606 Jersey Super G

looks like you had a ball tim, you two poseurs cruising the jersey strip whatever next! there are very few g's on the island compared to the other 'exotica', funny thing is the swb 463 you were out playing in used to be tony m's everyday work horse towing trailers onto construction sites covered outside and in in mud /working for its living .

now its had a bit of paint /valet/ heart transplant/side steps and a custom side pipe and its taking the crowds away from the lambo's and bug's etc - nice .

nice pictures btw. 

do you see what i mean about the factory sidesteps?? the set on tony's g were cut down from lwb ones that were accident damaged , they really transformed the look of the truck .

hah you'll be lucky !! i will ask my man to keep an eye open/ you can have the offcuts if that helps... (see pictures)

your m103 being replaced by the 662a should give some pretty good fuel range -but 600 miles hmmm you will be pushing it -literally

tim -tony m did ask me to do my worst on the engine so ... standard ish...

My question is that it has a standard Mercedes engine and why on earth didn't Mercedes do this as standard?

Don't even start that topic...can get very very depressing. Of lost chances and wasted opportunities...

But then, being less than perfect from the manufacturer ultimately makes them cheaper and it opens up an opportunity for others, which they have but to seize on. And well done to Axel, for example, for creating people's dreams and wish for's. And investment wise you're right as well. It's not even like the banks are giving you anything. Hell, it's not even safe with them! Might as well enjoy it. You only live once. And what you have here is just the perfect example of that.

Coming back to Axel, that's what England is famous for, isn't it? Little men (in corporate terms) turning out brilliant things in their little sheds. All I can say, well done to those doing it and well done those that support them! It is pure perfection not found anywhere else in the world in this form. This country is not so sh*t as what some may want to make out after all.

31.57894736842105 projected MPG

That is totally not impossible. If I am assuming correctly that the 662 is an exact copy of the 602.980. Cruizing Europe in my old 312 Sprinter, I used to average 34mpg. Only thing I did was full open 2.5 inch exhaust from the turbo back, exit before driver's rear wheel, so no sharp bends, 3 inch freeflow muffler half-way. It was dead quiet, just occasional turbo whistle on overrun. Always Mobil 1 full synthetic. Keep the revs below 3k and max speed below 60mph and you'll get that mileage. Maybe not 34mpg, sprinter being more aerodynamic, but with road tyres and the above, you'll get close. The one thing that destroys the G's fuel consumption is speed/aerodynamics. Someone clever once worked it all out for brick shaped things. It was something like between 60 and 75mph, you use 30-40% more fuel. Can't remember exactly, but it was a lot. Hence why you'll often find me between the heavies on a long journey. OT that, you can get the 31.5789 in your G with Axel's work.

Axel, don't let me down  

Tim do you live near Alan Partridge ? can you get me his autograph? 

marks big green 4x4 sprinter is really fast and his 14mpg is no lie if you give it some welly ,i took this picture during our workshop open weekend a few years ago .

Oooo, nice truck. Thanks Axel.

Hella's been replaced by LED light bar now. 

Not going to miss an opportunity to post a pic, lol

Is it like this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24afjVqm2Uw

or more like this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr2jzn9XN34

LMAO 

I'd be interested to know what the bhp is in these turbo'd up machines.

I know the Hughes turbo on a 300GE brings it up to a tad over the G's 5l V8

 I have a V8 and I am NOT afraid to use it!!!

With you on that one, Spider.

I have cdi's and td's and V8's, not all in G's - am a poor peasant and refuse to pay more than 2k for a car (most were 500 a piece plus own time and effort).

In everyday life, needing to get around at a reasonable pace, (Mercedes) td's and cdi's are unbeatable.

But if I need a "fix", being rational, responsible, sensible, etc goes out the window and the V8 is the one that "gets it"

Mates are always asking "how can you afford to run that V8?" 

And my answer is always the same - "£50 worth of juice in it gives me infinitely more satisfaction and fun than £50 down the pub (like they do)"

There is "something" about a V8 that just stirs the soul like nothing else can.

When it starts up, grown men of all kinds drop whatever they're doing, boys come running, women wonder what on earth?, the whole street becomes a crowd...

They all sound the same under water.

G's being driven how they should be. :)

Norfolk66 wrote:

in fact it was that fresh you could smell the adrenaline 

Was told by my old instructor adrenaline comes in two forms - solid (brown in colour) and liquid (yellow in colour) 

So 'ewwwwwwww'

Spider1V

EPIC!

Mine does 0-60 in about  10.5 seconds and good for about 110 mph. Getting about 410 miles on a tank with normal driving

1990 lwb 460  606 turbo,  mechanical injection.

your more than welcome to come and have a drive

Can't talk for the modded ones but my factory 2000 G300td is slower then a V8, depending on driving situation MPG may be as little as 5% more to 15/20% more. Horses for courses.