Jump to content
SAU Community

Good Tow Cars?


Recommended Posts

my commo this week daily driving is 8.7l/100 :)

using my mates Navara 4.0L 08 model to wakefield 2 weeks time - will see how that goes.

Oh Fats, talking about hills, the ultimate hill is near Tamworth on the new england hwy...my instant fuel screen was showing around 80l per 100 just to get up that hill, I could see the fuel gauge moving down! and that was with the fag car on the back. then when you think the hill is over....there is another 2km of hill after that!

worst.

hill.

ever.

Ask duncan and Matt about Neils falcon going down that hill with no trailer brakes and GTR on back!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

lol, are you sure they put the turbo engine in your XR6T???

Turns out Ford claims 11.7l/100km city cycle for the 2008 XR6T. I had NFI they had got so economical. http://www.themotorreport.com.au/3729/2008-fg-falcon-revealed

The new 270 kW I6 Turbo engine, coupled with the ZF six-speed automatic transmission, produces an ADR 81/01 fuel figure of 11.7 L/100km

But the thing that started it all was me saying I can get the same economy around town in my big old 88 diesel Patrol, and like I said, I get 12-14l/100 around town, pretty much like you do with 11.6 to 14.3...

Edited by hrd-hr30
Link to comment
Share on other sites

lol, are you sure they put the turbo engine in your XR6T???

Turns out Ford claims 11.7l/100km city cycle for the 2008 XR6T. I had NFI they had got so economical. http://www.themotorreport.com.au/3729/2008-fg-falcon-revealed

But the thing that started it all was me saying I can get the same economy around town in my big old 88 diesel Patrol, and like I said, I get 12-14l/100 around town, pretty much like you do with 11.6 to 14.3...

Yeah, but my 14.3 comes at the fun leaving pretty much everything for dead at the lights... Lol...

The XR6T are economical, quite surprisingly! But I don't think it will be as good as te TD when towing, but the gains I make $$$ wise daily driving will far out weigh the TD benefit when towing.

As to that hill Chubbs, it was mrs interesting going up it and having to google what a certain flashing light meant... Turns out we had to stop and let the trans cool down... Least the ford told us it was hot... The same vintage commodore would have just had the gearbox implode...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

OK I can't stay quiet anymore :D

God I'd have some good laughs from this thread.

I've just filled the tank and am heading to and from Melbourne tomorrow to collect a car for the missus and was going to do what Matt did but he's beaten me too the punch!

The question remains, have the people who were looking for tow cars actually done anything about it or have we all wasted considerable amounts of time? :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Is that humble pie you are eating now Harry?

nup. when people say they're supposed to get 16l around town but actually get 11, I don't think its my fault if I didn't believe it. turns out its actually supposed to get 11...

Or when they say i get 14 around town, but 10 if there's 100km of highway... which doesn't ad up.

Or the "easy 7-7.5l/100" which didn't turn out to be so easy - a passenger or two and its low 8s which is a whole litre more... 14% worse economy because of a passenger...

there was alot of bullshit going around.

Edited by hrd-hr30
Link to comment
Share on other sites

lol and it starts again...

I think you have misread or misunderstood what I was saying. That and the fact that upon re-reading it, I wasn't as clear as I could have been.

"That is what I'm saying though, highway driving climate control on, 2 passenger, weekend luggage etc, it easily gets those figures on the highway. Add a person or two and it gets up to high 7s low 8s"

And by that I mean add a person or two and their luggage for a weekend trip and trundle off down the hume with climate on and it'll then do high 7's to low 8's at worst.

So if the very best it ever sees is a between 7.0 and 7.5 (average of about 7.25 for the whole trip) then averaging closer to 8L per hundred after adding a couple of people and luggage is still quite good. We're talking close to 2T at that point. I'm not sure how much the luggage would weigh but with 4 of us in the car we fill the 510 litre boot easily enough.

I'd have thought the comments about the hire cars and regularly seeing numbers on par with those would have convinced you.

Let the laughs continue!

Edited by ActionDan
Link to comment
Share on other sites

and the story changes slightly again...

the very best it ever sees is a between 7.0 and 7.5 (average of about 7.25 for the whole trip)

I'm only interesting in what it gets for a tank, not the best l/100 you see on the trip computer on the highway.still, its excellent fuel economy - as good as many 4cyl econoboxes manage.

Edited by hrd-hr30
Link to comment
Share on other sites

and the story changes slightly again...

I'm only interesting in what it gets for a tank, not the best l/100 you see on the trip computer on the highway.still, its excellent fuel economy - as good as many 4cyl econoboxes manage.

Sorry I sent my reply before you edited your post so I missed the second bit.

