Thread: Which ZF gearbox for 300Tdi?

The reason the 200 TDi box goes better on the 300 TDI is because the gearing is differant to the 300 TDi auto gearing. The 200 TDi did not have as much Kw power as the 300 so they had to make the gear work for them to get enough power out of it to make it easy to live with.
This is why when you put the 200 auto on the 300 is goes really well.
As for the tunnel and stuff. My brothers 90 has a Range Rover 4.6 V8 in it with a Auto Borg warner ( with Viscous) box in it. You just remodel the tunnel on the 90/110 . It is easy to do and well wroth it
After all the tunnel is just a bit of bent metal anyway

Thanks Reads :-)

Dunno what our ADR would have to say about it though :roll: Ah well I'll cross that bridge when I come to it - hopefully sometime next year

G'day Reads,

I thought the 200 had the same power as the 300? just more refinements???

LRH

Hi Folks,
Would also be interested in details of the box for the 200tdi (Auto)...as , as i am aware, the auto was NOT available here on the disco until Post Feb 1994 (300 tdi update)....so was this a uk spec only??
I previously owned a 300tdi auto, which my father now owns, and he would be interested in such a gearing change, as it's a real pain to get rolling sometimes.

Reads,....is the gearing different for just 1ST & 2ND in the auto ?? and details of ratios.

thanks, and sorry for the hijack

Wayne

Yep, no 200tdi auto's only manuals, we only got the tdi auto with the late 93 update when the 3.9 v8 and 300tdi came out.

Originally posted by loanrangie
Yep, no 200tdi auto's only manuals, we only got the tdi auto with the late 93 update when the 3.9 v8 and 300tdi came out.

Ahh we had 200 TDi auto's from day one untill the 300 tDi came along

200 TDi had 107 BHP and the 300 had 111 BHP
So they did have a bit more. But the tore band was better in the 300 TDi

Well that would throw a spanner in the works.

If, and I say if, one was to import a reconditioned 200Tdi ZF gearbox - what would the ADR say? Would I be allowed to fit it to the vehicle with just an Engineering cert.?

Remember I will be based in Qld.

Originally posted by Grizzly_Adams
Well that would throw a spanner in the works.

If, and I say if, one was to import a reconditioned 200Tdi ZF gearbox - what would the ADR say? Would I be allowed to fit it to the vehicle with just an Engineering cert.?

Remember I will be based in Qld.

mmmm do you have to tell them we don't in the Uk
Aslong as it goes and passes the MOT every year they don't give a dame anyway