Thread: TD6 PERFORMANCE

I've had my TD6 for about 5 months now and really don't see any need to chip it, off the mark it's fantastic, mid range is good and at 110 if you put your foot down to overtake, it does it. Fuel consumption is great for a big Lump of a car.
Maybe for towing above 2.5 tons a chip might help, but for anything else I think it's a great diesel.

Its fine for the size of car and I don't have the urge to chip mine, but its certainly allot slower upto 60 from the lights than the 4.6 P38. I am used to toyota landcruisers burning me off at the lights and most of the time it doesnt bother me. I am mindfull not to thrash my trans and love getting combined fuel consumptions under 11l/100k.

Where I feel the stock TD6 excells is my petrol cars start struggling at about 85k's upwards and start lossing acceleration, whereas the TD6 seems to have the same level of acceleration from 60 to about 130 when it starts dropping off, I guess its just torque.

Just to answer your other question - yes, the V8 is much better - I test drove one while looking for mine, and I would have bought one in a flash if it wasn't going to be used as a daily driver. It gets off the mark much faster, and is heaps quieter - sounds good too. BUT, I bought the TD6, and love it, great fuel economy, good performance - an all round great machines.

I agree, standard TD6 goes better than a chipped TD5. The comments (mostly from UK?) about them being slow is subjective, what are you used to? What are you doing with it? If someone is used to a V8 petrol SUV or a nice sedan/hatch than it would seem a little slow and noisy – (I know mine feels slow compared to my wife’s car). I also think that if people are going to make a comment on a forum/blog about a cars performance, they are more than likely going to make negative comments about something they didn’t buy – most happy people don’t say anything – you only need to look up appliance reviews for this example, product x sold 4000 units but has a 90% negative review rate, there might be 20 reviews written by owners – that’s a lot of happy owners, granted not all silent owners would be happy but you see the point.

I would think a TD6 as a daily driver around Maryborough would be excellent – you’re not stop/starting that much in a small town (I’d love that).

Go back to when the TD6 was released, it won 4x4 of the year. I still have the article somewhere and the writers talked about their surprise with the TD6 performance, and how (quote) it stayed with the v8 petrol Landcruiser (2nd place award) all the way to its top speed. That year the petrol L322 was rated 3rd – it lost out to LC on value$.

Personally I think the standard TD6 is great, it’s just so much better chipped it and it’s not about full throttle performance.

I have been the proud owner of a 2003 TD6 now for just over 3 months. When i was looking to buy i test drove a couple of the V8 L322s and i did find they we smoother, quieter, and quicker off the mark.

However like others have said i needed this as my daily and the TD6 is very hard to beat on practicality! For a Diesel it is surprisingly quiet, gives fantastic economy, and will get up and go quick enough to keep up with the flow of traffic with ease. It is also very happy to motor along at highway speeds with very limited noise and motion lotion consumption... also cheaper to register

I wouldn't certainly wouldn't swap all these benefits for the V8!

James.

With a zero to 100km/h time of 13.6sec, the TD6 is slow if you are looking for absolute performance. Being a diesel however it feels fine at when you are driving it at 60% and if you want in gear acceleration for overtaking and the like.

Compared to diesels that were around before its introduction, it was actually reasonable quick.

Jack

03 TD6

I slowed to stop as the lights ahead had changed to yellow outside the Lang Park stadium in Paddington (Qld) a couple of weeks ago.

A black TDV6 D4 I'd been 'watching' in the side mirror decided he was in a hurry and kept going... he "planted it" about half way through the intersection and I'll swear there was a touch of blue smoke from all 4 tyres as they screeched and the vehicle took off along Castlelmaine St! I've never seen an AWD lose traction like that before and smoke the tyres...
I estimate his speed through the intersection was about 40-50kmh when he floored it... my opinion "performance is adequate!"

I have been for a few test drives in both the diesel and the petrol.
I must admit i was quiet startled by the spritely performance of the V8 and it certainly does have a nice note to it when you are putting your foot into it.
The TD6 is certainly no slouch in city traffic a tad noisy and some vibration there but i wouldnt call it intrusive by any means.
If the rego, insurance cost are lower and milage are better for the TD6 its got to be a good option.
I forget now but the 2 engines have different gearboxes? I think the V8 runs the ZF and the TD6 is a GM box?
If you chip either is it really worth the extra load on the trans and hastening a rebuild?