Ford 120HP Fuel Economy

[darrenp1]

Hi thanks i will have a look. Im in the process of refitting a bare de groot 38 . All ive got in it at thr mo is 2 engines . And my welder and lots of spools of wire lol

 

[LittleShip]

Typical of many of these guys, know nothing yard numpties, deal with them all the time.

Ford INDUSTRIAL engines were marinised by heap of people C Power, Lister and Watermota as well as those already mentioned however only Sabre and to a far lesser degree, Mermaid did proper engine development.

By proper engine development do you mean adding a turbo etc and making it guzzle fuel. Er, Im playing the devils advocate here, as you know I'm a naturally aspirated lover.

There were some great upgrades done on this engine over the years which would have benefited the earlier ones, that said its not unusual to see these engines do 20,000+ hrs and more if correctly maintained.

At cruise speed (1600-1700 revs) mine burns about 1 1/2 gallons per hour.

Tom.

 

[Latestarter1]

By proper engine development do you mean adding a turbo etc and making it guzzle fuel. Er, Im playing the devils advocate here, as you know I'm a naturally aspirated lover.

There were some great upgrades done on this engine over the years which would have benefited the earlier ones, that said its not unusual to see these engines do 20,000+ hrs and more if correctly maintained.


At cruise speed (1600-1700 revs) mine burns about 1 1/2 gallons per hour.

Tom.

Spot on Tom

The NA motor was the plain vanilla motor everybody offered, Sabre added value by having a nice green paint job and glitzy pipes!