Passat 4motion TDi?

[FarmerPug]

That new pickup from VW uses a 2.0 bi turbo where most of the other pickups are 2.5 or 3.0

[steve_earwig]

I wonder if I could get a lawnmower engine to pull a truck if I put 20 turbos on it

[FarmerPug]

I wonder if I could get a lawnmower engine to pull a truck if I put 20 turbos on it

I thought about something like this, a mitsubishi evo has a million horsepower from just a 2.0 and a range rover has not as much horsepower from a big v8, in a case like that would it be theoretically be possible to remove the v8 and put in the evo engine.

[mjb]

It's not horsepower you need for pulling heavy things - it's torque.

Besides, looking at wikipedia the current generation Evos run 300-400bhp with 400-500Nm torque. The current range rovers run 500bhp/625Nm petrol or 310bhp/700Nm diesel, so you really wouldn't gain anything by putting an evo engine in a new range rover

Old 4.0V8 Range Rovers only put out 188bhp/340Nm HOWEVER the thing that you need to consider is that diesels and de-tuned petrol engines tend to have a nice flat torque curve - just what you want for pulling weight anywhere in the rev range without fuss. With a performance turbocharged petrol on the other hand, you've got virtually nothing until the turbo spools up at about 4-5000rpm (I've been in a scooby STI - they're completely gutless when they're not screaming their tits off), which is where you'd pretty much live if you put one in a tank like a Range Rover... So you'd also have vastly increased fuel costs, massive servicing costs which would probably include a weekly clutch change and a monthly engine replacement from having to run the little 2 litre flat out all the time

[FarmerPug]

the new range rover actually has a larger diesel than the old one which is apparently more economical

[mjb]

the new range rover actually has a larger diesel than the old one which is apparently more economical

The 406 3.0 V6 is vastly more economical than the 2.0 turbo in every situation except idling!