Places like www.td5alive.com can do some nice tuning and take it to around 185bhp. Some claim better MPG as well. Its on my list of jobs but not to 185bhp. Maybe more like 150bhp. Land rover are now doing a TDv6 and a TDv8 in the Range Rovers. One of the lumps now has twin turbo :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: 30 June 2009 14:41 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) Man, I'd love to have that plant in mid-size SUV. There are few attractive small diesels in the US, but those that are available often don't make their way in to passenger vehicles, where the emissions regulations are far more strict than the light-duty truck market, which is where you find the majority of diesels here. I read about one test that replaced the 4.7L V8 (which got MPG in the high teens) with a ~3.5L V6 turbo diesel. The mileage went to low/mid 30's, and the performance was nearly identical. That would be the perfect for my Toyota Sequoia. What many folks don't realize, is that other than particulate, modern diesels actually have LESS harmful emissions than their gasoline brethren in several categories. _SIGH_. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:49 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) > > 5 Cylinder > Direct Injection Turbo Diesel with Intercooler ECU Controlled > 122 bhp (120 PS, 90 kW) at 4200 rpm > 300 Nm (221 lb.ft) of torque at 1950 rpm 2200kg (ish in weight) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > Sent: 29 June 2009 16:52 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) > > What's the specs on a TD5 power plant? > > -sc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ellis, John P. [mailto:johnel...@wirral.gov.uk] > > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:02 AM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) > > > > Can I chip in with a non American vehicle? > > Land Rover 110 Td5 full time 4x4 139k miles and 28mpg around town > > and 32/33mpg on a run. 2500cc 5 Cylinder. Manual. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] > > Sent: 29 June 2009 09:41 > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) > > > > Makes me so proud of my ~60MPG @ 70MPH in my new Mini Cooper Diesel > > (and ~40MPG @ 105MPH, but I never did that, honestly). > > > > /loves fuel bill. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bounce-8579465-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > > [mailto:bounce- 8579465-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On > > Behalf Of Ben Scott > > Sent: 26 June 2009 16:47 > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) > > > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Ben Scott<mailvor...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> Amazingly enough, doing 80 MPH in 5th gear yields lower MPG than > > >> doing 65 MPH in 5th gear. :-) > > > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Micheal Espinola > > Jr<michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I believe it. I've def. had cars that had lower MPG at 75+. I've > > > never seen savings at 55. > > > > Gah, I'm an idiot. I reversed the intended sense in my statement. > > I was trying to be sarcastic with the "Amazingly", and so reinforced > > the confusion. > > > > MPG is better at 65 MPH than 80 MPH. How much, I'm not sure, but > > I know I can use less gas if I drive less aggressively. > > > > I do tend to drive aggressively. I also haven't had the plugs > > changed in too long. And I'm an AC junky. So I typically get > between > > 21 and 25 MPG in my 9-year-old Forrester. On all-highway trips when > > it was new, 28 to 30 MPG, easily. > > > > 80 MPH is pushing the engine a bit, I think. Not "oh my God it's > > going to explode", but it's starting to whine a little. I got it up > > to just over 90 MPH once, then concern for both road safety and the > > engine won over and I backed off. 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