Diff ratios

The Delica is a 5 spd manual, with duel range four wheel drive, to my knowledge the same transmission, transfer case, diff housing etc as the Triton of the early nineties.

Boris

Thanx for the reply Eric, when you did have the bigger wheels on the Triton, what was the difference on the highway? was there any gain, or was it not worth the expence?
Also, I don't suppose you know of anyone trying the Sigma fifth gear mod, and the result of such a mod?

Boris

G'day Derek, I also agree that this is a very versatile vehicle, as an owner of four children, I need the space. I have found the Delica very capable in the bush. The look on the faces of the crowd gathered at the river crossing at Twin Falls (Kakadu) last weekend when we came around the corner :) and just trundled across, disappointing....
So it's normal to be revving at around 3000 at 100klm/h?? If I sqeeze it up to 110, you can almost see the fuel gauge drop...


Boris

Hi Boris
I can only confirm what Derek is saying.

Beeing a member of an European forum specializing in Mitsubishi 4x4's + Hyundai Galopper we've discussed this topic of the hight rpm's at already 100km/h, over and over - the L300 is just no racing engine.
... but a perfect car to rediscover the advantages of beeing slow.

Some of our members experienced the same issues with enginepower, but -even more important- breaking issues.
Due to the fact that there is not too much space (in width) in the front roadhousing some L300 owners are thinking about fitting 235/85 R16 wheels instead of the original R15's - however the extra weight of the wheels is substantial + therefore leading in breaking problems.

The L300/Delica has the same engines/gearboxes/axels as some Pajeros + can therefore be exchanged - however you would have to make sure all parts have the same transmition ratio (there are at least 4 different variations).

cheers from Switzerland
urro
who has been in the Sahara with his L300 :-))