Thread: Series stages

G'day Dearot

I use my 68 2a Ex-Army soft top GS as my daily driver, and have since 1992, I live north of Brisbane near Caboolture and it is a 22klm trip into town, at highway speeds well as close as I can get 85-95Klm and regularly travel to Brisbane down the Bruce H'way just sit in the left lane and everything bolts past but when you hit the traffic jam, it just ticks along in 2nd I actually got the Temp gauge up to "N" once it usually sits just above cold.

One thing that I do notice is that you get a lot of courtsey at Round-Abouts in a Drab Olive Landy seems that female drivers in Ecco-Boxes don't want to cut you off

cheers

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

And the torque probably the factor involved in my being able to drive our Stage 1 to work one night with a seriously failing clutch. Numpty says "minimise clutch use"...so was able to drive 35km, thru traffic lights, in heavy traffic, all the way in top gear. I challange anyone else to be able to take off in top gear from an almost standstill .....just not possible in most vehicles The old V8 tho...just powers away

Not in a Landy but I have in a Mazda van. Broke the slector lincage so would stop at the lights and the passenger would jump out climb under and select the gear we thought would best till the next lights and off we would go. This thing used to also overhead all the time so the middle passenger would have the hot seat. Their job was to yell when it got to hot so we could stop and top it up.

Wow I am surprise many people use their series as daily car. I only see few (three so far) on the road.
I know it is an old truck and I should not count on fuel economy but what is the fuel consumption approximately on series 3 2.3l petrol and is it expensive to maintain?
As I want to get landy with original engine if I am going to buy one and only to use it to go to works or maybe go to city once in while for fun. Need to get all the good info before present the proposal to the misus
Well I only live 5 minutes drive from work and go to city probably once a week on the weekend and its about 25km freeway driving.

Originally Posted by dearot

Wow I am surprise many people use their series as daily car. I only see few (three so far) on the road.
I know it is an old truck and I should not count on fuel economy but what is the fuel consumption approximately on series 3 2.3l petrol and is it expensive to maintain?
As I want to get landy with original engine if I am going to buy one and only to use it to go to works or maybe go to city once in while for fun. Need to get all the good info before present the proposal to the misus
Well I only live 5 minutes drive from work and go to city probably once a week on the weekend and its about 25km freeway driving.

Series Landrovers fitted with the 2.25 petrol engine will get from about 12 to 30mpg, depending on driving and whether it is a long or short wheelbase, and the road conditions. For a Swb in good condition, you should be able to get close to 20mpg in traffic and around 25mpg on the highway provided you are careful with the throttle and brakes and have suitable tyres with the right pressure. For a lwb knock 4 or 5 off. If you have to keep up with the traffic, or if your area is very hilly, knock another five off. It is easy to get even worse figures if the brakes are dragging, the ignition timing a bit out, thermostat not working, choke partly on, a few fuel leaks, choked exhaust, valves need grinding etc.

You will do better, but not dramatically, if you get one with an 8:1 head or get it converted, and also slightly better with an overdrive on the highway if driving fast.

Maintenance interval is less than with a modern car, but should cost less, particularly if you do it yourself - which you can. Repairs may be more frequent than with a modern car but parts are usually a lot cheaper, and again, you can do a lot more yourself. But remember if you buy a thirty year old car, unless you are both very careful and very lucky, you will find yourself doing repairs that really should have been done years ago, just to get it into good shape.

John

John

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But she wouldn't have it any other way really

I drove my Stage 1 with Swamper's round as my daily driver till mum donated her 4 cyl buzz box as she received a work car.

Dave.

Thanks for all the info guys...time to put them all in a spreadsheet and keep an eye on trading post....hopefully she agrees with me on this...wish me luck

G'day Dearot

With mine running at highway speed (well almost) I get 16-19 Mpg, JDNSW could be a little wrong there with 30 Mpg or if he can get 30 out of a 2.25 Litre motor I would like to know his secret

I would advise you not to go for a Holden Conversion Vehicle as they can have problems, as the holden motor requires much higher revs to achive the same Torque, the Landrover 4 cyl achives Max Torque at 1900-2200 Rpm

cheers