miktdish said:

Hi. No I don't, I didn't have any measured data of the engine before I started modding it or after, however, I can tell you it has made a mahoosive (technical term) difference.
The engine feels smoother.
The full width intercooler and the VVT made a big difference with the boost coming on earlier and the increase in cooler air mass giving me a smoother more consistent accelleration.
Sending the FiP off to Diesel Bob helped too.

I do have larger than normal wheels/tyres and a 1.22 ratio transfer box, which along with the turbo, reworked FiP and the larger intercooler give me excellent road manners when i'm up around and over 40mph. The car loves the motorway/dual carriageway, 70 to 75mph is no problem at all but, that's not where i'm at, if I want distance/motorway driving I will use my Hilux.

The next job is to install a 1.41 LT230 which will drop the top speed but will allow the revs to climb quicker offering me a little more power when I am towing a trailer full of wood off the field and up the hills towards home. It should also sweeten the drive in the 20 to 40mph zones with less gear changes and improved smoothness.

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miktdish said:

Are you trying to do 1/4 mile racing ?

Don't get a 300tdi, they are not designed to do that.
They trundle around, gentle accelleration, gentle braking, counytyside chuffers.
They also have really solid chassis (when new) and good solid beam axles and transmissions.

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miktdish said:

If you look around the scappers you'll see what went wrong with the defender.
After the TD5 they started putting transit engines in them, engines that offered more power and faster accelleration/top speeds etc.

The yards are full of these cars that have all suffered crash and roll damage.
It's not cool to go fast in a Defender.

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miktdish said:

If you look around the scappers you'll see what went wrong with the defender.
After the TD5 they started putting transit engines in them, engines that offered more power and faster accelleration/top speeds etc.

The yards are full of these cars that have all suffered crash and roll damage.
It's not cool to go fast in a Defender.

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