Jeep GC 4.7 V8

[jay140285]

Thinking of swapping the rodeo for the above,

What mpg can I expect from a LPG car or the equivilant mpg given how much cheaper the lpg is.

Thinking that although the rodeo is great I want to keep the MX5 for the sunny winter days and have something comfy and better on fuel for day to day use.

Cheers

[900ssduke]

I had the petrol version and got about 20 mpg. I looked onto the lpg conversion years back, I understand the mpg drops about 10% but the fuel is half the price. I didnt bother with the conversion. Great great cars though, I had mine 6 years and traded it in for an ML280. Boy was that a mistake. The ML is fine but so boring by comparison and the ML offroad capability is limited.

[K50 DEL]

I have a '99 4.7 V8 Grand running on petrol only, around town I average 18mpg, on a long steady 80mph run that goes up to 23 or so, simply not worth the LPG conversion cost for me.

[Metallicar]

I've just bought one of these and was wondering about a conversion. Does it affect the power/drive at all?

[300bhp/ton]

Metallicar said:

I've just bought one of these and was wondering about a conversion. Does it affect the power/drive at all?

Running on LPG will result in slightly less HP and slightly lower mpg. But in reality the lower power is not likely an issue and you could always remap the ECU if you wanted as LPG is a much higher octane rating.

MPG wise, well if someone else gets 18-23mpg on petrol. Then realistically on LPG you'd get 16-21mpg or there abouts. With cheaper fuel prices it would give running costs similar to 30-42mpg.