Engine braking tests in real life - diesel vs. petrol Jimny

Bosanek wrote: On the other hand, the diesel did pull much better uphill. With the petrol car, I have to stomp hard on the throttle when upshifting uphill in order to keep accelerating after the upshift, but with the diesel it's just unstoppable at around 2000 RPM ...

Maybe it's still my fault as I might be having wrong expectations from the petrol car.

I know exactly what you mean. Going from diesel to petrol it's always difficult to get used to how the engines rev, and often means you change gears too soon and the car feels underpowered. You only have to look at the engine speed at peak power (diesel 3,750rpm vs petrol 6,000rpm) to see that 2,000rpm in a diesel is more like 3,500rpm in a petrol. But these petrol engines are happy sitting at very high rpm all day long so it's not a problem. If you're climbing a steep hill, to get the best out of the engine you have to stay in a low gear and let it sing

I've also reached to the same conclusions.
When driving a petrol uphill, and wanting to move at a faster speed, instead of upshifting like in a diesel, just stay in the current gear and ram the throttle in high 5000-6000 RPM range and drive like that with the engine roar ...

I'll just have to see how that reflects on the fuel consumption. The diesel Jimny had the same fuel tank capacity (40 l) as the petrol Jimnys, and it har a fair usable range of around 450-500 km on a full fuel tank (possibly more if squeezing it). I expect probably a 100 km less with the petrol car.

As I often drive on curvy uphill mountain roads, I suppose that driving in such high RPMs will significantly negatively impact the fuel consumption.