Thread: Turbo lag

Originally Posted by uninformed

But surely when towing horses, you would have more hp........

You made me laugh Serg,thanks mate. Pat

Originally Posted by rick130

Pat, when towing horses I always had to use low/second when starting with the 130.

That was back in the days of 235/85's and stock fueling, but I could struggle to maintain 100km/h on the highway sometimes back then too.

I was running 235's back when I was towing my shooting buggy over the blue mountains,a Daihatsu Scat with Hilux 2.2D running gear and I don't remember having an issue.I used to go up cherry tree hill in second but so did my mates Patrol and caravaners etc,out on the open country around Quombone it used to do 100 no worries. Pat

Originally Posted by 953

Again, thanx 4 all the replies.
Might keep the D1 for non towing duties & get a dedicated tow vehicle.
Have'nt quite given up on finding a solution to my low down grunt issue, will keep searching.
Thing is, I bought the van to get away & relax a little. Dont really want the stress of reving the **** out it & dropping the clutch, or crunching the gearbox, shifting between low & high, time & time again.
Cheers Dean.

Slip the clutch allowing the engine to rev up under some load and ease the clutch pedal out and you should be away.

I tried the 2nd low in to 2nd high start and I got the changes done , I still got a bit of a clunk and it is less plesant than just using the gearbox.

I still think somethings wrong with his engine,953 did you get the engine tuned after the upgrades,or at all?. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

I still think somethings wrong with his engine,953 did you get the engine tuned after the upgrades,or at all?. Pat

Yes, MTQ Dandenong, Diesel tuning specialists.
Cheers Dean.