Thursday, Feb 12, 2004 at 22:50
Hi Roachie, unfortunatley (or perhaps fortunately:) I drove straight from the Nissan dealer to the tyre
shop. There was less than 20kms on the odo when the coopers went on so do not have any real expereince with the 265/70 bridgestones.
The 285 tire size has the effect of a 7% increase in gearing and when
test driving the GU it always felt undergeared, hence I thought it a good move to go up a size.
But the 3.0TD has the 4.1 diff ratio compared to the 4.2TD with the 3.9 diff ratio. Given the 4.2TD effectively makes no more power than the 3.0TD, you are already 5% higher geared than me, add the 7% for the 285's and you come in at 12% higher than a standard 3.0TD.
If it were my 4.2TD, I would want to
test the 285's before buying to see the effect on gearing, as I wouldn't want to go up 12% on the 3.0TD from standard. But the increased off road ability of the 285's would make me try real hard to get it to work.
Are you in
Perth?, no dramas swapping the tyres for a quick run to feel the gearing effect (makes it easy with a rattle gun...;)
Cheers
MarkNissan 2003 GU 3.0TD
Windsor Rapid Offroad
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