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gearing
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:16 pm
by 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
Re: gearing
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:20 pm
by steve_earwig
Yep, they're different - the 1.9 is a BE, the 2.1 is an ML.
Re: gearing
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:22 pm
by 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.
Re: gearing
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:48 pm
by 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.
Re: gearing
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:26 pm
by omega
my 2.1 will do 30 in 5th at about 1100 revs,but 40 at about 1400.
Re: gearing
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:21 pm
by Doggy
110's & 2.2's are the same - about 31 mph/1000.
I agree, 30 mph needs 3rd & a half.
Re: gearing
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 12:18 pm
by Busman
Doggy wrote: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.
