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Old 08-04-2015, 12:18 PM   #23 (permalink)
TimV
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SUVcruiser - '07 Ssangyong Kyron 2.0 XDI
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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile View Post
With any live axle (and leaf springs?) it's fairly straight forward to swap to another axle. It might not be popular in Europe, but here and in the US there are workshops that specialise in axle swaps. You can pick any axle in the world any have it adapted without too much drama.

However, a basic ring and pinion swap would be cheaper.
No, its with a spring on top of the axle and a shock right behind the axle.


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Originally Posted by niky View Post
I'd go for the axle swap and injection.

Injection, you need to use distilled water. While I've heard of economy gains, I think you might need to be on an alcohol mix... and the cost of alcohol might negate any gains.

You could also simply chip the engine... have it tuned for better economy and power at the same time. Lots of services over there in Europe for diesel tuning, as opposed to other markets.
If it needs to be destilled water then this will not be a mod for me, destilled water cost here 1€/l, diesel cost 1,1€/l
So it needs te save me a hell of a lot diesel to pay that back.
Is filterd rain water not good?
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Previous car. SUV. From 2011+ 10l/100km to 2017 5,516l/100km.
2017 without holiday: 5,397l/100km
EPA Rated average: 8,1l/100km

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