel, Engel, usual camping and cooking gear etc, etc on board. Picked up 2x 8274 winches along the way.

Best Economy: 10.2 L/100 Norseman-Corrigin - dirt road!!!
Worst Economy: 17.2 L/100 Sitting on 120+ into a HUGE headwind W-E across the Nullarbor (average EGT was 650+ across this stretch!!!)

Average Economy W-E Across Nullarbor: 14.1 L/100 (sitting on 120 - headwind, EGT 600-700, Boost 6-11 psi)
Average Economy E-W Across Nullarbor: 12.3 L/100 (sitting on 110 - tailwind, EGT 400-500, Boost 4-6psi )

Average Economy WHOLE TRIP: 12.9 L/100

Speedo is 100% accurate with the 33's (well 300m every 100km discrepancy with the GPS). The figures I posted previously were with 32's, so probably a bit better than reality.