Looking to buy a Transit and wondered what I'd be getting for this money? Seen some clean low mileage 11 reg but they're the 85 ones, are these underpowered?
Currently got a Vivaro that has had troubles so looking to get rid, cheers.
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Tyrone101 wrote:I have a MK6 04 - 90ps Duratorq with low geared diff - She has and will pull 3 tonne on the back. All out hp means nothing when it comes to towing real loads on these vans. Driving style/gearing/torque/tyre pressures/trailer quality/bearings/distribution all come into play when pushing tripple axel trailers and heavy loads.
A fancy 140hp common rail transit with those shitty flywheels and weaker 6 speed gearboxes mean nothing when it comes to towing. Thats unless you are just pushing around small/medium sized trailers which a 1.3cdti combo could do.
ake wrote:Tyrone101 wrote:I have a MK6 04 - 90ps Duratorq with low geared diff - She has and will pull 3 tonne on the back. All out hp means nothing when it comes to towing real loads on these vans. Driving style/gearing/torque/tyre pressures/trailer quality/bearings/distribution all come into play when pushing tripple axel trailers and heavy loads.
A fancy 140hp common rail transit with those shitty flywheels and weaker 6 speed gearboxes mean nothing when it comes to towing. Thats unless you are just pushing around small/medium sized trailers which a 1.3cdti combo could do.
That's a load of old shite if ever I heard it, quite apart from anything else, the 90 ps has the 'shitty' flywheel as the 140 ps. Furthermore the higher output engines have higher trailer weights.
ake wrote:Tyrone101 wrote:I have a MK6 04 - 90ps Duratorq with low geared diff - She has and will pull 3 tonne on the back. All out hp means nothing when it comes to towing real loads on these vans. Driving style/gearing/torque/tyre pressures/trailer quality/bearings/distribution all come into play when pushing tripple axel trailers and heavy loads.
A fancy 140hp common rail transit with those shitty flywheels and weaker 6 speed gearboxes mean nothing when it comes to towing. Thats unless you are just pushing around small/medium sized trailers which a 1.3cdti combo could do.
That's a load of old shite if ever I heard it, quite apart from anything else, the 90 ps has the 'shitty' flywheel as the 140 ps. Furthermore the higher output engines have higher trailer weights.
limitedblack wrote:ake wrote:Tyrone101 wrote:I have a MK6 04 - 90ps Duratorq with low geared diff - She has and will pull 3 tonne on the back. All out hp means nothing when it comes to towing real loads on these vans. Driving style/gearing/torque/tyre pressures/trailer quality/bearings/distribution all come into play when pushing tripple axel trailers and heavy loads.
A fancy 140hp common rail transit with those shitty flywheels and weaker 6 speed gearboxes mean nothing when it comes to towing. Thats unless you are just pushing around small/medium sized trailers which a 1.3cdti combo could do.
That's a load of old shite if ever I heard it, quite apart from anything else, the 90 ps has the 'shitty' flywheel as the 140 ps. Furthermore the higher output engines have higher trailer weights.
Does that mean I've got a Shi**y flywheel too
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