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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
At a constant 60 mph with minimal grades, the consumption is approx. 8L/hr...........depending on engine condition.
My guess on the consumption at maximum load and maximum rpm's would be approx. 56L/hr.
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56L/hr?  Thats a ton....14 gallons. So you're saying that if you ran the car flat out at 115mph, max rpms and max load......you'd use 14 gallons of diesel to drive 115 miles? That's only 8.2 miles per gallon. Even when I did a long trip speeding at around 85-95mph I still got nearly 20mpg. I doubt it'd be that high...
By that calculation you'd clean out the tank and be coasting to the side of the road if you drove flat out for barely 170 miles....I doubt that. I bet the lowest you could get would be around 15-16mpg....
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