LPG 110ltr tank on an 80 series LC

Hi there Barney,

We have a 50litre LPG tank on a V8 Landrover Discovery and we get about 250 ks highway driving on a tank, towing a 17ft Jayco caravan 150ks. Hope this info helps

Andrea

I think ours was 110lt...but 80 % capacity allowed around 90 lt or so. Average town km were 420km.......

its worth having it on them....we sold ours last yr....they are guzzlers of the gold!! I tell ya what though....its cheaper running the Navara on diesel then it is the 80 series on lpg. We averaged $50 a week in lpg and $35 on diesel.....now it would be $80 to our $50....

oh yeah....when loaded we would get 19lt /100km and worse case we had was 28lt / 100km between Innamincka and Bordsville....and when we sat it over 107kph on the tar......

would also put $20 of ulp in every 5 or 6 weeks so she could start up to......

they lose pwer but what 4wd doesnt on lpg !!LOL!!!

our tank took over the aux. tank so we only had the 70lt left which would give a total of 700 or a bit more km on highway.

Cheers,

laura

I can't comment specifically on the 100 but can offer this advice.

The older style LPG systems did rob a lot of power and use a lot more fuel.

The new Sequential Vapour Injection system only increases consumption by 10% and power drop of about 10%. This is based on my testing of our V6 Courier. You will struggle to notice the power drop, I only established by using a stopwatch to time in gear acceleration.

Look up Parnell LPG and give them a call as to how well it works on the 100.

Regards,

Jim.

Hi the fuel figures vary a lot from various accessories like tyers, auto or manual,
roof rack ,lift kits ,suspension and all the other accesories you can bolt on to in crease the weight.

My 80 gets around 350klm from 90 litres usable from 115 litre tank around town stop start short trips.

On a steady highway run 100/115klm per hour over loaded with gear on the roof rack 420 klm from 90 litres.

Towing an off road camper about 330klm per 90 litres.

As for loss of power not noticeable.

I have mine Unichiped with dual mapping and now have more power by about 5kw running on LPG,and runs alot better.
The best way with lpg is what it will cost you to do 100klm.
Say compared with diesel.
At the prices YOU can buy it for on the day
Say a Diesel prado uses 10 litres per 100klm@$1.60=$16
My 80 on a run uses 21.4 litres per 100klm@65cents LPG=$13.9

Thankyou to everyone how replied.

The info supplied is certainly valued and lm looking forward to having the tank installed. l believe it is a sequential system and will cost $2800.00 l plain on keeping this vehicle for another 10 years since l purchased it new. (last of the 80 series 1997 with only 186000 on the clock) the main tank is 95 ltr so with the lpg it should give me a good travelling distance and heaps better economy. The vehicle is modified, draws, fridge, ARB bar, winch etc etc, and l recently had it weighed with 100 ltr's of ULP in tank, the weight was 2.74 ton and this is without the beer and other equipment. lm doing the Simpson Desert in September, so now l will have find out my last point for LPG.
Thank God max trax dont weigh to much.

Cheers

Barney.

Hi Barney

I get 20l/100km in my 2.7L Hilux petrol... And yes it has been tuned

The savings work out to be about 40% at current prices

I've got a 60L usable tank (total around 67L i think), so I'm getting around 300km a tank in the city and not much more in the country.

After I had the LPG installed, I purchased new Topgun Max300 leads and platinum plugs. These were required to prevent backfiring in the airbox. Cost was about $300... You should also get the auto oiler installed when you get LPG fitted (about $100).

The moral of the story is: when you get LPG installed SPEND the money and get new plugs AND leads and you shouldn't have too many worries... Run it on petrol on start up and switch over to gas once the engine warmS UP (a couple of minutes).

Expect to only save 30-40% on your fuel bill and expect some hiccups.

Will.

Hi mate,
I just had my ULP 80 series converted to electronic gas injection. Its an Apollo system which is what my mates at Maquarie 4wd center recommended. It has a converter and 6 individual elec solenoid injectors and thats all i know really apart from it being totally automatic and has cut my fuel bill to half, if not less than half without losing anu power- best thing i ever did.

I had a 90L tank fitted where the sub was. I reliably get 390-410 kms combined city/fwy driving from 70-75L of gas.
This system cost $4,600, minus the govt rebate it cost $2,600.

If i knew a 110L tank would fit in place of the sub tank without restricting ground clearance i would have gone with that- cant have too much range! But 110L=110kgs plus a spare wheel carrier plus spare wheel adds alot of weight over the rear. So budget in upgraded rear suspension if you dont have it.
Go for it and you wont regret it.

Just to add to my previous post, i calculated 20L/100kms thru getting 400kms from 80L. However i get 400kms from 70-74L (never run her dry) so thats more like the 16L/100kms which i got on ULP.
Pretty amazing to find with these ecu controlled injected systems you use about the same amount of gas as you would ULP, except gas is 60% cheaper.

Spoke to the company who installed my gas system, asking about fitting a 110L gas tank instead of my 90L to an 80 series. He said that the dimensions are only slightly bigger so no dramas, but it needs exhaust mods to make it fit. No big deal but something to consider and find out more if you wanted to go that big. Plus of course suspension upgrades and a spare wheel carrier.
Hope this helps!