Sunday, Mar 16, 2014 at 15:40
When you say blower, do you mean supercharger?
I got my HZJ105 turbo'd about 2 years ago, as far as fuel economy went, it really didn't change much in the day to day driving to and fro work, shops,etc, if anything it improved, mainly because it got done by the right bloke who also tweaked with pump timing and valve shims, more so gave it a bloody good tune.
My fuel economy did suffer once the camper went on the back, I only did some short trips and decided that It needed a turbo, The turbo went on just after I bought the camper.
fuel usage goes up according to how its driven, get the whip out, get the wallet out, cruising around it won't change much.
The cruiser could JUST do
Toowoomba range in 3rd gear pre turbo, with just me in it, with a good run, and no-one the slow me down (slower than what I already was)now it can hold 3rd gear with the wife 3 kids Jayco swan OB loaded (4.7- 4.9 ton gross) with a little bit spare, just be careful of temperature .
Adding to the topic, I use a website called fuelly, I fill in a book every time I fill and add my details onto the website once every so often and it will calculate my economy and put onto a graph for anyone to see, also gives you the ability to look at what other people vehicles are getting in real world circumstance, this is a world wide base of vehicles, not just Australian, it even has what one bloke in the US gets out of his petrol F350 snowplow, 53l/100ks!! is his worse yikes!, he also has stated he is paying 93 cents a liter (US)
Shane
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