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SWB fuel economy over LWB
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 11:07 am
by slowLux
DO swb GQ's achieve better economy than the LWB, becuase of less weight in both the petrol and diesel?
thanks,
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 11:22 am
by turps
They should, But my diesel didnt seem to be very different from the LWB.
As for my Petrol auto swb, well it needs a tune. So it just suxs. But on gas its still cheaper than my diesel.
Re: SWB fuel economy over LWB
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:30 pm
by chimpboy
slowLux wrote:DO swb GQ's achieve better economy than the LWB, becuase of less weight in both the petrol and diesel?
thanks,
I had an SWB and a LWB Mav, the SWB was way better on fuel. It also made a huge difference what size tyres were on it, as the 29ish inch cheesecutters may have looked pathetic but they saved 5 litres per hundred ks compared to the 32" muddies.
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:48 pm
by Beastmavster
Yes.... anything where the weight is so much less is gonna make a noticable difference.
However, most of the benefit is gonna be in low speed or stop start driving (city).
Out on the highway, with the same aerodynamics (of a house brick) the difference would be much smaller.