My td5 is two differant beasts depending on where I am. When im here on the cape york she is definately down on power and uses more fuel per km(and not just the dirt legs) :? . Down in adelaide during winter its like getting into a completely differant car. definately noticeable thru the seat of the pants, and over two trips now, the fuel records show a consistant trend (about 2.5 lts per hundred better down south) [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] . The top speed is definately higher in south australia (I checked this both trips to see availiable horse power) crude method, but it is indicative. :oops:...Another noticeable characteristic is that up here in the north she always hunts at idle( audilble and observed on the tacho) and tends to smoke black alot more at idle and initial acceleration
I almost wonder if landrover could offer more choice of ECU's to australians, (i dont know the relevance to engine tune ,,but,,)I believe differant countrys have differant spec ECU's and in a country that goes from 250%(well you know) humidity at 35 degrees to very cool dry conditions down south, I would have thought that the one ECU choice couldnt be ideal.
this is done fairly heavily loaded on these trips so perhaps the engine is more sensitive to conditions as it is not just loping along.
If I was not saying this myself,,,, it would seem exagerative to me ,,,,but I kid you not,, it is that noticeable.
And about the intercooler bit,, from what i understand ??? :? the availiable capacity to cool with the water system is much greater than the increased cooling air tmp flow over the radiator,,,or you have #*%tloads of tolerance left in your modern cooling systems so the increased benefit of cooling your intake air is easily compensated for by the cooling abilities of the oil and water systems.......(could someone explain to me what im trying to say)TIC.
