Re: had a test drive yesterday

On or around Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:49:19 +0100, MVP
<mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> enlightened us thusly:

>I took a 300tdi auto disco for a test drive yesterday.
>I was not impressed, I can thrash more performance out of my 2.5 n/a.
>
>Now I need to get my mitts on a V8 auto and hope that impresses me,
>'cos if it doesn't I'll keep my 1984 110 csw and shove a new engine
>into it instead.

I reckon you'll find a 3.9 auto impresses.

was the TDi auto set up and running right, though?

I've got considerably livelier acceleration from ours with a bit of tweaking
(manual, mind) and the autobox can have it's kickdown messed with to hold
the low gears longer, if it's upshifting too soon and dropping it off the
turbo boost.


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Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)

Must have been summit up with it! cant see a standard NA coming close to the
300Tdi even in auto guise.

and if urea not impressed with the 3.9 - then you need a TV!!!

My standard 300Tdi kept up with Tad's no bother after I "de-chatted" it!


"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On or around Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:49:19 +0100, MVP
> <mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>I took a 300tdi auto disco for a test drive yesterday.
>>I was not impressed, I can thrash more performance out of my 2.5 n/a.
>>
>>Now I need to get my mitts on a V8 auto and hope that impresses me,
>>'cos if it doesn't I'll keep my 1984 110 csw and shove a new engine
>>into it instead.
>
> I reckon you'll find a 3.9 auto impresses.
>
> was the TDi auto set up and running right, though?
>
> I've got considerably livelier acceleration from ours with a bit of
> tweaking
> (manual, mind) and the autobox can have it's kickdown messed with to hold
> the low gears longer, if it's upshifting too soon and dropping it off the
> turbo boost.
>
>
> --
> Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
> If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink;
> Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by;
> Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)

StaffBull wrote:

> Must have been summit up with it! cant see a standard NA coming close to
> the 300Tdi even in auto guise.
>
> and if urea not impressed with the 3.9 - then you need a TV!!!
>
> My standard 300Tdi kept up with Tad's no bother after I "de-chatted" it!
>

Do Overfinch do anything to Discos?

P.
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1992 200 TDI Disco - heavily modified
1982 V8 Range Rover - heavily corroded
2000 Rover 75 - heavily driven
1993 Lexus LS400 - just plain heavy on fuel

Did you take the handbrake off?

Colin

MVP wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:04:07 +0100, Austin Shackles
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>On or around Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:49:19 +0100, MVP
>><mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> enlightened us thusly:
>>
>>
>>>I took a 300tdi auto disco for a test drive yesterday.
>>>I was not impressed, I can thrash more performance out of my 2.5 n/a.
>>>
>>>Now I need to get my mitts on a V8 auto and hope that impresses me,
>>>'cos if it doesn't I'll keep my 1984 110 csw and shove a new engine
>>>into it instead.
>>
>>I reckon you'll find a 3.9 auto impresses.
>>
>>was the TDi auto set up and running right, though?
>>
>>I've got considerably livelier acceleration from ours with a bit of tweaking
>>(manual, mind) and the autobox can have it's kickdown messed with to hold
>>the low gears longer, if it's upshifting too soon and dropping it off the
>>turbo boost.
>
>
> I did run it from cold mind so that may have something to do with it,
> and I was poking with the kickdown trying to wring something out of
> it, the bugger would rev to 4k but the acceleration didn't come close
> to the effort shown by the engine.
>
> I'm standing by for a 3.9, would like to try auto and manual, though
> auto is my preferance at the moment.
>
>
> Regards.
> Mark.

On or around Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:34:11 +0100, MVP
<mr.nice@*nospam*softhome.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:19:36 +0100, ninety <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Did you take the handbrake off?
>>
>>Colin
>
>yes, I took the handbrake off...

heh. I've been known not to on mine, when it wasn't working all that well,
and then be puzzled by the new vibration that had appeared.

seriously, though, if it wouldn't go any better than a 110 NAD then it was
either well off-tune or shagged.

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we learned to talk." Pink Floyd (1994)