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35inch tyres on a 300TDi?

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beatmasterdave:
hi, thanks for your replies!
yeah this sounds a bit goo good to be true. they also said

"This conversion turns a standard Disco into a very competitive off roader & improves on road handling. We converted 15 Discovery's last year and the conversion has been well tested and works very well. We do not change the gearing ( we can but they is no need) even standard 200 / 300 tdi's pull excellent with out changing it.
This is the basic conversion & can be added to with a 5th wheel& carrier, tubular bumper, winches etc... "

im sure ive read loads about gearing and propshaft modifying. im going to have to send them another email soon. this was from RDS Engenering, http://www.rdseng.co.uk/

i asked for a quote for mods for a standard disco to be moded like the RE-DISCOVERY they have there on the site. they have some wicked vehicles up there, especially that range rover for sale :D  8)

suggs:
i like the rear winch bumper for the Disco thats defo going on my list..

Guardian.:
both my discos are on 33's, they drive fine and flys in 5th gear no problem at all.
everyone seems to get different results, i would do things stage at a time as not to waste large sums of money on things you may not need.
i often see people writing things you can and cannot do, and i wonder what they are on about half the time.
when i had 35's on the defender with 5 inch lift in all, that also drove ok i know it has the different transfer box but, i am convinced a disco will be fine with 35,s, at worst just adjust the fueling to give it a bit more go.
fink it also depends on what you want it to do, as i was never up to me neck in mud, and that could be the difference.

Budgie:
Like you say, everyone has different experiences.

My Disco on 33" tyres and standard transfer box, Allards intercooler, tweeked injector pump and blanked off EGC was awful!
I put up with it for a while but crunch time came on the way back from the Belgium National in 2004, on the M6, loaded with camping gear, and climbing up a long gradual hill with a head wind. I was in 3rd gear, foot to the floor, getting overtaken by lorries and struggling to maintain 40mph!!  :evil:
Put a Defender T-box in and no problems since, cruises at 70mph all day, pulls away without slipping the clutch and goes up hills on the motorway like it did was 205's.

If I'd have put 35" tyres on it with the standard t-box, I wouldn't like ot think how it would drive!  :wink:

beatmasterdave:
nice one chaps! ive heard of changing the box to a defender's. is that a big or pricey job? the 35 idea is a bit over the top, but i'd im a huge fan of fat tyres, not so keen on discos ive seen that have been lifted with tall but skinny looking tyres.

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