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Re: my new/first sj

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:45 pm
by ferris
Congrats on your new sj, it looks well smart 8-)

Also on the issue of the mpg, with those larger tyres on the your speedo is probably not reading 100% accurate. So you could be covering a few more miles than you think. But they are pretty bad on fuel, i remember being quite shocked when i got mine :shock:

Re: my new/first sj

Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 11:38 pm
by dominic
Hiya matey,

Welcome to the club.
Nice looking anus you got.
Would of said hi earlier,but i've been away.

Dom
8-)

Re: my new/first sj

Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:43 pm
by DaveRobson
hello, and i didnt think about the fact im doin more miles then stated on the speedo

Re: my new/first sj

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:24 pm
by Tramp
when i was running my sammy on the road I was getting 23-25mpg then the original carb died on me and ran seriously rich..... on that tankufl I got an all time low of 18mpg, I then fitted a webber and it was a better carb i never worked out the mpg with the webber but i imagine it to be the same as before, I do have 235/75r15 MT's and rocklobster t box though so its always going to be more thirsty


Luke

Re: my new/first sj

Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 2:42 pm
by Henry
Hello and welcome :)

On the fuel note...


I run the 1600 with an SU carb.

This has a direct line in from a 30L fuel tank fed by a electric fuel pump.

In the line i have a fuel regulator which brings it down from 3PSI to 1PSI

The fuel pump is not pressure operated, it is either on or off.

So my carb gets fed the same amount of fuel when it is ticking over or when it is flat out (it never overflows)

The pump has a rating of 12 gallons a hour.

So in theory a 30L / 6 Gallon fuel tank should get me the same distance if driving flat out or very slowly.

But it dont!? :twisted: I can do 3 trials with it running all day, or a good 6-7 hour thrash round the fields on one tank?

Figure that one out..