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I know a guy with a big building company who runs several late model, top of the range 4x4s, basically for street cred in London. He frequently drives them 500miles back home to here, West Kerry. He recons that the best for fuel economy is the BMW twin turbo V8 petrol (M series nutter machine)...

200tdi (tuned) RRC gives over 30mpg on Irish back roads and grabber ATs. Towing a 2.5t boat gives about 20 (lots of big hills). Mud terrains give somewhere between (not towing). Past experience of TD5 defenders on oversize wheels and mud terrains, towing, leaves the memory of watching the fuel...

The grabber at3s are great in Irish weather (VERY wet) and on crap roads on a RRC. Wet weather road grip is outstanding. Road noise is irrelevant due to transmission and engine/turbo noise for me. Also good on sand, rock, ice and dry meadows. I bought a set on a recommendation from a mate and...

Took the boys (dogs) to the beach and went rock crawling along a rocky piece of coast to collect driftwood for the logburner, good fun and productive. I really must make a trailer for 4x4 use as the road trailer I have is suffering badly from salt water and being dragged through mud/over rocks...

We used to joke that some cars come with a certificate: Volvos probably own the road BMWs almost certainly do own the road Mercs do own the road

My RRC is stamped as 3500kg GVW and 7000kg GTW, but it is a bit of a hybrid, with '74 chassis, '84 body and 200tdi. It's also on an Irish, brown card, logbook where all details and any changes are handwritten. After 49yrs it's a bit of a mess!

She's only lifted 50mm to allow for better springs for the winch and towing. As for different wheels, I'll be possibly putting some smaller AT tyres on the original rims for daily use. Bigger rims and muds really drum on the road, but I only do about 15miles a day so it doesn't matter, and if I...

Thanks for that. I hadn't thought of the fuel delivery beyond the pump spacer. I'll also fit the high flow intercooler that never got fitted to the Defender. Cooler air at any boost must help?

Deep mud on the farm and taking clients into the mountains demand the mud terrain 235 65 16s that I use. I know that I'm losing a lot to friction on tarmac, but the 200tdi defenders I used to drive were more reponsive low down

The RRC is my daily driver, and tow truck. I have a small, old, hatchback for backup. The truck needs no MOT and costs only €57 a year tax and €160 for insurance (and breakdown). I bought it cheap. She does farm work (deep mud), fishing on the beaches and rocks, takes clients up mountains...

She goes really well and EGTs only hit +700C on long uphills towing a 2.5T boat. I was just putting this out there to see if anyone had tried tuning boost pins etc for torque low down, rather than outright horsepower.

Thanks for that, I'll look into it. As is it seems that the mods I've made have produced more top end horsepower, which is pointless when you rarely breach 50mph, whereas better gearing will make this extra horsepower useable.

Hi guys I've got a range rover classic with a 200tdi. So far I have a boost pin and ring, manual boost controller, EGT and boost guages. Engine is low miles (77000) and it's fully serviced with all new oils, filters and belts. I need the truck for towing a heavy boat (2.5 tonne) and daily...