simon68 wrote:Just bought a 97 Smiley and i'm not sure i can live with the 60-65 top speed.I've seen a 2.5 TD on ebay fairly local and was wondering if it would be a straight swap.
My engine is the 2.5 di non banana one.
I'm new to all this and would be really grateful for any advice.
joinerman wrote:I have a 98 smiley TD with a manual pump conversion, it will pull 90 mph with ease, not that i do very often of course.
simon68 wrote:Top speed will be as much if not more to do with the axel gearing rather than power available at least on the flat, hills are a different story.
I have two smiley transits and both are TD but 1 came to me a standard banana di and I must admit it was a pane driving it but then I fitted a TD and it transformed it but the top speed is really still about 50mph - 60 mph no change, mine is a chassis cab with a 5.14 axel and it is happiest at 50 ish mph but will pull up hills at this all day long loaded.
simon68 wrote:thanks for all the info vanfox.My Smiley has a rev counter.Not sure if that's because it's a custom model? I'm thinking more and more about just deleting egr and turning the fuel pump up.What diff is best for acceleration?
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