That's 28MPG, great economy. If you look at for example original LJ road test figures they were only getting 26-27MPG max out of even the 4cyl models. 173 and 161 examples were pulling low to mid 20's which is about what my V6 Hilux gets.Originally Posted by wbute
Yeah about 600km to 60 litres constantly. My old WB gets about 400km out of 65 litres at best lol. Needs to go on the rollers for a dyno tune worse than bad though. I thought a 253 could do around 24mpg if you were careful??
My thinking at the moment is to not bother putting a gas system in it. I will only be allowed to go 80 for the next 3 years, so it should be pretty good. When I start driving it and the fuel is becoming too much of an issue I will explore my options. 10L for 100k's is pretty good, would be better than Mum's Ford Territory.
4 barrel rochester carbie?
Hi Doug, great to see a younger bloke into early Holdens.
Without knowing anything about the state of the 253 engine you've mentioned, I'd reckon stick with a Stromberg - particularly with economy in mind.
But my 20.2c - work with what you've got. By the time you've bought the parts and done all the work to remove the 202 and change to a 253, what you're going to be left with is a 253. Nice and I reckon cool where its a original fitment, perhaps a bit of a waste of time if you could put something better there later on.
Having owned cars with either engine, if both engines are in equal condition there is zero real world advantage to a 253 over a 202 other than exhaust sound.
When getting advice on the internet sometimes its about how much information you give. For example, the real costs for ownership of making your ride a comfortable, reliable daily driver you'll be happy to get around in is much more about the condition of the rest of the car than the size of the engine and the relative costs due to fuel economy.
First thing - does the car leak and what rust are you dealing with.
Then just some other examples - a major mechanical service so you can rely on it, a nice set of wheels (even just nicely painted factory stuff) and tyres, suspension (maybe a few bushes gone? shocks?), interior tidy up (carpets, seat belts, music, tint, etc.), find a cheap power steer set up on ebay, etc. etc.
Good luck mate.
I drove from melb to Perth in a WB ute worked 350 chev T400 and 2.78 and got 24 mpg. I didn't open the secondaries on the Rochester though.
My HQ gets no k's per tank. It's awful at best. On gas it was much cheaper but still not economical.
My Sonata, on the other hand, gets around 900 k's to a tank and costs me nothing. We figured out when I was working locally, that I could drive to work for over two years and not have to fill the tank.
My 97 t diesel rodeo just delivered 10l/100k to pick up eng and box from near Melb when loaded didn't change speed limit all the way so happy with that . My 06 ss commy also does between 10.6 @ 11.1/100k and is always loaded on long trips but around town it's ordinary but we just use rodeo for run about car for trips away.
I used to get sub 10L/100kM in my VSIII manual V6 ute on highway use, from memory often close to 9's. Around town it got around 11. The VY SS manual ute that replaced it got close to 10 highway but was closer to 13-14 around town. I never drive for economy either!
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