Thread: Need to go faster!

I think, IMHO, for what it's worth, that you maybe expecting too much from your Disco, nearly 2 tonnes, shape of a brick and 2.5 litres putting out meagre horsepower.
I reckon if you feel the need for speed you should have gone the V8 route, I run my 300TDi Disco @ around 100/110klm/h and get good fuel consumption and I don't feel the need to push it any harder, but that's me, Regards Frank.

I know what ur thinking Luke with so far to travel in between towns and a high speed limit so you want to go for it. My V8 disco with 35's will sit on that all day but with very bad fuel consumption. I think your better off just slowing down a bit and enjoying good figures, But if you really want more power check out all the power chips and turbo/exhaust mods to give you a little more. But remember every little increase in HP will cost you oodles. So balance it up is it worth having more power for more speed at a high cost or are you better off leaving a bit earlier and cruising in with good mileage and just standard servicing? How far is the next town to you 4 - 5 hours drive?? I checked on google maps and Tennant creek looks like a long haul just to get there

it must need tuning, mine easily does 130, 95 300 tdi.
tuned by ricks 4wd at nerang.

Yeah... Good point. I kinda thought the same.

Originally Posted by nicho

I know what ur thinking Luke with so far to travel in between towns and a high speed limit so you want to go for it. My V8 disco with 35's will sit on that all day but with very bad fuel consumption. I think your better off just slowing down a bit and enjoying good figures, But if you really want more power check out all the power chips and turbo/exhaust mods to give you a little more. But remember every little increase in HP will cost you oodles. So balance it up is it worth having more power for more speed at a high cost or are you better off leaving a bit earlier and cruising in with good mileage and just standard servicing? How far is the next town to you 4 - 5 hours drive?? I checked on google maps and Tennant creek looks like a long haul just to get there

Yeah, 3 hour to Top springs, then 3 more to Katherine. Long day in the car when you are going 110km. I did think that I might have to just put up with it. A couple of fair comments here. Cheers!

I know the feeling.my 200 tdi used to be happy at 120 but not at 130.these days with 300000 plus kms i dont have the heart to push her past 100.remember that outside temps are at the moment in nt are not good for machinery at all,personally i would find an aftermarket cruise control a good stereo and just put up with the time it takes to get anywere.

A 3.9 Isuzu turbo conversion should fix it...

my 95 300TDi at 100km/h @2900rpm will get 8.6 l/100km for a range of an estimated 960km