I got a 54 plate landmark last august and it ticks all the boxes except for 2, those being:-
1. Cheap to run.
2. Goes like stink.
Having spent a lot of the cold winter evenings wandering around this forum, I decided to put into action a step by step plan to do something about item 2. I intend to "de-restrict" my Disco.
If I get good enough result, I will be content to live with item 1 as the Disco is a nice place to be.
As I am on a very tight budget I cannot just go out and buy inter-coolers, remaps, variable vane turbos etc all at once. I have about £100 per month to spend and that has to also keep the thing up to scratch in all other areas. I cannot afford to spend thousands.
Obviously, 80mph at 3000rpm is something I cannot change, so motorway cruising speed will not change. What I am after is better accelleration for safer overtaking and better pulling power up the hills. Any benefit to fuel consumption I will consider a bonus.
The vehicle is the aforementioned TD5 Landmark with 151K on the clock and a manual gearbox. Tyres are standard size on 18" standard rims. The car has air suspension, but (oddly) no ACE.
The purpose of this blog, which I will update on an irregular basis is to look at the effects of each modification in my chosen sequence, which I hope makes sense.
The sequence of modifications will be as follows:
1. Replace filter with K&N item. £35.
2. Egr delete silicone turbo hoses. £110.
3. De-cat pipe. £74.
4. Centre box delete pipe. £54.
5. Serck inter-cooler. £350. OUCH!
6. Dyna-chip custom re-map, either stage 1 or stage 3 (turbo boost box)
£225 (plus cost of boost box).
From what I have read on here, this would seem a logical way to go about doing things.
An alisport exhaust manifold and variable vane turbo would be nice, but Mrs M! keeps losing the lottery. I give her one job a week to do...........
I am looking for up to 200bhp. 80bhp per litre sounds like it won't put too much strain on the engine or seriously reduce its life span. Plus with no ACE, I don't want to end up wrapping it round a tree.
So, I'm looking at spending £850 over a 6 to 8 month period.
That manifold and turbo would be another £1500 if I did all the work myself and I would probably need another re-map to get the best out of them. Good luck this saturday night Mrs M!
1. Cheap to run.
2. Goes like stink.
Having spent a lot of the cold winter evenings wandering around this forum, I decided to put into action a step by step plan to do something about item 2. I intend to "de-restrict" my Disco.
If I get good enough result, I will be content to live with item 1 as the Disco is a nice place to be.
As I am on a very tight budget I cannot just go out and buy inter-coolers, remaps, variable vane turbos etc all at once. I have about £100 per month to spend and that has to also keep the thing up to scratch in all other areas. I cannot afford to spend thousands.
Obviously, 80mph at 3000rpm is something I cannot change, so motorway cruising speed will not change. What I am after is better accelleration for safer overtaking and better pulling power up the hills. Any benefit to fuel consumption I will consider a bonus.
The vehicle is the aforementioned TD5 Landmark with 151K on the clock and a manual gearbox. Tyres are standard size on 18" standard rims. The car has air suspension, but (oddly) no ACE.
The purpose of this blog, which I will update on an irregular basis is to look at the effects of each modification in my chosen sequence, which I hope makes sense.
The sequence of modifications will be as follows:
1. Replace filter with K&N item. £35.
2. Egr delete silicone turbo hoses. £110.
3. De-cat pipe. £74.
4. Centre box delete pipe. £54.
5. Serck inter-cooler. £350. OUCH!
6. Dyna-chip custom re-map, either stage 1 or stage 3 (turbo boost box)
£225 (plus cost of boost box).
From what I have read on here, this would seem a logical way to go about doing things.
An alisport exhaust manifold and variable vane turbo would be nice, but Mrs M! keeps losing the lottery. I give her one job a week to do...........
I am looking for up to 200bhp. 80bhp per litre sounds like it won't put too much strain on the engine or seriously reduce its life span. Plus with no ACE, I don't want to end up wrapping it round a tree.
So, I'm looking at spending £850 over a 6 to 8 month period.
That manifold and turbo would be another £1500 if I did all the work myself and I would probably need another re-map to get the best out of them. Good luck this saturday night Mrs M!