Nordkapp & Arctic Norway PART 5/5 (2024 4K ADV)

[@GunnarBrenne]

Great having you here! Until next time 👋

[@MercedesOffRoadClub]

Yes, hope to see you soon!

[@okaadventures3446]

Absolutely loved this adventure & thank you so much for sharing it with all. WHat was your average fuel usage?

[@MercedesOffRoadClub]

Thank you! It was great up there in Arctic Circle. Average fuel was 12L\100km. Speed limits in Norway are more restrictive and drivers usually tend to go 5-10 less than actual speed limit, which is not always the case in other countries ;) So I ended up driving really slow, which additionaly lower average fuel consumption.

[@YaroAtanasov]

Great adventure, thank you for sharing. :) Fantastic places and the G is just perfect. :) Do you have any plans for additional heating in the RTT for colder weather? Regards from Sofia, Bulgaria. ;) :)

[@MercedesOffRoadClub]

Thank you! This season after 4 years in garage was absolutely extraordinary in terms of trips and testing. After all I have some improvements list to do during this winter - Im also considering RTT heating, but to be honest I do not have any vision of this yet. I saw some YT videos. There are differents units that heat only air and some combo units that heat air and water. They also have some sort of combustion chamber which requires cold air inlet, electrical installation, gas exhaust which heats a lot, so I would like to think it through before I start using my angle grinder ;) Regards from Warsaw! ;)

[@YaroAtanasov]

@@MercedesOffRoadClub About heating the RTT, with me - i don't much like any of the options i saw so far, like an external/ portable heater with a tube for the hot air into the tent or a friend of mine locally, with a 4Runner and a webasto heater (for the engine), modified the "small circle" to extract additional tuning to the RTT on the roof, where he installed an intercooler radiator with additional fans. Effect is great, however solution in general from design perspective is not something i would follow. Maybe the option is additional internal insulation for the walls of the tent, from inside and a better/ thicker sleeping bag. ;-) I would be follo;wing what you would come to as an approach. And of course the to-do list for the winter, with improvements. :-) Aside from considering the Mercedes 6-speed manual (we talked about in comments to another video), is there any other big change / improvement that you are considering? :) All the best ! :-)

[@MercedesOffRoadClub]

I think that with the heater the requirements for such a system are complicated. This is always a combination of some sort of heat exchanger. You must be albe to generate the heat and direct it to air or water. If the heat exchanger is based on burning fuel then it complicates even more. Fuel lines, electrical connections, controller, air intake, exhaust, blower, water connectors, very easy way to fall into problems when designing from scratch ;) When it comes to modifications, I already have in garage Merc box 716.657 (SG-S400/6.1). Now I search for dual mass flywheel, and this is going to be major change. I also would like to fabricate water tank that will be under the body with all the nessecary additions like proper water inlet, basic filters, more quiet water pump etc. This inside cabin tank didnt work well enough. I would also like to fabricate aluminium transfer case protection - I made it with 6mm steel, its super strong, I like it, but its little bit too heavy ;) There are also some small improvments comming in overlanding drawer system and additional electrical installation, but they are very minor