That is an average figure for the whole tank of highway driving. Calculated the old fashioned way, not based on the average fuel consumption figure on the computer. Though as was said before if you reset it right before a trip it's only .2-.3L out at most. As I mentioned earlier my average per tank of mixed driving is 8.4-8.8L

In comparison to 4 bangers we've done long trips in the Falcon does use more fuel. Our other car (2010 Mazda3) does mid 6's on the highway with the two of us and luggage but it's doing plenty more revs at those speeds and is only a 4spd Auto, the seats are also far less comfy.

Turbo Diesel Focus at work is mid 5's in the same conditions and has a crap load more torque to work with (6spd Man). we also have a Prius here which is not much better than the focus, and worse to drive.

I get the impression that you won't be convinced unless you see it first hand and I can respect that as I'm exactly the same.

Edited by ActionDan
Link to comment
Share on other sites

lol and it starts again...

I think you have misread or misunderstood what I was saying. That and the fact that upon re-reading it, I wasn't as clear as I could have been.

"That is what I'm saying though, highway driving climate control on, 2 passenger, weekend luggage etc, it easily gets those figures on the highway. Add a person or two and it gets up to high 7s low 8s"

And by that I mean add a person or two and their luggage for a weekend trip and trundle off down the hume with climate on and it'll then do high 7's to low 8's at worst.

So if the very best it ever sees is a between 7.0 and 7.5 (average of about 7.25 for the whole trip) then averaging closer to 8L per hundred after adding a couple of people and luggage is still quite good. We're talking close to 2T at that point. I'm not sure how much the luggage would weigh but with 4 of us in the car we fill the 510 litre boot easily enough.

I'd have thought the comments about the hire cars and regularly seeing numbers on par with those would have convinced you.

Let the laughs continue!

Close to 2Tonne? Are you packing chiauhuas as people?

Supposedly they're 1750 odd empty, throw 68 litter of fuel in plus the Ther extra weight that ends up in them, and only 2 people with out luggage an you breach 2T... 4 people and luggage is easy 2.2T I reckon. Maybe I should put mine over the weigh station...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

where are the soccer mum pics wtf!!

Dan, ive had a few beers with Harry, it was XXXX, beer was ok, but Harry is good to have a beer with.

only issue there was Druncan wouldnt buy us shouts cause he was saving for rebuild # 43

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Harness update time have had great fun and learnt so much already so far with this project. I started off making both the ignition and injector sub harnesses in the hope any mistakes i made here aren't as hard to undo and learn from as the main harness.  A cool comparison of the old harness using presumably TXL wire and the new which is using Tezel. Also opted to use DTM plugs to keep the whole setup as neat and tidy as possible and tucked the wiring under the coil bracket to try and keep it all from sticking out too much. Although the injector harness, I'm not overly happy with as I'm still using the rubber boots that are supplied with the type of plugs it just looks ugly and sticks out like a sore thumb with the white identifiers so a slight redesign may be done.   Then it was main harness time and most importantly trying to route it nice and away from the heat it will use the OEM heater hose routing which is no longer present to keep the harness up high and secure. it's amazing how much smaller this harness is able to be compared to the old one. plugged everything into the emtron and with the help of the tuner again attempted to start it up and instantly fired up and running smoothly on all 6 which was a big shock to myself. So still some routing and adjusting to be done for the final fit up and installing a knock sensor harness plug which is in the post all has gone surprisingly well.     The old harness for shits and giggles.
    • They do that at random every now and then, with almost no detectable cause. Mine has done it a couple of times (over 25 years!!). Never worked out why.
    • I don't post on here and have been lurking for some time now. Many of the topics have helped me out more times than i can count. I was racing yesterday (11/9) and blew a front right CV shaft. I have spares so I popped a new one in. A thread i read previously said to check the engine mounts if you blow a front CV. Upon inspection, the front right mount was completely separated from the upper plate. This discovery saved me time and money, because i would have blown another CV if i went back out. Just wanted to thank you guys and wish everyone luck with with their builds. (Now if we could only come up with a solution for my power steering belt flying off after hitting the rev limiter, lol)
    • Either way he still need those style of spacer to go into the manifold because the photo he currently has is not going to work 
    • You can just get the injector bosses, which allows top feeds to fit. He can use the same injectors without issue, like these (another option): https://rocketindustries.com.au/af59-2210-rb25-fuel-injector-inserts     The Racework ones look a bit better: https://www.nzefi.com/product/raceworks-lower-injector-mounting-boss-kit-for-r33-rb25det-s14-s15-sr20det/   You could also just get a similar kit like the Radium one by Plazmaman: https://plazmaman.com/product/nissan-rb25det-r33-billet-fuel-rail/?srsltid=AfmBOoogfYq49X0fu2Wdbf8yOf6zt9egyPAif_gn3Qr3G8hzAphhTgOkO70  
×
×
  • Create New...