fucking slow

Yep. Fuel consumption (in my experience so far anyway) is pretty comparable, but the V6 flies compared to the 1.6.

I lust after J20 motors, though after winning tatts it would be bigger.
But my 1.6 LWB tows a camper at a reasonable rate considering.

I have a 1.6 in swb and its friggen slow as hell.

I wish I got a SV620. Probably next car will be one to be honest.

I have a 1.6 in swb and its friggen slow as hell.

I wish I got a SV620. Probably next car will be one to be honest.

all i remember is leaving polar_bears carby swb for dead years & years ago & i wasn't even trying... both had 30's & i still had stock gearing. the EFI's are marginally better but in reality without having the option to regear it's a uphill battle from the start once you fit largish tyres.

Yeah.
I went away camping/hunting on the weekend with some mates, and did some wheeling.
It was a 3 hour drive into the bush, and I was struggling uphills. I had to take the eski out of the car that had 40Kgs of meat in it, and put it in somone else's car cause it was really weighing me down, Made quite a difference but I was still behind everyone.

Once we started wheeling though, it's fine. Its just getting there!!

I've got an EFI so its not too bad haah.

I need some 5.8 diffs, but they are rarer and dearer than a J20 Vit

Oh really wow. I have had 4 people in the car, and every other morsel or space filled with camping gear, including nearly two cases of beer and I don't struggle. Mind you, there is a HUGE decrease in power with all that in that car (nearly 2 tonne packed), but seems to still go ok.
Didn't know a 1.6L came out in EFI, nice.


Wouldn't mine 5.8s, that would make a heck of a difference

Yep!

My mate has an 80 series land cruiser, diesel (no turbo).

He was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind all of us. That thing goes like a piece of crap in comparison.

Two *cartons of beer, we aren't American.

My mates LWB g16b vit is a rocket compared to my sierra and my sierra goes better than my mates diesel hilux, now that farking slow.

He was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind all of us. That thing goes like a piece of crap in comparison.

I am new to drinking, leave me along

Shit, hahahah. I suppose a 1L or even 1.3L is tiny when you pile mods on. Actually yeah, My mate has a SWB 2.5 L Turbo deisel, and I flogged him at the lights, and on the dirt

Really!? That, I would not except, huh.

Dont get me wrong. Very capable off the road.
On the road however. Its slow as a bus.

how do the 1.6L (4 cyl) long wheel base vitaras hold up, with same sort of mods as me? Smaller engine yet, about the same weight (obviously a bit lighter due to engine), I feel like it would be painfully slow and chew heaps of fuel?

My 1.6 Vit is fast enough to keep up with traffic and fast enough that even my other half can overtake a triple road train comfortably when driving it on the open road.

Around town the economy is about the same as my Sierra (which doesn't even have a roofrack). Without the rack and on the highway it has returned about 9.5L/100km. Worst economy I have ever gotten was about 15L/100km but loaded above GVM, with spare tyre, and 450mm high spacecase on the a basket travelling at 110km/h. Usual economy is about 11L/100km - roofrack/lifted/215s/carrying about 100km gear in the back and 2 people.

Best economy I have ever gotten in a 1.6L Vit was my SWB soft-top (carby) and it got 440km before running out of fuel from a VERY dented 42L tank.

bolt on the stockies & see how it goes... it's not just the size but the weight & rolling resistance too.

FYI 215/75r15 = 27.7" & i'm betting it was an AT or HT... that would explain why it was still zippy & had decent economy.

Sorry mate, but the ole 3.8 is not being used to speed, nor the 3.6MPFI or the 3.6DI.

They are slower than NGVs

Hahah I don't know about that. Well atleast the commo does better skidz then a GV

Haha. The NGV bit was a reference to the AZ dragrace thread

I'm actually hankering for a track day, but I know I'm going to have my arse handed to me by anything thats actually remotely designed to go fast. Still who cares, be good to get out of the system.

FYI 215/75r15 = 27.7" & i'm betting it was an AT or HT... that would explain why it was still zippy & had decent economy.

My mates LWB g16b vit is a rocket compared to my sierra and my sierra goes better than my mates diesel hilux, now that farking slow.