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Originally Posted by FrankS
Thanks for that, how do they compare power-wise on the road to a TD5 and the V8's (not economy-wise), are they slugs or do they hold their own, I have owned Toyota diesels and they were woeful on the highway, overtaking was a life threatening event, Regards Frank.
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TD5s are excellent on the highway, geared for cruising, you should be able to get over a ton on a standard engine. THey are very tweakable too, a simple plugin to the ECU box and you'll get excellent power and torque.
V8s have the bonus of instant power, poke the gas pedal and off you go, diesels need to get the turbo wound up before they take off. But if you tweak the pump, boost and a bigger intercooler you can get a heck of a change out of a diesel, even a 200 lump.
As I said I have a standard 200tdi lump with 136k miles on the clock and I can quite happily get 85mph out of it. I have friends who get 90 odd and if you put an overdrive in you can more. The only problem is steep hills and the weight of the vehicle, on a long steep hill a 200 will sit at 55-60mph all the way up pretty much, With a trailer maybe 10mph less. Tweak it and it'll fly up hills no worries.
My mums TD5 110 crewcab is standard too and in the right hands will quite happily pull away from cars at traffic lights and it'll cruise at 70mph all day long, even with a trailer on the back.
What the diesels lack in instant power (as with the V8) they more than make up for in low down torque, which is excellent if your in to a bit of rock crawling or offroading because at tickover you can crawl up most things without having to touch the gas pedal. Same on the way down too, engine breaking in a diesel is excellent.
MAy I ask what you are wanting to do with it? towing offroading ... ect.
