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Trade in ??
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 11:00 am
by Holley_Equipped
Gday
I have got a 1990 patrole flat tray at the moment and its good as
350 Chev
650 holley
Tip Tray
Slippery back end
ect
But its killing me in petrol so im after a hard top patrol to do up.
What model, year is a good one
Im only just starting to get into 4x4ing so i dont really know
Thanks
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:22 pm
by jtraf
LPG would be your friend.........
Unless late model I don't know how you got the 350 engineered without it...
You could always look for a clapped out wagon with LPG installed and transplant the 350 into it and keep the LPG for cheaper running..
HTH
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:41 pm
by chimpboy
A standard TB42 straight six is also a c*nt for fuel economy, so I too reckon you should look at getting LPG/dual fuel.
Fitting gas to the vehicle you've got could probably be managed fairly cheaply.
Jason
Re: Trade in ??
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:43 pm
by bogged
Holley_Equipped wrote:Gday
I have got a 1990 patrole flat tray at the moment and its good as
350 Chev
650 holley
Tip Tray
Slippery back end
ect
But its killing me in petrol so im after a hard top patrol to do up.
What model, year is a good one
Im only just starting to get into 4x4ing so i dont really know
Thanks
petrol GQ gets around 20/100 or worse...
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 7:30 pm
by kc_ksom
I have LPG on my 350 MQ hard top, and you will save a little money though you have more engine wear, less power if LPG/Petrol, will also it will run hotter.
I like the gas and mine, its set up for a straight gas arrangement, so it works for me, but I cant go wheeling around the country side, I have to worry about getting LPG every where I go, etc etc. You really have to way up the options.
If I had my time over again with a budget of say 14k, I would get a 3ltr patrol/ Mav, and turbo it from a VL etc also run an after market computer with 2 settings one for LPG the other for petrol. Something like that would be better for me.
Casey.
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:06 pm
by viperguy
dude.. straight lpg it.. u have room for 2 tanks with a tray back.. a dedicated straight lpg set up will pleasently suprise u...i have straight lpg in my shorty, auto 4.2 and i dont think id rather drive any other set up..
Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 9:28 pm
by GQ96
Mines the 4.2 straight 6 petrol and it is terible on fuel economy. Around town it chews about 25L/100km on gas so on my 90L tank i would be lucky to get 350km, but when i fill up, it rarely goes over $35. People say to go diesel cause its more fuel efficient but you can't get it for less than $1.10/litre these days so i reckon the only way to run a 4wd cheap with a lot of power is with gas. I'm happy with my gas
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 12:40 am
by Beastmavster
Around town I get about 25 l/100km on petrol..so the fuel economy on LPG is hardly any worse....
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:21 am
by GQ96
I don't run my petrol around town. You're supposed to run petrol every now and then to lubricate the engine so whenever to do some offroading i just use petrol
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 10:52 am
by grazza
Getting 17L/100 out of the V8 on petrol...
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:18 am
by Holley_Equipped
I get around 30/100k at the moment
Such a killer in tassie $1.20 A LT