Thread: 300tdi vs v8?

Hey George, I'm after a complete disco already with v8. To do a conversion is to much hassle for me with engineering and registration. Also by the time i take everything off my disco there will be nothing left of it. Thanks anyway...

The V8 will you plenty of ECHO nimy , seriously i wouldnt bother with the swap a good tdi will give a V8 D1 a run for its money - i have no trouble showing up the V8 dunnydoor bogans in my tdi auto d1.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

The V8 will you plenty of ECHO nimy , seriously i wouldnt bother with the swap a good tdi will give a V8 D1 a run for its money - i have no trouble showing up the V8 dunnydoor bogans in my tdi auto d1.

Sorry I have trouble believing either of those - any vids of the v8 commodores???

There is no comparison between a V8 and a 300TDI (off boost) for slow speed stuff offroad.


Anyway, back OT - have a read up on slipped liners in the V8s, to make sure you don't buy one with those issues. Also - thoroughly check out the cooling system. Other than that, there isn't much to watch out for.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

The V8 will you plenty of ECHO nimy , seriously i wouldnt bother with the swap a good tdi will give a V8 D1 a run for its money - i have no trouble showing up the V8 dunnydoor bogans in my tdi auto d1.

You're dreaming, Regards Frank.

I have sung the praise of a V8 on many occasions.
Whilst mine generally is used for weekend play it still sees quite a lot of weekday use. I went out of my way to purchase a V8 manual NOT ON GAS which is not always easy to source. I have done about 100K since purchase a few years back when they were cheap (it now has 230K+) and while I have spent some money on it I would have spent even more on maintaining a diesel. The V8 takes heaps of abuse, pulls hard, sounds great, is easy to fix and cheap for parts.
My D1 body is currently falling apart and I may also be looking for another D1V8.
Thommo
D1ESV8man

Yeah well ive been looking around at the price of Disco 1's and in general they seem to be dearer than when i purchased my TDI a few years ago! When i was looking for mine it was very rare to see a TDI over $8500. I just found one on car sales for $12000!! Dreaming? I dont know...Also the V8s seem to be fetching a fair price to. Thats a good thing for us LR owners i guess

How does the V8 go through water crossings? Might sound like a dumb question but its more common than not to be diving into water crossings and mud holes up and over the bonnet height here in TAS, we just had a ripper day yesterday and my TDI never missed a beat, although it has a snorkel and all the gear but thats another story.

My brother used to have a 3.5 in his Rangie and it used to hate any water crossing up past the height of his wheels. His dizzy and leads would cause havoc even if he had a water bra on and took it easy.

Does the 3.9 suffer the same way and is there a good preventative or modifacation that works well? Are the EFI electrics effected?

Also im not sure what models of disco have what motors? Is there a 3.9L Carby model?

Sorry about all the questions, all your wisdom is very much appreciated

Cheers - Adam

A healthy 3.9 will snot any 300 TDI anyday of the week, once you add in a chip and a decent exhaust including headers a V8 D1 ends up being pretty quick for a old 4x4.
Its not just old diesels that a good V8 D1 will embarrass powerwise, my manual V8 D1 even with 33's seriously blows the doors off of my auto 4.0 D2a from a stand still and nearly keeps up with our TDV6 when pushed.

Go the mighty (fuel thirsty) 3.9 V8! ...

cheers,
Terry

Tassydisco,

I've never had any water issues with my motor, not too long ago I did Balfour Track which you'd know. I used a water bra but got it stuck because i went too slow, anyway it happily ran underwater for a few minutes until I was nudged out by a Patrol. The dizzy was just above water line though because I was on a lean so that would have helped ;-)


Rez