Glad to see your happy with the liner after I was talking it up, long term it will be a better investment than a drop in liner.
Smergen's LTZ Colorado - The Rock Truck
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Just saw an episode of 4WD TV on 4ME or whatever channel that it is where they were discussing the merits of intercooler, exhaust and chip upgrades on cars that had significant 4WD upgrades. And their two test cars? A Colorado and a Colorado 7. Very informative and detailed showing the incremental benefits each component offers, but the big gains seen when you put them together.
It was certainly food for thought to not necessarily overload something without allowing for performance drop offs/compensations.
Made sure I hit record... just for posterity sake of course...
It was certainly food for thought to not necessarily overload something without allowing for performance drop offs/compensations.
Made sure I hit record... just for posterity sake of course...
Yep watched it also, was a fluke as was channel flicking. C7 had impressive figures in standard guise. Happy days. In the future will need to come over your place @Smergen to update Hercules. Pace.
Cool, more than welcome mate. The C7 does have good numbers indeed. What do you need to update in Hercules mate?
Took you a while mate. Was expecting you to chime in earlier...
You can have that one. We'll take the wins when the big boys come out to play.1 game in and the pies are booking their finals tickets:flypig:.
Fourth fuel fill is in. This trip included towing the van up to Mt Franklin with both water tanks full, as well as some other highway and general commuting.
68.15L for 633km @ 10.8L/100km.
(Overall: 270L for 2764km @ 9.8L/100km)
So it certainly was our largest fuel economy by ~1l/100km. I suspect having all the weight in the water tanks in the van had a large impact on our consumption. I was also somwhat generous with the right foot on occasion, putting it through it's paces. I will definitely be emptying them this evening as we prepare for our long weekend away and will check the difference. I might try and fill the car up as soon as we get back so a true towing figure can be established as well.
The Rock Truck is in for it's first service tomorrow, the 3000km check. Hopefully nothing comes up, and I certainly have nothing but good things to point out.
68.15L for 633km @ 10.8L/100km.
(Overall: 270L for 2764km @ 9.8L/100km)
So it certainly was our largest fuel economy by ~1l/100km. I suspect having all the weight in the water tanks in the van had a large impact on our consumption. I was also somwhat generous with the right foot on occasion, putting it through it's paces. I will definitely be emptying them this evening as we prepare for our long weekend away and will check the difference. I might try and fill the car up as soon as we get back so a true towing figure can be established as well.
The Rock Truck is in for it's first service tomorrow, the 3000km check. Hopefully nothing comes up, and I certainly have nothing but good things to point out.
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I'd be getting new batteries for that calculator as well....................................
Nah @Dean81... I think I might get one done after a few more kilometres under the belt. At the moment, the rig sets up nicely, tows really well and does what we need it to. I do get the feeling it's capable of quite a bit more, but I'm a conservative kinda guy and it's still got the "new car smell"...
Not on top of the original purchase. At the moment it's about stemming the fiscal flow out of the bank account.
@17triton are you trying to spend his money ?
He's been doing it ever since we met @mfexpanda