Thread: D2a Manual vs Auto

The falcon 6sp is a completely different box. When I had mine rebuilt the guy who did it specialises in rebuilding the 6spds for street drag applications. We tried a mock up of it to the tfr and it's very different (but could be adapted) but it's wider and taller and all around a bigger job than either the cost of a well built (ashcroft or specialist) 4HP or possibly a toy auto from behind a 1/3UZ and matching tfr.

That's be my ideal combo, built 3UZ and matching auto/tfr combo.

OK Mr Smarty pants ... posted edited to keep the hecklers in check !

The danger of the falcon box is the comp is inside the PLASTIC pan so some form of sump protection would be mandatory. The wiring is massive into it and getting it to talk to the LR ecu's....

Originally Posted by SuperchargedSport

I think from memory boost isnt produced until something like 2500 or 2750rpm standard it will be from say 1500rpm with a vnt

Standard turbo is producing boost from reasonably low rpm. It depends on the load. I had the nanocom hooked up this afternoon while running some errands and respecting the 50kph back streets limit I was seeing low level boost from 1200rpm. Obviously not huge amounts down low but around 6psi @1200rpm, and up to 16psi at 1800rpm.

16psi is getting within a couple of psi of maximum standard boost, so these claims of no boost under 2000, 2500, or even 2750 rpm are waaaaaaay off the mark.

cheers
Paul

Hi Paul. I don't think it's a case of no boost nder certain rpm's, but more a case of the time it takes for the boost to develop under these rpm's.

I get stuck part way up the back of a dune in the soft powdery sand. I've pretty much sunk close to the axles. I cannot proceed forward. In reverse with light throttle, thinking I can juts back down I also make no prgogress either .... so, I floor the pedal, the engine revs rise, and it appears nothings going to happen & I need to break out the shovel ... and then I reckon If I wait and count to 3 before all of a sudden there's a great burst of power and the D2 "pops" up out of the soft sand backwards ... this is from a standing / idle start.

Obviuosly, driving with some anticipation in an auto, it's far easier to keep the turbo on the boil by using the slip in the TC to get the revs up higher and have the turbo already up to speed sooner than it would be under a light throttle ... and I'm referencing sand driving here .... a bit hard to do in a manual unless you fan the clutch.

All that said, I don't find the lag to be an issue ... and the Td5 always seems to be producing plenty of boost at speed .... it's the lag between gas on and the boost rising that annoys some.

I understand where you are coming from but that is not what is being said. The claim is "no boost below xxxx rpm" not "it's a bit slow to come on".