Manuel conversion and MPG??

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 10:53 am

lewd lude lover wrote:60 liter tank gives average 340 miles

I wish I could get anywhere near that.

Post by **Doggo** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:05 pm

I always thought liter was the American spelling, and we used litre?

I have said it before, but over 350 miles from a 'lude must involve witchcraft.

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:15 pm

Doggo wrote:I have said it before, but over 350 miles from a 'lude must involve witchcraft.

You have to turn the aircon off:

chris1811 · Post by **chris1811** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:54 pm

The correct British spelling of Litre is Litre lol as for Manuel, my bad lol stupid phone and fat fingers

Anyhow, thanks for all the input guys. It really is helping me in making up my mind. I think I will go for the swop, I love my MR2 but it really is not practical for what I need. At least with the Lude I can still have fun and reliability.

Future aim will be to get the manual and engine conversions done. This shell is from what I can see so far pretty much rust free so it will be a good base for a start.

So considering that it in essence will have cost me £550 (what I paid for my Mr2) I think that not too bad

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:22 pm

At least pushki is awake.

340 to a tank doesn't count for track cars merlin

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:26 pm

Seriously I have never got anywhere like that MPG on my road car. The max I ever got was on a run from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and back, 315 miles to the tank at a constant 70 mph on the motor way.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:38 pm

Ah there is your problem. every 5mph over 55 uses something silly like 10% more fuel on the journey. 70 mph in a lude is not a cruise

its a pocket killer. Try 63 and see much betterer returns. I did in the S when it got too expensive.

Hows this for sick then.... I am getting 400 miles from 60l in the surf and that weighs over 2 ton

ok so its not fast but it is torquey as funk.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 1:47 pm

lewd lude lover wrote:Ah there is your problem. every 5mph over 55 uses something silly like 10% more fuel on the journey. 70 mph in a lude is not a cruise its a pocket killer. Try 63 and see much betterer returns. I did in the S when it got too expensive.

Hows this for sick then.... I am getting 400 miles from 60l in the surf and that weighs over 2 ton

ok so its not fast but it is torquey as funk.

Is that true for any engine/gearbox combo, mate? I remember hearing for years that 56mph was the most economical speed, but I've always had my doubts.. mainly due to gearbox ratios etc.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 3:30 pm

I get +200 miles on £30 all day long in my lude (less than half a tank). I cruise at 60-65.

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Fri Jun 19, 2015 3:34 pm

Vtecmec wrote:I get +200 miles on £30 all day long in my lude (less than half a tank). I cruise at 60-65.

drokking hell, I must have a hole in my tank then.. £30 gets me less than 100 miles!

..although my cruising speed is marginally higher than 60mph. Maybe there is some truth in LLL's 55mph claim!

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Manuel conversion and MPG??

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