Had to go on an errand today, eighty odd miles round trip and was dreading the fuel bill.
It's the first run out since fitting the 1.22 transfer box to the V8 so I filled the gas up and off we went. The gas used to get me 90 miles with the 1.44 transfer box so I was watching the green lights with interest, hoping that I wouldn't have to switch to petrol to get me home.
Stuck to 50 on the motorway as me steering damper is fooked and I gets a wobble on around fifty five, the engine was dead happy at 2300 ish and we cruised along on a light throttle even against the wind with a roof rack.
Any way, I was suprised to still have three lights showing when we got back, so even if we used half a tank of gas that's a fantastic improvement.
Nice to bubble round between 1500 and 200 revs when you want to and still keep up with the traffic.
Not tried it with the trailer on but the V8 dosent mind the higher gearing under normal cicumstances, I supose if you wanted to cruise at eighty then it would slow a bit on the hills but hey, yer cant have it all ways can yer.
It's the first run out since fitting the 1.22 transfer box to the V8 so I filled the gas up and off we went. The gas used to get me 90 miles with the 1.44 transfer box so I was watching the green lights with interest, hoping that I wouldn't have to switch to petrol to get me home.
Stuck to 50 on the motorway as me steering damper is fooked and I gets a wobble on around fifty five, the engine was dead happy at 2300 ish and we cruised along on a light throttle even against the wind with a roof rack.
Any way, I was suprised to still have three lights showing when we got back, so even if we used half a tank of gas that's a fantastic improvement.
Nice to bubble round between 1500 and 200 revs when you want to and still keep up with the traffic.
Not tried it with the trailer on but the V8 dosent mind the higher gearing under normal cicumstances, I supose if you wanted to cruise at eighty then it would slow a bit on the hills but hey, yer cant have it all ways can yer.
