Thread: V8 guys with big tyres.... i have some questions

Originally Posted by shayne86

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.

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

Originally Posted by V8Ian

You're not paying attention Ian.

V8 guys with big tyres.... i have some questions

Originally Posted by ChookD2

You're not paying attention Ian.

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.

Originally Posted by ozscott

. Why wouldn't i bite. Facts are facts. I will bite again. You may have forgotten i have owned and driven D2s since 2001 and still have a very well maintained D2. The Triton does outbrake it by a decent margin. Fact. Sorry I will go back in my box after popping out to inject some reality. And the only diesels I like are the current crop. Before then slow and noisy but I know that will upset you and others on here. To me, and i have driven them new and second hand, the fact that a stock TD5 (yes it can be made to perform but likewise modern diesels can be easily uprated) is noisy and slow compared to the modern diesels in all dual cab utes and euro diesels is unassailable but whether your passion and heart makes you prefer/love a TD5 over them, well that is another matter and one which i don't have any issue with. Between this and the dark side thread the blinkers on here sometimes are hard not to comment on. Cheers. Ps. The question of reliability of the 2.4 over modern LR diesels is another question for another thread but you know what my preference is based on my purchase.

Good of you to inject us all with (your) reality
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

Originally Posted by discorevy

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.

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.