Yes, but under scrutiny, does this make sense? And if I recall that nugget was taken from a spat 15 odd years back that Turners had with their competitor ACR. Clearly Turner's had an axe to grind, and today, the 'said' nugget of wisdom can be seen for what it is. It's not stood well to history has it? ACR have a very good reputation. I have the full ACR Powerplus kit and it's brilliant. If it is ever going to leave a pile of bits in my wake, it hasn't happened yet. Maybe it's because I've not tried, but t'interweb forums should have seen plenty of tales of destruction by now. What ACR were saying comes good, the point was that also I'm being a 'deseasel' lump, it's so under-stressed. It is. And with a choice of three, how would you mis-cam it anyway?
I have ACR's cam. Mine is the full ACR Powerplus kit with SU, cam, Stage 2 head and manglefold. It's a quiet civilised vehicle used as a daily driver. The low to middle-range grunt the kit gives is V8 like. Goes up any hill. And without the hassles, it really is bolt-on. Those that don't understand, think it makes for a racer. The increase in grunt comes across the range, and with a light foot I get a small improvement in mileage. The only two issues I've got with it, is that a leaden foot can be costly. But then it's going to be, a leafer is heavy. My other beef is the kit price, but then I'm tight.
It still works out cheaper than a Tdi or V8 swap (they only look cheap) and is far easier. With unmolested leafers at 'classic' status these days, the Tdi craze is slowing. It's already happening, blokes are taking 'em back out again. It's a very noisy conversion, so maybe better suited to weekend toys and the deaf. However, ACR kits on eBay get near what you pay for them, because those that have them don't sell 'em! Whereas a Tdi conversion makes you take a hit on the whole vehicle when on eBay, and you'll see lot os those lashed in, and selling cheap. Your price goes down, not up. A V8 is nice but you've gotta knock things about, and bulkheads aren't cheap or a strong-point. You won't see your money back on it.
The ACR kit is bolt-on / bolt-off and works. Simple. I run mine on a BLOS. I started out with just the SU carb jobby. No one conversion is perfect, but for me, especially if you can find a 5MB 2.5, as mine, factoring the overall and not just the headline-rate. Start and finish, looking at it hard, it's the way to go.
'Judging by what sells, I'd say they have it wrong. 'They' will poo-poo everything I've said, there's a hundred blokes with the usual conversions - I'm outnumbered.
I'd counter that those are the vehicles selling cheap, and the more worthwhile your vehicle, the more the point is valid. Of course, if your vehicle isn't worthwhile.... but best I declare defeat now.
