My D8 V6 Exec on eBay

[niz406]

P.O.D ???

[teamster1975]

P.O.D ???

Payable On Death

[AndyV6]

I've got all the high res pics now, and emailed those that have asked for them.

Turbo's never will be smooth, especially if you crank the boost up enough to have "The Great Wall of Torque" (visible from space) that suddenly erupts when it decides to wake up. There's a quote somewhere about Chief Engineers admitting that fitting a turbo is their way of saying they have failed to produce enough power from the block. Can't find it now

[steve_earwig]

A blower is just a way of getting more power from a smaller engine and if you realise that a "turbo" or exhaust gas powered turbine supercharger is the same idea behind a supercharged Merlin or a Blower Bentley (240 Hp in 1926 ffs!) without all that tedious messing about with engine driven compressers then perhaps you could view them in a better light.

Come to think of it, I seem to remember one car that a straight 6 (?) engine, 5 of which when suck, squash, bang, blow and the front cylinder was used as a compressor, I wonder what sort of difference it made over all six doing the four stroke thing.

[mjb]

Turbo's never will be smooth

You've never tried driving the 406 tubby - it's so gradual I've had a lot of people say "I thought you said this was turbocharged?" so you end up having to force a situation where turbo lag is obvious (drop down a cog or 2, foot off the gas for a bit, then floor it) just so they can go "oh yeah" ;)

[niz406]

I've got all the high res pics now, and emailed those that have asked for them.

Turbo's never will be smooth, especially if you crank the boost up enough to have "The Great Wall of Torque" (visible from space) that suddenly erupts when it decides to wake up. There's a quote somewhere about Chief Engineers admitting that fitting a turbo is their way of saying they have failed to produce enough power from the block. Can't find it now

Dude stop talking wet, and get back to your days of wishing power was delivered so fast and smooth..... in your breathless v6, makes you wish you were a woman, because power deliver was so far up the rev range lol

[niz406]

Throttle response in the v6 is so poor compared to the turbo its unbelievable.... the tubby shout have been 250hp easily lol

[mjb]

Throttle response in the v6 is so poor compared to the turbo its unbelievable.

What? Both tubbies I've driven have the sort of throttle response that involves making a cup of tea between putting your foot down in neutral and seeing the noisy side of 4000rpm... The only saving grace is that it pulls like a diesel only quicker in any gear from any revs between not far from idle and 4500

[Captain Jack]

Well, I'd still take a V6 over a tubby, especially seeing as the fuel economy is the same.

[mjb]

Well, I'd still take a V6 over a tubby, especially seeing as the fuel economy is the same.

Doubt it. We'll soon see ( ;) ) but I used to be able to maintain 50mpg on the motorway. As long as you stay off the boost, the tubby's a surprisingly frugal motor - it's just offset by the big SLUUUUUURP you get when you use that little pedal on the right

[Captain Jack]

Well, I'd still take a V6 over a tubby, especially seeing as the fuel economy is the same.

Doubt it. We'll soon see ( ;) ) but I used to be able to maintain 50mpg on the motorway. As long as you stay off the boost, the tubby's a surprisingly frugal motor - it's just offset by the big SLUUUUUURP you get when you use that little pedal on the right

But then what's the point of having it in the first place?

[niz406]

What? Both tubbies I've driven have the sort of throttle response that involves making a cup of tea between putting your foot down in neutral and seeing the noisy side of 4000rpm...

Seriously? Wow you must have driven two beat up tubbies... lol

They may have lazy cams..... but seriously, it is responsive when the pedal is used correctly !

[mjb]

As long as you stay off the boost, the tubby's a surprisingly frugal motor - it's just offset by the big SLUUUUUURP you get when you use that little pedal on the right

But then what's the point of having it in the first place?

Cheap to get to work, fun on the weekends

[niz406]

Down at frugal rock, grab a frugal by its socks, swing it here and there, swing it by its bright pink hair... down at frugal rock !

[puggy]

Niz i really do think your medication needs to be altered