Hello,
First post, been reading the forum since getting a 112cdi in September. I'm converting it into a campervan.
I find it too powerful for my needs, as it not lugging a pallet of bricks! Meanwhile, the gearing ratio is not what i would choose to have for a vehicle with 5 gears only. I find that i need to change gears earlier than surrounding traffic when pulling from a standstill, and to drive it at 70 mph the engine is revving too close to 3000rpm to be economical.
First thought was that there might be a way to change some gearing in the gearbox,
Then i realised that fitting bigger wheels would achieve the same effect, at a fraction of the cost.
What do you guys think? To sum it up, i would like to use some of the torque to keep the engine running at lower rev. The van has only 53k miles with full service history, so there's no need to overhaul the gearbox in this lifetime! It will have a new paintjob done soonish, so if there need to be some modification to the wheelarches, they can be done at that time for (hopefully) little added cost.
Thanks for your help,
Remi
First post, been reading the forum since getting a 112cdi in September. I'm converting it into a campervan.
I find it too powerful for my needs, as it not lugging a pallet of bricks! Meanwhile, the gearing ratio is not what i would choose to have for a vehicle with 5 gears only. I find that i need to change gears earlier than surrounding traffic when pulling from a standstill, and to drive it at 70 mph the engine is revving too close to 3000rpm to be economical.
First thought was that there might be a way to change some gearing in the gearbox,
Then i realised that fitting bigger wheels would achieve the same effect, at a fraction of the cost.
What do you guys think? To sum it up, i would like to use some of the torque to keep the engine running at lower rev. The van has only 53k miles with full service history, so there's no need to overhaul the gearbox in this lifetime! It will have a new paintjob done soonish, so if there need to be some modification to the wheelarches, they can be done at that time for (hopefully) little added cost.
Thanks for your help,
Remi