Thursday, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:41
Steve, I now have a V8 2003 cruiser running on straight petrol as I pranged the original 80 series petrol gas unit and replaced it with a 24 valve turbo 80 series.
I sold the turbo 80 after spending heaps of dough on it then bought the current V8 unit.
My choice of vehicles out of the three is the V8.
Sure it costs more at the pump but it is pay as you go whereas the diesel was pay out in big lumps.
There are many reasons why I prefer the V8 over the turbo diesel, overall cost saving is just one of the many.
As for the gas powered 80 series, I found its performance was as good as petrol when tuned properly but, kilometres per dollar, was better than diesel.
Of course there are other considerations like availability of gas the further north you go and what to do with the spare tyre. But overall I was bitterly dissapointed when they wrote it off when I pranged it.
Note that gas, because of its higher octane rating can stand more advance in the timing and therefore will perform better when tuned properly.
If I was Derm I would get a complete medical checkup on the 80 just to see where the engine is at this point in time. A compression
test would be a good starting point and follow on from there.
The 80s are a brilliant car and the 1FZ FE is a brilliant motor, perfect for towing which is what they were bred to do.
Cheers, Bruce.
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