How will the 60 series perform?

Sorry

Its a Diesel and a thirsty one at that

Are you sure about 8L/100km. That is 12.5km/L. You said your car was fully loaded with 3 people as well and all that crossing sand dunes with soft sand. I think you have your figures wrong. Probably more like 8km/L or 12.5l/100km. even that seems too low. Most cars would use around 20L/100km on a trip like that with a load as you described.
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Yeah George agree with you.

More like 8km/l which wouldn't be bad for an old banger like that.....though I still think the calculations are wrong.

Oodnadatta to Birdsville about 600-ish. 60 series has 90 litre tank plus 20lts out of Jerry= 110lt... Hmmm..... so more like 5.4k/lt or 18.5/100


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Oh ye of little faith.
Nope, I didn't say I had a standard tank, which iswhat Willem's calculation is based on. I have the standard 90 L tank plus a 40 litre extra tank, plus I was carrying a 20 litre jerry. The 20 litre jerru had been poured in after about 300km, just to get it out of the way. So all in all there was 160 litres in the vehicle for the trip. the calculation was made on what was needed to fill at B'ville. The engine is not original. It is the original engine but rebuilt to turbo specs with different valves, pistons etc. It has done about 70000km.
As I said, I was a bit nonplussed and double checked what had been added at b'ville. There was no way I coulkd make an error. I discussed it with the owner of the B'ville Mobil service station because I wasn't sure that my tank could actually been fully filled. He confirmed it and said he wasn't surprised. As I said, the trick appears to be just the relatively slow speed at which we were travelling and low tyre pressures which meant floating over the sand.

90+40+20 =150 not 160. Hope you don't teach Maths...lol


So how much did you use and what distance did you travel?

Willem you are right. And I often do teach maths although I am usually an English teacher. Sigh.
We went from Oodnadatta, where the vehicle was filled, to Dalhousie, followed the Rig track then the inside track into B'ville. I had intended going via Mt Dare and topping up there, but decided we probably could do it by going direct to Dalhousie. I drove very, and unusually carefully, the whole way, idling down hills , getting into top gear asap etc because I wasn't quite sure that we would get through, having not gone the Mt Dare route. No idea now on actua lkm and litres used, just the final calculation which gave 7.9somethingL per 100. I said at the time to the Mobil in b'ville that noone would believe me.
Tell you what, next time someone is in B'ville, chat to the Mobil serv owner and report back to us all. As I said, he wasn't at all surprised when I double checked the figures with him and discussed the speed we were doing.
I'm doing the trip again this year. Had intended taking 2 jerries this time and going a bit quicker. Do I have to redo it and get signed statements? There is already another EO member on ther private messages discussing joining this year's crossing.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........by my calculation 818km @7.9/100 gives a total of 103.5 litres used for the distance.

Now admittedly there are not that many soft dunes along the Rig Road and out via Warburton Crossing so it possible to get very good fuel consumption if driving very judiciously. Your turbo would not have played any part in the fuel consumption as it probaby only kicks in at a certain rev range.

I have only ever achieved such a result from a 4cyl petrol car with a helluva tailwind and sitting on 80-100km on a flat bitumen road.

You may be right, but I am a sceptic.

Next time you make claims like this please supply the evidence......LOL


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Scepticism accepted Willem. Nope, I don't normally make claims like this and have no other similar claims to make, so don't have much in the way of evidence to back me up. (Unless someone is up B'ville way and wants to yarn to the Mobil station owner). I'd be interested in reports from others however on what sort of figure they get from diesel Lruisers should they ever be iidling along for long distances at low speeds. I'm talking 60kmh or less with just the odd brief burst up to say, 80. I would never normally be travelling like that and I don't at other times get those sort of figures either. Personally, considering the size and shape of big diesel 4wd's I think they are amazingly fuel efficient, despite the public perception. Around the city, there isn't much to choose between our 1996 Falcon and the old cruiser in regular everyday driving.

Mfewster, Man I know you don't have to justify anyting, BUT I was stoked at using only 15.3lt per 100km, that was in a100s with 4.2 lt non turbo. Only two of us but well loaded, speed similar to you and on a lot of the flat sections between dunes was only in 2wd with tyres at about 15 lbs.

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Krakka

Just comparing figures to yours.

I also got just on 8 km per litre out of my 12HT many years ago.
When I first bought it in 1993, I travelled at about 80 k's PH Adelaide to Broken Hill and got that mileage.

I have never done the trip again at that speed, but I was astonished at the economy.

Dave

Mike, let me know when your coming this way and I will make sure I am away. A long way away hahaha.

Dave