Yeah granted the v8 cars are cheaper than the diesels.
Take a 300 disco 1 for instance, are the diesels around 1k more than the equivalent petrol?
Wouldn't take long to use 1k in fuel in my book, 2 months regular use or a handful of long laning weekends...
Yeah granted the v8 cars are cheaper than the diesels.
Take a 300 disco 1 for instance, are the diesels around 1k more than the equivalent petrol?
Wouldn't take long to use 1k in fuel in my book, 2 months regular use or a handful of long laning weekends...
I think you missed the OP question, it's suppose NOT to be about money/cost between the two.
20.. if you'r Mr's push's it maybe:tea:
Yeah I know my mate that's why I bust £200 in fuel on a 350 mile laning weekend and deal with it, which brings me onto the next point, in mine with my setup, yeah £500 a month on fuel would be a breeze if I used it more than once twice a month with the type of usage it gets, it ####ing drinks like a thirsty fish!
That said, now that the 1.4 transfer case is in its time to work on the MS tuning to try to work some more economy out of the damn thing on the motorway, 12mpg is not my friend!![]()
On the motorway drive the V8 with a constant rpm rather than a constant speed.
As far as I know fuel consumption is directly related to intake pressure (throttle position). More intake pressure (throttle down) means more fuel consumption. Even when no actual acceleration takes place. Most cars do not have intake pressure indicators, so we'll have to do with the rpm indicator. Keep your rpm's constant and your foot still.
My V8i gets into a nice cadence at 2800 rpm when it does about 70mph and reaches 22/23 mpg. (on the flat) . 2100 / 60 works also well when not in a hurry.
ps. cruise-control is disastrous for a good fuel consumption.
I don't want to hog this thread but seems its to late.......could you link me to your 3.5 rebuild, I am interested to see your set up and I want to discuss some things rater there.
On the motorway drive the V8 with a constant rpm rather than a constant speed.
As far as I know fuel consumption is directly related to intake pressure (throttle position). More intake pressure (throttle down) means more fuel consumption. Even when no actual acceleration takes place. Most cars do not have intake pressure indicators, so we'll have to do with the rpm indicator. Keep your rpm's constant and your foot still.
My V8i gets into a nice cadence at 2800 rpm when it does about 70mph and reaches 22/23 mpg. (on the flat) . 2100 / 60 works also well when not in a hurry.
ps. cruise-control is disastrous for a good fuel consumption.
On the motorway drive the V8 with a constant rpm rather than a constant speed.
As far as I know fuel consumption is directly related to intake pressure (throttle position). Most cars do not have intake pressure indicators, so we'll have to do with the rpm indicator.
My V8i gets into a nice cadence at 2800 rpm when it does about 70mph and reaches 22/23 mpg. (on the flat) . 2100 / 60 works also well when not in a hurry.