Austin Shackles

On or around Wed, 01 Jun 2005 14:22:01 +0100, Danny
<danny@nospam.gaggia-espresso.com> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
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>> You could always have this one:
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>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=4551959705
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>
>That would do me fine!

take note that the engine is big and heavy and non-standard, though; it
should have had uprated front springs fitted. It may or may not be
undergeared - the V8 discos, are, it seems to me, lower geared than the TDis
at that vintage; or looking at it another way, the later 300TDi we have here
shows lower revs than my "200" V8 at a given road speed.

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Austin Shackles

On or around Wed, 01 Jun 2005 18:15:57 +0100, Danny
<danny@nospam.gaggia-espresso.com> enlightened us thusly:

>Austin Shackles wrote:
>
>> take note that the engine is big and heavy and non-standard, though; it
>> should have had uprated front springs fitted. It may or may not be
>> undergeared - the V8 discos, are, it seems to me, lower geared than the TDis
>> at that vintage; or looking at it another way, the later 300TDi we have here
>> shows lower revs than my "200" V8 at a given road speed.
>>
>
>I would also be worried about putting that power through a standard
>xfer and gearbox?

I think it said it was an auto, and as such should be strong enough. Half
shafts might suffer, I suppose, although not as bad as the Series motors, as
you have 4 of 'em sharing the load.


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John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)