99 Defender Td5 130.. Will it pull 1.222 to1 ratio?

[Sitec]

Hey all.

Finally got me a clean Td5 Defender 130... Road trip from Brizzy to Adelaide last weekend! Ok, it seems/sounds like it's sloggong its guts out at 110kmh. When in the Uk I ran a 200 Tdi 110 with Disco transfer gears and it worked well. Will it work as well on the Td5? Love to hear your thoughts.. Thanks.

[justinc]

Hey all.

Finally got me a clean Td5 Defender 130... Road trip from Brizzy to Adelaide last weekend! Ok, it seems/sounds like it's sloggong its guts out at 110kmh. When in the Uk I ran a 200 Tdi 110 with Disco transfer gears and it worked well. Will it work as well on the Td5? Love to hear your thoughts.. Thanks.

Yes, with standard 7.50/16's and a chip upgrade it'll be fine on the highway, a bit of a dog towing from start especially uphill, but otherwise a good idea. Standard tyres are the way to go or you will have gearing issues from start and in traffic. Auto trans would fix that though...:twisted:

JC

[Sitec]

No worries. It's on 235 85 16's from memory which I think are about the same size as 750's. Disco transfer gears a hunting we shall go!

[andrew e]

I recently drove a chipped td5 130 DC up to the NT towing an empty trailer. It had 1.2 transfer gears, And i wish it didnt. At 110kph in 5th gear the turbo hasnt got enough boost to keep it going up a hill, and if you have a headwind your stuffed. You have to keep downchanging to 4th and this stuffs up your economy.

Dont do it.


Andy

[HBWC]

sa is fairly flat which may help

ps i'll swap you im heading your way in march

[geckos]

just put the 1.22 gears in my chipped, IC, exhaust, boosted Td5 def 110. only done 400km and got 12L/100kms doing 115km/h never went over 2500rpm for that trip. PM me in a couple of weeks for more results