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Yeah im hoping to get a few more years out of the old girl. She's in pretty good nic just albeit a little on a slow-ish side.Quote:
Originally Posted by ozscott
Think I'll put the 16's back on and find some slightly skinnier tyres to help take a bit of strain off the old v8. A snorkel is on the cards soon as well so that might help it breath a little easier as well.
Gonna be a shame, she looks so good on the big rubber [emoji28]
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Originally Posted by shayne86
You're not paying attention Ian.Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
V8 guys with big tyres.... i have some questions
Thanks Ray, rather than attention span, it's got more to do with me forgetting where I left my rememberer. [bigsad]Quote:
Originally Posted by ChookD2
Good of you to inject us all with (your) realityQuote:
Originally Posted by ozscott
Next you'll be telling us all it also out 4w drives the D2's .
Fortunately my reality involves working on not only D2's but as I live in a rural area , quite a few utes ( have to keep the locals happy ) also a couple of the BMW m57 diesels (inc wifes) you mentioned, so get to drive pretty much most of the popular utes, as well as cars on a regular basis.
I don't think any mech, who has worked for a lot of years would have blinkers on and base their experience on passion / heart etc.
But I do have a list of folk who want me to tell them when a decent D2 TD5 comes up after they drive the loaner.
Problem is no one wants to part with them.
When they ask if I know of any utes for sale they tend not to care which brand as none of them here are used in the same way that urban warriors think of them, in fact most are ****ed of that they can't get a real ute because of demand for dual cabs.
I don't think you'd let anyone forget you had a D2 Scott, or that you now have a Triton and how fantastic, better it is at everything, but when all's said and done it's just another work/play ute , designed as such etc and while its good that you love it enough to do a complete report on it, there's not much point getting frustrated when no one shares your passion.
It is a Land Rover forum.
G’day,
I just had a quick skim through and thought I’d chuck my experience in for you mate. I know there is a difference between the P38 Rangie and the D2, albeit we are both running the mighty Thor and mine is a 4.6 high compression.
I took my P38 from 265/55/18’s up to 285/75/16’s (so 30” up to 33” in the old money). At the time I had about 230,000km on the P38. It’s now at 296,000km and as far as performance (going way back to your original post), while the size change removed a bit of poke around town, it’s never felt short of power on the open road. Even with a 1.8t trailer and 2.8t of P38 it holds 100km/h up steep climbs loaded. Fair is fair - it’ll drop back to 3rd and sit around 3,200rpm, but it doesn’t complain. Likewise if I’m running on LPG or 95 octane - it makes no difference to torque output. It pulls.
I’m not familiar with the mumbo of a 4.0, or for that matter if my stainless snorkel has altered airflow (doubtful), but that’s my input to you mate. I can’t comment on how your 4.0 is in terms of life as the others have mentioned, I can only speak from my experience. I’d hate to see you get rid of a perfectly good set of tyres if there’s something that can be done. I love the 33’s and it gets daily driven without trouble.
Cheers
Keithy
test drove this one (4.0 V8 220 000k) just then , has 265/70/16's and apart from the tyre noise ( coopers ) is still quite acceptable power wise compared to stock as you probably know.
I'm sure you can sell the wheels
Good looking bus! But yeah those tyres are almost 2 inches smaller than what i trialled on the weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by discorevy
Is it worth noting that its an auto? Could there be something to look in the box maybe? Gear shifts are smooth but could the torque converter be letting me down?
Auto boxes aren't my forte so please excuse any dumb questions.
When was the gearbox last serviced?Quote:
Originally Posted by shayne86