Why do american trucks get much better mpg that the lr4?

[powershift]

The shop that removed and replaced my lower control arms has a 4 wheel dyno. Its more of a tuner shop than a repair place for Land Rovers. They tried stiffing me on tie rods so I'm not in a big hurry to go back.

I'll definitely post-up if/when I get a dyno graph. I'm curious about it because its pretty informative information. It can tell you where the shift points should be too. But because we don't have an exact 1:1 gear ratio I'm not sure what the impact is when reading it for shift points.

 

[plainolejeff]

The shop that removed and replaced my lower control arms has a 4 wheel dyno. Its more of a tuner shop than a repair place for Land Rovers. They tried stiffing me on tie rods so I'm not in a big hurry to go back.

I'll definitely post-up if/when I get a dyno graph. I'm curious about it because its pretty informative information. It can tell you where the shift points should be too. But because we don't have an exact 1:1 gear ratio I'm not sure what the impact is when reading it for shift points.

Hi Powershift,

Are you in Vegas? Which shop do you take your LR4 to usually. Thanks.

Jeff

 

[ktm525]

I would love to see a dyno run on various grades of fuel and the timing adjustments as well. Please do it and post it up. Thanks in advance.

 

[powershift]

Getting 8.7 MPG now driving in 2nd gear around town. It tapped into a new level of fun with the LR4.

 

[Al Pizzica]

Now do 2nd gear and sand mode to increase throttle mapping and see if you can get into the 6's.
Seriously, what are we trying to accomplish?

 

[ttforcefed]

2013 lr4 with 162k miles and the mpg has been pretty consistent from 16.8 to 17.4 with pretty consistent combo of town and highway