Tuning Ford TDCi Engines

They are.

Torsion beam front suspension, De Dion rear axle and transaxle gearbox under the boot floor with inboard rear discs.

All works very well, though.

Heh. I had a bit of a tussle with a MkI Scooby Impreza the other evening on a twisty mountain B-road on the way home from work (look for 'Big Pit' near Blaenavon on a map). He had the power, but I'm not _that_ far down on power to weight, plus I had more bottle than him in the twisty bits - so he didn't quite manage to get past me - showed me his nose a couple of times though. Fantastic fun.

Heh... not that old chestnut. They're more or less fully galvanised, the only place rust does really get to them is the rear arches under the plastic bodykit - probably something to do with the self-tappers holding the arch extensions on. Electrics are fairly simple - the only thing wrong with mine is the oil level light - ground it to earth and it's fine, can't be arsed fitting a new sender. And the 8v TSpark engine is one of the most reliable ever produced.

I trust you asked to see the calibration certificate, 'cos that sounds well out.

Indeed - as the manufacturers top speed on the wagon was 108 I statet that I cannot believe the equipment was used corrected and left without a ticket.

still loads about, dont see 75's that often though

I'd rather have a senator or a carlton 24v

Arrgh, for once I agree with Theo...

Although I have owned and pretty much enjoyed a GSi 3000 24v - a truly excellent car, whenever I saw a 24v Senator I wished I'd bought one of those instead. It's the back arches on the Carlton that ruin it for me. To my eyes the back arches make it look like the back end was designed by someone who'd been fired by Cadillac for "ugliness beyond the call of duty"..

Yeah, they're a bitch. Then again, I hate working on *anything* front wheel drive.

Strangely, I've always preferred the handling of the V6 164 to the TS. V6 has a bit more understeer, granted, and it feels a bit flabby over high speed undulations, but they are so much quicker coming out of bends than the TS it more than makes up for it. I enjoy acceleration out of bends, so the added torque (and the soundtrack) of the V6 makes it more fun to drive even if it's not as quick around a set of tight S bends... Besides, in an early

164 V6 you have the added bonus prize of the challenge of keeping the bloody thing in one lane! 75 V6's are just hooligan machines and I love 'em for it. The TS is possibly a better everyday car, but the V6 puts a grin on my face every time I start one.

In news: snipped-for-privacy@uni-berlin.de, Douglas Payne decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

Ah, the thing is 90% of Scousers are monumentally conservative when it comes to cars. You don't see many cars in Liverpool over 7 or 8 years old that don't carry Ford or Vauxhall badges. but you do see quite a few Alfas. Scouse auctions are a great place to pick up the less mainstream stuff for pennies. Even the bargain hunters avoid anything which could work out to be expensive...

Mine was a 1983 Y reg Celica, drove it for about a week then sold it on. Awful thing. I'd quite like a Mk1 Celica 2000GT though.

Torque curves and throttle response would be vastly different.

Fraser

Look for small piles of oxidised metal on the road. It's all thats left of them.

Fraser

ummmm....

saw a lovely 24v manual senator in white on M reg t'other day, it was absolutely gleaming and no sign of being a police model,

No, it was 165bhp and it was a 1.9. Granted, it was a 16v lump.

The later 2.0 iron-block unit made 155bhp (but more torque).

Peugeot's latest Derv lumps (including which the TDCi in question) are all-alloy lumps - I suspect the weight difference between the 1.4 TDCi and it's equivalent petrol lump, is approximately bugger all.

Yep.

But driven properly, both cars would post very similar times for an A to B dash.

The point is that petrol does NOT give "decent performance" when compared to diesel - it's different, but the same.

Mazda 6 is quite common isn't it ? I've seen plenty, and I like em plenty.

It'd be my choice of it's class, if they made a quick one.

Yes, we have.

But for some reason, it never seems to enter into SteveH's brain ?

Just to add, did you see their 250bhp 4x4 2.0 Turbo one at the Motorshow ? It was badged as the 4C or something ?

Officially a concept, but I can't see it escaping production !

I read in this months Evo BMW are starting to use Peugeot engines as well!

Tell you what you want doing that sort of mileage - a Mk1 diesel Mondeo :-)

Peter