Thread: Purchase advice: new to disco- V8 vs TD5

I run both a Tdi D1 and V8 RRC. Luv em both. If you search this site you will find lots of different views about Td5's versus V8's on gas and how well each are suited to remote locations. For my 2 cents worth.. If I'm not towing, I'd choose my Tdi simply because of the 1400km range (112lt tank). If I was towing I'd take the V8 with as many jerry cans as I carry to extend the range, because you cannot guarrantee that service stations in remote area's (in general) have LPG all the time (if your relying on petrol&LPG for range).

I drive a V8 on sequential LPG vapour injection. I would highly recommend you avoid LPG on a V8. The cylinder liners can slip when the engine is running hot on LPG. Once a cylinder liner slips, it's time to get a new block and you don't get much change from $8K.

Just get the TD5 and if you can drive a manual, get the manual, as it has less NVH.

Hope this helps! :-)

My neighbour and I both have Disco2s. We both pull caravans. He has a TD5 auto, I have a 4.6 litre V8 auto. Both are great. His is noisy compared with mine, but his in standard form has a far greater range which is important in remote areas. I have had to instal Long Ranger long range tanks (163 litres) to get a decent range, particularly with the van. He gets a decent range without the larger tanks. There is a cost penalty with having to fit bigger tanks and keep them filled. The torque of his TD5 is better for pulling the van because it is available at low revs where you need them, whereas my 4.6 has enough torque, but at relatively high revs.

There was a thread recently on another forum about travellers stuck at an outback servo waiting for some days for a resupply of gas. If you are going to be living in a remote area I would be wary of going the gas route.

Overall it is horses for courses. I love my V8 (apart from the slipped liners which cost me a bomb and could have been dangerous in a remote area).

In your shoes, I would be probably go the TD5 route for the range, ready availability of diesel, and low down torque.

Love my TD5, Son has one too. Smooth, great economy plenty of grunt. (more if you get a chip)
I cannot compare to a same model V8, as I havent driven the V8D2, but my earlier carby V8 Rangie couldnt campare engine wise and wouldnt consider a V8 option.
cheers

I have a D2 TD5 and a RRC 3.5. The v8 really only wins for tooling around town where it is quiet and smooth. On the highway they are very similar for NVH but the TD5 returns almost 10 km per litre when the v8 might return 7km per litre. Other advantages of the diesel:
less starting problems - no buggering about with coils, plugs, points, etc
greater range - less messing about with jerry cans
runs cooler - less fire risk in grassland.
Test drive a TD5 and you should be amazed at how much go it has around town (much better than TDi).

all good points bilbo,,

but problem TD5 posts outweigh problem V8 posts by the hundreds,,

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

all good points bilbo,,

but problem TD5 posts outweigh problem V8 posts by the hundreds,,

That is why I also went for the V8, plus I have leased it for 3 years so instead of paying tax to the ATO, I am using pretax dollars to pay for the fuel.

Maggsie
04 D2 V8
'85 County V8