landcruiser v8

Hi David,
I think there is info on this forum re the LPG and can be found by the search engine. The is also a dedicated Landcruiser site which has lots of info on petrol/gas.

http://www.lcool.org/about.html

Cheers

david,

What are you looking at 100 or 200?

I have the 100 IFS V8 5 sp auto brought new in 2004 I had gas installed pre delivery, now done 190,000 kms.

Had to loose the sub tank and put a wheel carrier on the back as the IFS prevents scuba LPG tanks. 100 ltr 80 ltr usable tank.

My records show that I average 15.8 ltrs per 100 on LPG and 13.5 on Petrol over the last nearly 6 years touring not towing.

I tow a boat 700kgs but no great distance - a small camper trailer 490kgs - and until recently a caravan 1.2 tonnes.
The worst consumption with the van was LPG 20 ltrs per 100 and petrol at a guess was 17 ltrs per 100 (I stuffed the recording up on this) only towing between the Central Coast and Dungog.

Long hauls up hill and with headwind consumption could climb greatly.

I have vapour injection and lose no power in acceleration or climbing hills.

The $11,000 difference in purchase price between Petrol and Diesel buys a lot of petrol and LPG, but remember resale will be lower.

To do the feasibility you need to factor in, on top of the purchase price of the petrol cruiser:

1) the cost of the conversion
2) the cost of a spare wheel carrier at the back (to make room for the gas tanks)

Then take into account the km's you will be doing and the cost/km with gas.

On the other hand, check out the price of the diesel, no additional cost for wheel carriers, etc. - what is the cost per km of a diesel.

Bear in mind the range - you will get much further between refills on a diesel. Plus unleaded and lpg are not available everywhere in remote areas

Then consider that the extra cost you are paying for the diesel will be recouped when it comes to trade in - 10% more for diesel than petrol mods.

Then consider the huge torque advantage you have with the diesel without sacrificing power much - in fact overtaking from 100km/h to 120km/h is better on the diesel models than petrol - when you tow that becomes critical for overtaking safely

Now I haven't done all the above sums, as there is a degree of personal choice in the above variables, but I would suggest that you'd be better off with a diesel

Hi David, My gas installer who has had years of experience says that vapour injection is the only way to go on the V8 as the fumigation method is not economical on the V8.

When doing the consumption figures it is best to relate it to distance per dollar, or cents per kilometre, as that is a far more accurate method and you are then comparing apples with apples.

I had a 97 model 80 ser. on gas and i thought it was brilliant. I now have a 96 model 80 ser. turbo and I am not as happy with it as I was with the gas/ dual fuel unit. So much so that I am thinking of going to a petrol 100 series and get it gassed. Can't make up my mind just yet. If I do it might be a V8 as well as you get a bit more power and better economy on long runs according to a friend who had both a 95 6 cyl cruiser and a V8 100 ser. cruiser.

The only cloud over going to gas is whether or not the government is going to apply the fuel excise to gas in the next year or so. Wish I had a crystal ball.

Regards, Bruce.