gearing

[spinus]

just a quickie
on my 1.9 dt 406 i seem to remember i could drive round town at 35 ish in fifth no trouble
but my 2.1 seems to be taller geared ? i thought they were the same gearbox?
fourth on my 2.1 feels like my old 1.9 in fifth
is it just me or are they different ?
cheers all

[steve_earwig]

Yep, they're different - the 1.9 is a BE, the 2.1 is an ML.

[jonsowman]

Yeah 35mph in fifth in my 2.1 is silly low revs. I tend to be in 4th even at 40mph. Change up to fifth at about 50mph in general...

I find 30mph zones a bit annoying on the ML5T, third is slightly too high revs but fourth is slightly too low.

[Busman]

yep, my HDI110 is the same. At 30 its a bit revy in 3rd, and a bit under revy in 4th. It will hold 4th at 30, but it needs to be dead flat.

[omega]

my 2.1 will do 30 in 5th at about 1100 revs,but 40 at about 1400.

[Doggy]

110's & 2.2's are the same - about 31 mph/1000.

I agree, 30 mph needs 3rd & a half.

[Busman]

110's & 2.2's are the same - about 31 mph/1000.

I agree, 30 mph needs 3rd & a half.

I'll try and pinch a twin speed axle or splitter from a truck, that gives you half gears.