[C320-list] Perkins M30 Performance

[Dave Hupe]

I use (happily) no more than 0.5 gallons per hour on a very consistent basis no matter if I am motoring fast (say 2600 rpm and getting 6 knots) or just puttering along slowly.
Dave Hupe1994 #32
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  On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 5:38 PM, Michael Ferguson<coralman at bellsouth.net> wrote:   I get around 1.5 hrs per gallon at 2300 to 2500. Michael Ferguson169Nauti Clew 

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  On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 4:50 PM, Bob Borelli<cassattc22 at hotmail.com> wrote:  2800 rpms for long trips, estimate 0.5 gallons of diesel consumed per hour.

Bob Borelli no. 209
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Perkins M30 Performance

I get about the same performance out of my M30.

Mark Seyler
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> On Oct 28, 2022, at 12:34 PM, David Wellerstein <dwellers at mac.com> wrote:
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> Hi Mark,
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> I run at about 2300 - 2500 and get about 5-6 knots.  I get about 2 hours of motor per gallon so my 20 gallon tank gives me about 40 hours of motoring.
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> —David
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>> On Oct 28, 2022, at 10:14 AM, Mark Cole <boatnboot at me.com> wrote:
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>> Hello, Older C320s;
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>> For those of you with Perkins M30 engines, what RPM to you run your engine at during longer trips under power?  What fuel consumption do you get?  Just wondering, for comparison.
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>> Mark
>> Fiddler’s Green #8
>> Port Townsend, WA
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