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I have a manual td5 with 265/75 r16. I drove it around for ages like this before I got the chip an intercooler. It certainly quite leisurley but (for me at least) quite acceptable. The td5 is no rocket ship even with the chip! ;-) I think the bigger tyres are around 9/10% bigger. Huge difference offroad and well worth any decrease in road performance in my opinion!
Yeah you will notice. I dont like running the 265's around town as the gearing *****s me. I have a set of HTs for around town in 255/70/r16.
If you are only running the 265s offroad its not that noticeable. I have done tons of day trips and longer touring trips with them without any noticeable issues.
The added height is handy on tougher tracks. You will notice a little less engine braking on really steep sections and it will run away a bit. You find you need to use low first more than normal whereas you would usually use low 2nd with standard tyres. Climbing isnt affected that much really.
If it annoys you that much you could always fit 4.11 CW&P gearing which would counteract the larger tyres.
Angus
thinking about running 265/75/r16 bfg muddy's permenantly
they place doing the lift recommended castor correction
i'm thinking about giving a skip, and getting it if i needit after
any opinions on this?
regards
2" wont need it...Quote:
Originally Posted by turbo6i
Try the stock gearing and see what you think.. The D2 here ran 265-75-16s for 7 years like that (Auto)
Dont run 4.11's with 32's you'll rev higher than needed and lose some economy.
4.11's are for 33" up :cool: There are 3.9's though that will work nice with a 32 as an everyday option.
I'd like to see them do a castor correction on a D2:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by turbo6i
No need for it anyway, the 265s will affect the gearing quite a bit, but if your not towing anything heavy it's fine, you'll notice the most when taking off.
Baz.
You can do castor correction to a D2 using Castor bushes to rotate the whole axle instead of just the ends.
Yeah but it doesn't correct it properly AND creates vibration in the driveline, from the guys Rovatym, the bushes take the castor to 0deg and aparently doesn't improve the wandering, the QT radius arms are the best solution and correct the castor to 3deg for 3" to 4" or 6deg for over 4".Quote:
Originally Posted by Slunnie
(this for lifts over 3" guys not 2")
Baz.
I thought you could go up to 3" in a D2 with no castor probs!
2" on mine and it's fine. It actually cured a steering alignment problem.
I went 265/70/16 which are only 7% bigger than standard. they look small under the lift! The gearing is acceptable but it's on an Auto V8 so you diesel manual guys are running a whole different scenario.
With the bigger tyrtes and a 2" lift it's a whole different truck. I went for OME and on a rought dirt track it's a lot more confident. Feels like a real 4x4. I would doubt you get more articulation unless you're hauling a really heavy load. It's pretty thumpy, probably a little mopre choppy than I would like but there's no sag with a 70l LPG tank and a 165l Long range tank full of petrol :D
The Suspension that comes standard with ACE trucks is a joke! Put a can of coke in the back and it'll bottom out!
2cents from me!
Interesting actually, I'll give my experiences here so far..Quote:
Originally Posted by Redback
'Bryce' has recently been given a 4" lift (Lovells, 7100 Billies etc...)
New tyres fitted (275-70-18LT MTZs) and the handling is ok, but wanders onroad.
Chucked it on the alignment machine at mates tyre store and had -0.1 caster.
Solution: 3 deg castor bushes from superpro... Drives brilliantly now...
Not sure why Slunnie gets the handling he has, but my D2 did not like having the lift without the correction..
Superpro do 2 and 3 degree bushes and the Disco is lapping it up... Drives better than it did with the 2" lift on!!!
Baz..Quote:
Originally Posted by Redback
The 4" lift makes caster =0 approx...
The bushes from Superpro put either 3 or 2 degrees back into it and do it very well...
No vibration, no issues and drives just perfectly...
I now have 2.9 degrees of caster on Bryce and it handles great!