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Km's per tank for 5.7Gen3 V8?

VT2VEight

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410km for 24 bucks last week!! Used about 53 litres of gas. Consumption around 13L/100km. So far this week 17.2L/100km. The trip meter is surprisingly accurate even when run on LPG. Ive only had LPG for three weeks and already saved about $180. Best 3800 bucks I've ever spent on my car, or should I say 1800 bucks after this week.
$$$$$$$$:yeah:
 

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410km for 24 bucks last week!! Used about 53 litres of gas. Consumption around 13L/100km. So far this week 17.2L/100km. The trip meter is surprisingly accurate even when run on LPG. Ive only had LPG for three weeks and already saved about $180. Best 3800 bucks I've ever spent on my car, or should I say 1800 bucks after this week.
$$$$$$$$:yeah:

What gas system did you get? is it dual fuel? if dual fuel, what gas tank did you put in?
 

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What gas system did you get? is it dual fuel? if dual fuel, what gas tank did you put in?

Sprint Gas Vapour Injection OMVL system. Apparently 95litre capacity. Power is awesome still, economy very good aswell especially on the highway.
 

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I can get 500-550 km in the city (13.6l /100km)
I drove from Coolangata to Sydney with a full car (5 people ) on a tank
870 km using 81 litres
 

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I've done well over 250,000 km spread over 2 cars (VXII SS Auto and VYII SS Man). I found the fuel economy virtually the same over both vehicles.

65 (ish) litres normally gets me 450 - 500 around town. 400 - 450 towing a large tandem trailer (up to 2000 kgs).

On a run it gets 9 - 10 l/100 km. I even had it well into the 8's on the freeway between Melbourne and Albury sitting on 110. Once I hit the boarder with the crappy roads and hills it bounces to high 9's/low 10's.

Towing 2 boats on a trip to Perth got me around 20 L/100 sitting on 100 the whole way (damn long way to drive!).

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Sprint Gas Vapour Injection OMVL system. Apparently 95litre capacity. Power is awesome still, economy very good aswell especially on the highway.

Thanx for the info,
By the way, where did they install the tank? Please keep us updated on your car as i am very interested in lpg
 

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im having trouble believing all those figures. im happy if i get over 410km out of a full tank in city driving. no way could i get anywhere near 500 - 600 thats huge. before i got the zorst and tune i was only getting about 350km out of a tank.

for those of you with big cam/head packages i find it even harder to believe coz ur just sucking more fuel down. anyway id say if you get over 400km be happy with ur gen3
 

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im having trouble believing all those figures. im happy if i get over 410km out of a full tank in city driving. no way could i get anywhere near 500 - 600 thats huge. before i got the zorst and tune i was only getting about 350km out of a tank.

for those of you with big cam/head packages i find it even harder to believe coz ur just sucking more fuel down. anyway id say if you get over 400km be happy with ur gen3

In the city i dont bother watching it, i just know on the highway before i put 3.9's in i was got 520km's. I fill up once a fortnight, dont do alot of driving. Since i've had the gears done ive noticed it gets down a bit faster on the highway...im not phased really, i like to have performance, with that comes fuel usage...
 

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Thanx for the info,
By the way, where did they install the tank? Please keep us updated on your car as i am very interested in lpg

I had it installed by a mobile guy. RLS gas, contact is Richard. I did have to go to the Sprint Gas place in Albion to have to computer recalibrated. This was done the second day i got it back, took like 3 minutes.

No probs I will keep everyone posted about my gas. If anyone's interested and lives in Brissy, I am more than happy to show them the conversion and how it drives. Just PM me.
 
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