Thread: What's Better 200Tdi/300Tdi Or the Almighty V8?

[QUOTE=Bush65;1140511]I'm with JC.

I've had a few 3.5 litre and 1 4.6 litre V8, but change to diesel was inevitable.

I've had 2 300Tdi, and still have 1 in a disco.

I have a 4BD1T and it beats all the others - lay down misere.

I have spent a small fortune (for me, and I expect for others here) on turbo and inter cooler upgrades to try and get acceptable (for me) towing performance from the 300Tdi's.

I have spent a fraction of that on a turbo and inter cooler upgrade for the 4BD1T. Since the turbo cost me less than $1k (when exchange rate of A$ was much less than now) including shipping, I would expect for similar $$$ compared to chip and inter cooler upgrade for a TD5, my 4BD1T would give better performance.

IMHO, on the road, the 4BD1T is not much noisier than a 300Tdi - not enough to concern me.[/QUOTE]

Right on there John, I drive heaps of Tdi's, in both Defenders and Discos, and even a few we've converted into RRC's, and My 4BD1 turbo in my RRC is just as quiet on the highway, in fact i have very little soundproofing at all, a 3" exhaust and mudders and at 100Km/h it isn't any louder than when the 4.6 V8 was in there. It has more torque and uses half the fuel now

Sorry about the hijack too Simon, but you DID leave the Isuzu out of the options

JC

Well I suppose we could get picky and say mass produced standard fitment engines,the Isuzu wasn't factory fitted except for the ones made here when the Perenties were built,they are no different than the South African BMW models,they are locally built CKD vehicles with a locally supplied engine.The Poll really is about original fitment LR engines. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

Well I suppose we could get picky and say mass produced standard fitment engines,the Isuzu wasn't factory fitted except for the ones made here when the Perenties were built,they are no different than the South African BMW models,they are locally built CKD vehicles with a locally supplied engine.The Poll really is about original fitment LR engines. Pat

But we don't live in seff Effrica

You can't compare them on the merits of both being four cyl diesel engines. One has almost two times the displacement! Of course its going to put more down.

I'm interest in what others think of Isuzu vehicles. Good experiences with an old TF have made me consider a Jackaroo if ever the need arose.

Originally Posted by Disco_owner

Haha Murray

I only see one problem with your chart

16.67 % + 56.41 % + 26.92 % = 100% of the people who voted .

Semantics present no obstacle for those blessed with a 4BD1T Isuzu.

Originally Posted by B92 8NW

You can't compare them on the merits of both being four cyl diesel engines. One has almost two times the displacement! Of course its going to put more down.

I'm interest in what others think of Isuzu vehicles. Good experiences with an old TF have made me consider a Jackaroo if ever the need arose.

The company I used to work for had Isuzu trucks and they are without doubt the worst riding POS I've ever driven in,not only that they used fuel like there's no tomorrow as they are redlining at 115 K's/Hr so thier too undergeared and the bodies were falling to bits no doubt because of the harsh ride.I also had a 3.0TD Rodeo and to say it's slow is an understatement,how isuzu can get so little performance out of an engine is quite an achievement,you need a run up to overtake a kid on a BMX bike and it had constant MAF issues that drove me and the others that used it up the wall so it was ditched for a Hilux,that then got recalled twice!!!!. Pat

Originally Posted by Bush65

Semantics present no obstacle for those blessed with a 4BD1T Isuzu.

This does represent my driving style

Originally Posted by PAT303

Well I suppose we could get picky and say mass produced standard fitment engines,the Isuzu wasn't factory fitted except for the ones made here when the Perenties were built,they are no different than the South African BMW models,they are locally built CKD vehicles with a locally supplied engine.The Poll really is about original fitment LR engines. Pat

Define "mass produced" and "standard fitment"

Land Rovers with the ISUZU engine were "mass produced" by Jaguar Rover Australia from 1982-1990. The ISUZU engine was "standard fitment" to land rovers during this period.

Note the engine was fitted a few years before the perenties came on the scene.

The above excludes the perenties - of which about 3000 were produced between 1985 and 1995.