Woken up from V8 dream....to nightmare!

fett said:

I have never come acrross a so called proffesional 4x4 mechanic or 4x4 garage who does a good job, I am sure some must exist but I am yet to find them!

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you sound a bit unlucky

jamesmartin said:

you sound a bit unlucky

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Maybe he has suffered open wallet surgery in the past

twice, and never again!

I wasnt including you in that james btw

But I can if you feel left out lol

I think youre kidding yourself if youre trying to run the v8s cheap.

I say bite the bullet and stick with it or bite the bullet and fit a diesel. Hell yes they are cheaper to run, particularly knocking about and/or on veg oil.

pretty boring though lol

diesel fitter

I prefer the rocker covers in your avatar

LOLOLOL fett...

mine LPG and find it fine and its alot cheaper than fuel 69.9 per litre not tried towing with it yet but i get good MPG. and i cheat by rolling down hill lmao

i bought my v8 to have fun,
if i want cheap motoring i'll drive my wife's corsa

Playsatan13 said:

i bought my v8 to have fun,
if i want cheap motoring i'll drive my wife's corsa

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HERE HERE that man

I bought a nice 3.9 and gassed it. The car, refurb, and lpg conversion cost me 4K. It is a great vehicle and people with new RR,s stop and ask about it. If you allow for deprecciation as well as day to day running costs it is cheaper than a TD5 or D3. V8 LPG is possible if you acknoweldge that LR,s are not as cheap as a Nissan Micra to run

I often get 18-22 mpg out of my 3.9 with a webber/edelbrock 500 fitted. If your after power and economy you can fit 3L BMW TDI (nice engine, smooth and powerful mid 30s MPG if I remember correctly) or Lexus 4.3 V8 (In the process of this now hoping to get 300+ BHP & high 20s MGP). Neither are the easiest conversion but neither would a 2.0L pinto....