Printable View
Exactly.
It makes negotiating situations where you need power on tap right away, not 2 gears away, that much less stressful.
Anyway.
Why do you need mud tyres?
Why do you need lifted suspension?
Why do you need diff locks?
Why do you need a bullbar?
Hardly any of us NEED these things, but we get them anyway because it makes our vehicles more capable, and generally more enjoyable to use in whatever their intended purpose is.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco Muppet
I accept all of that, and that's great too, if that's what you want. But they are so capable stock standard too, amazing vehicles, for the price currently too.....
Each to their own, we're all right....
On that we agree, the discovery is a hell of a lot of car for the money.
Sent from my HTC One using AULRO mobile app
Most people dont need any off it.. Its more the "done thing"...Quote:
Originally Posted by Disco Muppet
Dealt with a guy who has had 4wdrives all his life... Travelled some amazing distances and terrains with nothing more than a set of LTs and a dual battery..
He took his dead stock D2 V8, when it was 2 weeks old, across the Simo with his family...
Well I have a story to share.
I'm going up to Frazer Is fishing at the end of the week so I thought I'd get my new (3mth old) D2a its 160km service done as well let my mechanic have a good look for the 1st time. It needed some new engine mounts and I put a new set of airbags in, as really this is this vehicles Achilles Heal offroad imo, I now have a spare emergency set as the old ones were ok but cheapies.
Anyway I mentioned to my mechanic, does this car have an upgraded motor or something, as it really does drive very differently to the last 3 x TD5's that I've had. This car was a one owner vehicle serviced by Landrover till 120kms, then serviced by Davis Performance Landy's since then until I bought it. He said its a standard TD5. We then looked at the service history from Davis Performance and it indicated a "Software Upgrade" by them at 122km. Greg said that Davis Performance have a pretty good rep and that that could explain it.
That means that this car I have has been chipped doesn't it. I must say it goes like a stung cat!!!
Yep, remap
Sent from my HTC One using AULRO mobile app
I must say I do like it, smoother power delivery maybe. Anyway it is a very nice car to drive with the remap, different to standard under load, would be my comment, no lag at all, you might have a convert!
And it's not doing any damage?
Do you have an egt gauge? I'd recommend fitting one, or not thrashing the crap out of it.
Sent from my HTC One using AULRO mobile app
No I don't have an EGT Gauge. I also was going to put in one of Dave's Engine Saver's but it doesn't do exhaust gas, maybe his Well Tempered does (it might do both) I'll look into it, thanks.
So what do you do with EGT, not allow the exhaust gases to get to a certain temperature?
Get the engine saver too. No point have an engine that drives nicely and losing it from low coolant. Having driven a hard 50km with coolant leaking, it's not a nice feeling.
And yes. The exhaust gas temps are indicative of the temperature in the cylinders. Given that we have alloy pistons, it's generally recommend to not get them to the point that they start melting. This is bad. So find a good egt gauge suitable for turbo diesel applications, if you get one with a long probe mount it in the EGR blanking plate, or get a short probe and put it in the exhaust manifold. Putting it before the turbo gives a more accurate reading, I wouldn't put it after the turbo.
Generally try to keep egts under 700. 750 for short bursts is okay if you really have to, but if you start frequently hitting or maintaining temps 800 or above your engine is going to start making voodoo dolls of you.
Sent from my HTC One using AULRO mobile app