Disco 1 3.9 V8

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Originally Posted by ozscott

Hi Ron - my brother has a Mark 10 and a 420G for parts (only difference being the chrome stripe on the 420). Now they are engines with grunt - they haul such a big heavy car nicely.

Cheers

PS. The DII has more grunt that the D1 owing to quite a few subtle and some not so subtle engine and engine management (and flow) changes.

Cheers

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Mate,

You are not wrong :D
My 420G has an XJ6 SIII head with larger valves and boy, does she fly :)

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Originally Posted by RonMcGr

Good lord!
No small wonder my 97 SE7 V8 is a slug pulling our caravan. The AUIII Falcon 6, does it so much better, however the stability of the LRD far surpasses the Ford. Weight is an important issue with a tow motor.

Pity rover did not have a 'gutsy' motor :(

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Towing my off road caravan is definitely much easier behind my V8 D1 than behind the ED Falcon even though the falcon has more power and torque with less weight (145kw 348nm and 1500kg versus 134kw 304nm and 1900kg). The other thing I found was the jump in fuel consumption was far worse in the falcon compared to the Disco.

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Originally Posted by TheLowRanger

Towing my off road caravan is definitely much easier behind my V8 D1 than behind the ED Falcon even though the falcon has more power and torque with less weight (145kw 348nm and 1500kg versus 134kw 304nm and 1900kg). The other thing I found was the jump in fuel consumption was far worse in the falcon compared to the Disco.

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Really!
We had a EBII before the AUIII and it did use the odd drop.

The AUIII (2002) does 15 - 16 ltr per 100km, pulling our van at 100kph.
The Disco 20 to 25 :eek:

On the highway, the AUIII does 8 ltr per 100km @ 108 to 118kph (nearly 700km to a tank). The Disco.. 16...


Needless to say, we kept the Falcon for "touring without van".
Cheers,

When towing the van I was getting pretty similar mileage with either vehicle, maybe just slightly better with the falcon, due to the fact that the falcon doubled it's fuel consumption but the D1 only uses around 25% more. And as I said, the towing experience was much more controlled behind the D1 than the Falcon. When towing, both vehicles were running LPG. The falcon was a 4 speed auto and there was nothing you could do to stop it from kicking down to 3rd at the slightest incline, whereas the Disco is a manual so I can control what gear it stays in. This coupled with the fact that peak torque (I think) in the Disco is lower in the rev range, is probably what makes the difference.