Turbo Diesels

[sirwiggum]

Mk1 Fabia VRS had more torque 30-70 than a Porsche Boxster

[Welly]

Mk1 Fabia VRS had more torque 30-70 than a Porsche Boxster

Diesels are fine and torquey but it all comes in one massive lump - and then it's gone so overall are very often slower than the petrol engine'd car, plus you need to get pretty handy with the gear changes to make use of that short power band.

There's an old saying which goes.....you Race brake horse power but you Drive torque.

[Bailes1992]

Mk1 Fabia VRS had more torque 30-70 than a Porsche Boxster

Diesels are fine and torquey but it all comes in one massive lump - and then it's gone so overall are very often slower than the petrol engine'd car, plus you need to get pretty handy with the gear changes to make use of that short power band.

There's an old saying which goes.....you Race brake horse power but you Drive torque.

But like my Uncle always says to me...

If you can sleep in your car but you can't race your house

Actualyl I don't know what thats goto do with anything

[Welly]

A bird in the hand is worth two in yer bush?

[Bailes1992]

A bird in the hand is worth two in yer bush?

I don't get that one

[Welly]

It's better to have a small real advantage than the possibility of a greater one.

I don't know what your Uncle's on about either, is he ok? my Uncle got taken to a Mental Institution for exposing his testicles in the Library.

It wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't had removed his testicles first with some carpet scissors

[highlander]

TOO MUCH INFORMATION

[plod]

Well, another mate of mine bought a 530d today
I said, aren't you bothered about the car ingesting it's own oil
He said, No, it's down to the swirl valves, and it's being de-swirled and remapped

[FarmerPug]

the m5 diesel, i seen i think its called a 535d M.
Anyhow if you got a coupe with a 3.0 v6 added a twin turbo setup, remapped it to work with the turbos, i dont think many diesels would keep up.

and that transit might not have the old 2.5 engine but it still sounds like it.

[plod]

If the M is after it's classed as a Motorsport
so that's a 535 diesel motorsport as oppsed to being an M5 diesel

[FarmerPug]

bmws use of the M word is confusing made worse by owners who slap the badge on.

[Welly]

Plod - you wanna get your mate to check/change the crankcase breather filter a-top the engine, there's a modified one available from the dealer, these get neglected and block with wet oil mist/gunk. Primarily it leads to smoke but ultimately blocked engine breathing........and ingestion

There's plenty of info over on BMW Land forum.

Ironically, it is the emissions controls that force the engine to break itself heaven forbid that there should be the slightest whiff of exhaust fumes out the back

[FarmerPug]

Mercedes benz diesels never seem to have this trouble. On paper of course they seem to have less power than the beemer diesels but they make much smoother engines.

[rwb]

If you want a BMW then do it properly and get a i6 petrol. (Actually, since my commute shortened from 30 to 10 miles I've been eying up 328s -- just to get it out of my system you understand)

Just look at some power & torque curves of petrol & diesel engines and its obvious that they behave completely differently. 406 hdi have near constant power and torque from 2000 to 3000 rpm. On a 328i it increases linearly from 2000 right up to 6000rpm, there's very little power at low rpm, but when you put your foot down they keep going long after diesel runs out of puff.

[omega]

It's better to have a small real advantage than the possibility of a greater one.

I don't know what your Uncle's on about either, is he ok? my Uncle got taken to a Mental Institution for exposing his testicles in the Library.

It wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't had removed his testicles first with some carpet scissors

did he drop a bollock then?