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Keep the V8 or get a 300Tdi??
Disco Matt:
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--- Quote from: lurch_917 on January 07, 2008, 10:44:14 ---4, snap a belt on your v8 and its 2 heads gone on a deisel its only one
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snap a belt on your diesel its a head gone...snap a CHAIN on a v8....well...exactly!
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thats one of the reasons why i bought mine. if u got a diesel ur going to need zues cogs to solve the problems of belts breaking.
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I think Zeus timing gear kits are rather more expensive than an engine rebuild, at least, they were last time I looked! Just change the belt at the recommended intervals and it shouldn't be a problem unless you do daft things like revving it flat out.
muddydisco:
Loved my V8 but the chassis went quicker than the motor :cry:
mentalmoshio sophs V8i:
:shocked: :afro: :shocked:
CNorman:
--- Quote from: The Electrician on January 01, 2008, 23:43:08 ---for what it's worth, here's my opinion....I have a v8i ES model (the heavy one with all the bits), and i can outrun any diesel especially uphill and when towing something (like a large caravan) up a long motorway hill, you won't find a faster or less stressed 4x4.
OK diesels are cheaper to run but over 100 miles it will cost you about £5 more in a v8i (3.9), and you will be able to hear the stereo.
the other things to consider are that a diesel needs servicing more than a v8 and the v8 is the strongest engine.
easy to work on and reliable, the v8's are cheaper to buy, generally have half the mileage, and you don't upset the neighbours when you come home late.
the v8 'rock' can't be beat and most of the parts are cheaper than diesels, and above all the v8 drivers have a saying....."if you can't afford a proper engine, get a tractor"
and finally, what you have is working fine, by the time you sell it and lose money, then buy a diesel with more miles and unknown problems (let's face it if it was that good, they wouldn't be selling it), then you save a couple of quid each day in fuel, how many miles would you need to do just to break even.
do yourself a favor, stick with what you have and save yourself a load of grief.
sorry diesel drivers.........good comprimise, but it will never be as good as a v8.
(that'll stir it up)
Gary. :lol:
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Your welcome to say what ever you want. V8's are more fun to certain people but judging by your idea you really are a clueless chap :roll:
The diesels are nothing like you state!, heres a novel idea, why dont you drive one :dance:
And dont tell me you "have loadsa experiance etc etc" because from your comments you dont...
Mr Alford:
seems to be a well sided debate so far, people who have v8's either love them or hate them
the 3.9v8 block is unfortunately pourous but that will only make a difference over 20 years i.e the older it is the weaker it gets
my partner had before this a range rover p38 4.0v8 and i drov to cardiff and back and it cost me £130 in fuel what a joke i waded it once and it coughed and spluttered its designed to be a chelsea tractor and tow a horse box and not venture offroad
i have a 200tdi ive had a 300tdi and i much prefer the 200, its a genuine workhorse which is a little easier to work on and loves going underwater, servicing it takes me less than half an hour and i do this once every 3 months so again no skin off my nose im probably getting about 25mpg on normal run and 30-35 ona motorway run but thats nothing to set the world on fire
the ease to fit everything on a diesel over the v8 is far superior in my opinion i have seen far too many v8's much newer than mine stranded by the side of the road with either an oil leak or theyve over heated because the noise the engine gives off the owner thinks hes driving a shelby mustang
anyway cut a long story short i love the 200tdi and would never part with it :afro: :dance:
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