Ecu will be your best value bang for buck- 200 quid will get you a decent psi, van aken or similar box, the exhaust- dont bother- the diesel is loud enough- same goes with the K+N- The performance gains are really less than 5 bhp total- for the latter 2, dont forget- the car left the factory with 136bhp approx- over the years this does decline. If you have money to burn go the intercooler route- then you can say you have done a real performance mod. Hope this helps....
v8kenny
Active Member
HA HA you just siad what i was thinking LOL, pom vers pom LOL
rubbish and exspencive, ECU best value for money, the rest depends on driving and usage as to if there is any real advantage. but then any one who spends money on a 200 TDI is just wasting cash, LOL a 200 has not even have a ECU, so your just talking though a hole in your head
Best post, at least some one knows what thay are talking about
GrahamRRV8
New Member
All I want from the diesel is to be as fast as my Renault Kangoo that's as slow as I can handle it's around 12 sec to 60
so no towing, no playing in the mud? over rocks? etc??
GrahamRRV8
New Member
Yes some playing in the mud and sand go to coast quite a lot.
Lots of dog walking (chucking dogs in the back)
Just fed up with the GTR always being of the road, cause there is no where to run something that fast anymore....
The RR will mainly be a weekend car as I have the van; I like luxury cars and have always loved the P38 so it's a good mix for me...
Lots of dog walking (chucking dogs in the back)
Just fed up with the GTR always being of the road, cause there is no where to run something that fast anymore....
The RR will mainly be a weekend car as I have the van; I like luxury cars and have always loved the P38 so it's a good mix for me...
v8kenny
Active Member
In which case I can't understand why you have decided to ignore the V8
Diesel here is about 10p a litre dearer than petrol and you will get 20 mpg if you are carefull
If you only intend to use it at weekends then you won't notice much difference in running costs
Try and get a shot of a 4.6 - trust me, you won't want near a diesel afterwards
You always have the option of LPG too if running costs are a big issue, and V8's are usually cheaper to purchase in the first place - diesel P38's are becoming false economy, it's just that their owners won't admit it !
Take5
New Member
Well, most people on here know I was referring to me 200TDi DEFENDER not me 3.9 Rangie. Intercooler and air filter mods have made a big difference especially when competing. Still, you know everything so I'll shut up as I obviously don't know the first thing about engine tuning.
GrahamRRV8
New Member
I did test drive a 4.6 and my god it shocked me the grunt of it my current car average 13-15 mpg unless i'm booting it what would a RR V8 do?
Take5
New Member
My soft dash 3.9 does 22-25 mpg on a long run taking it steady. Booting it, it's down to about 14 ish. Running on LPG the figures are down a bit, but overall (60% motorway, 40% town) it gives about 13mpg. It's de-CAT, tubular fannymolds, Sebring stainless exhaust, RPi ignition upgrades (50kV spark) and Optimax ECU - will keep up with a Type-R in a straight line but doesn't like corners that much
then why are you giving advice based on an old dog non ecu ???
of cource your mods have made a difrence, but changing an ecu is cheeper and more efective, but then you wouldint know that, since you doint have one aye, no problems when you grow up and get promoted from McDs fat fryer boy to McDs window boy, then maybe you can start to dream
AHH the first thing you have said that makes sence, keep up the good work
