Just bought my BFG's

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Just bought my BFG's

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Just bought my BFG's at £96 a tyre from camskill

The size is 215/75/15 hopefully next time I go Laning I won't get stuck :ok
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Camskills are a great outfit to deal with and cheap!
At the risk of opening another "diff ratio vs. performance vs. vehicle weight" discussion :roll: you should be just fine at that size Phil, my DG on 4.86's goes alright on or off road, but no Westy payload to slow it down! OK so it won't get to 70 on the flat anymore but you can't have everything...they also clear the sliding door at ET30 :wink:
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I like a steady 55 mph now, anymore than that and it drinks fuel.

I'm looking forward to llangollen to try it all out. I just want these blinking diffs working.
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Yep, 55-60 all day long and getting 150 miles from £35 :D
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armyphil wrote:I like a steady 55 mph now, anymore than that and it drinks fuel.



When I drove Robs van up to Scotland when it as a Petrol it used a frightening amount of fuel. It used a tank and a half compared to the just under a tank it used on the way back. I know its down hill all the way back and to be fair the old engine ran sweet but by hell was it thirsty at 60mph+

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silverbullet wrote:Yep, 55-60 all day long and getting 150 miles from £35 :D


I'd be happy with that :shock:
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Any 20-year old/100k+ miles engine can benefit from a rebuild :wink:

I was speaking to the owner of a JX'd Westy, that's just had an engine rebuild and the old bus now returns a solid 39 mpg on a run at a sensible 55. Bit of an originality buff, not a speed freak at his age so no gearbox mods or anything. He's not a bull###er, keeps long-term mileage records in a book with an elastic band around it and everything!
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