Fuel mileage old school v8 chevrolet vs 1990s petrol 4x4

Impala Coupe · Newbie

Fuel mileage old school v8 chevrolet vs 1990s petrol 4x4

Possum3 · Guru

Steve, No Ideas on Petrol Fourie's but diesel GU Patrol around 12 l/100. As soon as I see your beast I'll be over having a closer look.

Impala Coupe · Newbie

Possum3 wrote:
Steve, No Ideas on Petrol Fourie's but diesel GU Patrol around 12 l/100. As soon as I see your beast I'll be over having a closer look.

Old chev of mine pictured below ,

Im weighing up the extra cost of using the chev against 4x4 , I dont plan on doing any hard core 4x4 road work ( not for a few years yet ) so at the most flat dirt road is the target. and probably will remain the target long term Im a bit past digging cars out of a mud bog

My aim is to look for car shows , music festivals , a few motorsport events and anything else along the way like rodeos ?

So 1st big trips would be mostly bitumen roads and us wanting to use the car without the van once we get there , the old cars all new mechanically and paint is fair but I figure why paint it only to have rocks flung at it and every bug known to man bounce off it ?

Im not against a 4x4 and I know once were on the road we will see lots of places that need 4x4 to access but they will be noted down for the 2nd lap in a few years time when a 4x4 and possibly a bigger 4x4 style offroad van may be purchased ??

Whenarewethere · Guru

I don't tow. Freelander with Ford ecoboost 2.0 litre 177 kW petrol engine 95 minimum, 2/3 of the holiday we used 98 which gives longer range. 17,700km WA trip, 10.48 L/100 of which 2,000 km on dirt road at typically 80 kph. 500 kg payload, with 2nd spare wheel & 50 litres petrol on roof adding to wind resistance. Usually drove at 95 kph, (2000 rpm at 100 kph), air conditioning always on. Gibb River Road 80 kph east end 14 L/100. Eyre Highway tailwind 7.8 L/100 & headwind 12.0 L/100.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Welcome to the gang Steve, enjoy here and out in the playground.

I hope you check all the different sections of this great forum out and continue using it and not just passing through.

Keep Safe on the roads and out there.

Bigglesinoz · Member

Maybe this helps a bit, 1997 toyota 2.4, duel cab, 265000 klm. Campbelltown to Ulladulla and return pulling a 3.7 stacer boat and other items, 10.5ltr/100. No load at all around town stops,starts etc, 14 ltr/100. Campbelltown to ulladulla and return no trailer just camping gear 9.8 ltr/100klm.
Reg serviced by ME!!.
Love this old girl. I use 95 unleaded, 91 just not as good, 98 too dear and not necessary.

Grandad5 · Senior Member

I commend you for asking the question Impala. I could never be that sensible if I owned your Impala. I wouldn't much care what it costs to run, nothing would get me not to use it.
Pure class.

Jim

StewG · Senior Member

Welcome to the forum, Impala Coupe. My rig is a Land Rover Discovery 4 SDV6 Diesel towing an off-road 2.5 tonne full height van. We typically get about 14 l/100km varying between 10 and 18 l/100km depending on wind and terrain conditions. Without the van, 7.5 to 9.5 l/100km on long trips. Typical highway speeds vary between 80 to 100 kph towing and the limit if vanless. This means range is about 500 km towing and 800 km solo; with a little in reserve. Sorry I can't quote petrol, but I chose diesel for better fuel consumption, higher torque and safer handling of jerry cans (lower volatility). Happy travelling in your Chev.

Impala Coupe · Newbie

Thanks to everyone for your replies , Ive been busy and neglected to check the forum all through June , been looking at caravans in yards and 4x4s .

Ive also been busy making road trip plans on google maps getting used to how it works , making notes on how far it is to here and there and basically mapping out 2 week holiday runs to places within South Australia

Kinda mapped out a trip to and around Kangaroo Island , another run to through the South East to Mount Gambier and back , A trip around the Yorkes Peninsula coastline , and started on a Flinders ranges run map .

One bit of messing about using Google maps was a worthwhile surprise to see places that I never knew were there just barely outside of the suburban zone of Adelaide .

The Gawler River outlet up to Port Wakefield holds a few surprise areas like Thompsons Beach , I guess at the right time of year the blue swimmer crabs would be running about daring to be caught and dropped into a hot pot of water :)

Impala Coupe · Newbie

Had a reply from a bloke in America along with a photo about the towing of caravans with a classic old Chev , he offered some good info but a bit irrelevant to australian road towing rules

Not a problem Ive learnt the rule of a caravan can be 1.5 times the cars weight so I seem to be ok up to about 2300kg ? Still Looking into that though .

Anyway he sent me a great photo of his chev towing a classic caravan about the USA , old chev must have a load in the boot as well looking at its stance on the road

-- Edited by Impala Coupe on Thursday 4th of July 2019 06:32:57 PM