ChallengeAdventures wrote:
My spec I ordered is in a little blog here. https://challengeadventuresblog.wordpre ... t-ordered/
Hopefully it arrives on time end of Jan as that's the time to sort the back out when work is slack.
Funkyjazzlover wrote:Hi - I've got a 2015 L2H3 AWD. I've only been driving around three weeks – so not a vast amount of time to get a real feel for it – and it's worth bearing in mind it's lugging a rack, light bar and solar panels on top and has been remapped; I'm not getting much more than 20mpg at the moment, both on motorways and more regular driving.
ChallengeAdventures wrote:Funkyjazzlover wrote:Hi - I've got a 2015 L2H3 AWD. I've only been driving around three weeks – so not a vast amount of time to get a real feel for it – and it's worth bearing in mind it's lugging a rack, light bar and solar panels on top and has been remapped; I'm not getting much more than 20mpg at the moment, both on motorways and more regular driving.
Thanks, Is that the 2.4 or 2,2 engine? 6 speed? hopefully the newer engines do a little better though I am expecting similar to my current pick up truck. 27mpg on a long run and 20 or so around town and 16-18 towing 2t.
Mine will have a rack and some panels on it too.
Funkyjazzlover wrote:ChallengeAdventures wrote:Funkyjazzlover wrote:Hi - I've got a 2015 L2H3 AWD. I've only been driving around three weeks – so not a vast amount of time to get a real feel for it – and it's worth bearing in mind it's lugging a rack, light bar and solar panels on top and has been remapped; I'm not getting much more than 20mpg at the moment, both on motorways and more regular driving.
Thanks, Is that the 2.4 or 2,2 engine? 6 speed? hopefully the newer engines do a little better though I am expecting similar to my current pick up truck. 27mpg on a long run and 20 or so around town and 16-18 towing 2t.
Mine will have a rack and some panels on it too.
It's a 2.2 6speed, remapped from 130 to around 180bhp. It's also got some fairly chunky rubber on too, which won't help matters. Being totally transparent I'm not sure what the average MPG is covering - whether it's reset every trip or whether I need to do it manually – but I drove back from Newcastle to Suffolk and got 20 on the nose - I slowed down driving from Suffolk back to the Isle of Wight and got 20.1. Locally on the island it's been very similar, but my driving style has changed to try and keep the revs down in line with the eco dash suggestions - and I hit 21mpg the other day!
ChallengeAdventures wrote:Funkyjazzlover wrote:
It's a 2.2 6speed, remapped from 130 to around 180bhp. It's also got some fairly chunky rubber on too, which won't help matters. Being totally transparent I'm not sure what the average MPG is covering - whether it's reset every trip or whether I need to do it manually – but I drove back from Newcastle to Suffolk and got 20 on the nose - I slowed down driving from Suffolk back to the Isle of Wight and got 20.1. Locally on the island it's been very similar, but my driving style has changed to try and keep the revs down in line with the eco dash suggestions - and I hit 21mpg the other day!
Tyres will make a 1-2 mpg difference, you running standard size or bigger? Mud or AT?
remapping always claims extra fuel savings but rarely see and advantage, usually its just extra power and torque that you get but rarely extra fuel. Maybe 5% if you are lucky it will offset the tyres.
ChallengeAdventures wrote:Those Maxxis wont be that bad, they are similar to any AT tyre. 112 Load rating is just below the load rating for the rear axle, 113 load rating is the minimum legal rating on the newer vans and I think factory tyres are 121 load rating.
There is only about a 1mpg difference between A and F on fuel ratings.
Those tyres you gave are 7.1% taller than the standard 236/65/16 so that will throw out your mpg readings on the trip computer as the speedo is out by that 7.1%. Even allowing for the 5% the speedo is out from the factory that's still 2% or so out.
Not much but it improves it by .4mpg in the real world!
I will likely be fitting BFG Ko2 in 245/70/16 which are 5.4% bigger than normal and should mean the speedo is fairly accurate though it will still throw the computer off a tiny bit. Its also the smallest size closest to stock size with the right 113 load rating.
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