A turbo on the 80 - at last!!

My brother has similar setup , although he found some of the fittings a little restrictive and has made improvements - actually its almost a work of art.

Just returned from 5000 km tour from Victoria thru to Mt Dare and on to the twins and return.

Total consumption was approx 18lt/100km - has 285/75 tyres and its pretty heavy.

My 4800 petrol patrol consumes only 17 on similar trip , mind you he can run a percentage of no cost chip oil as fuel.

Yep, I have a HZJ75 with a DTS water cooled turbo and tow a 2 tonne pop-top van (plus extras) and while I don't keep a detailed log of fuel consumption I reckon I get 13 to 15 lts per 100ks empty and 18 to 20 per 100kls towing. A lot of variables John, speed, terrain, head winds. I sit on about 90kph that's the 'Cruisers "Purple Patch" and while others claim better figures I'm content with mine.

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Have the same set up. towing I get about 18-20 litres per 100klm. empty, but heavy troopy (97 with options) about15 litres per 100klms........Drive under 2000rpm and carefully...11 litres per 100klms

Hi Jiarna,

I've got a 1HZ in my 100 Series LC and a Garrett water cooled after market turbo fitted with about 6-8 pounds of boost to keep the EGT down. I've been tracking my fuel usage for over 100,000kms and average about 13-14 l/100kms empty and 16-17 l/100kms when touring with a roof rack on the top. The fuel usage didn't change much between the pre and post turbo installation, but that's because the boost level was kept down. I'd expect the fuel usage to change as you increase the boost. Have you dyno tuned the motor since installing it? Might get some more power out of the upgrade if you did. I also have a 2.5 inch mandrel bent exhaust to help the engine breath better - helps with the power gain from the turbo.

Cheers

Rob K

Isnt that river crossing "the pascoe" ?

Forgot to add...THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO GET IT DYNO TUNED. Your playing Russian roulette if you dont.
cheers

if you haven't installed a 3" exhaust system already then do so, it will make a big difference to how it runs, i know it did with mine.
my fuel figures would be usless as i tend to have a heavy right foot, keep under 100 and it makes a world of difference to your fuel figures.