76 series gxl workmate

Hi Robin,

I traded up from a 4.8 patrol to a 76 series and I feel the cruiser is twice the tow vehicle.

Towing with the 76 just rumbles along with torque at low revs, to get the same out of my 4.8 the engine had to be revving hard.

Dont get me wrong the 4.8 is a great engine but It cant be compared with the torque of the Diesel V8.

Hi Ingo

I bet your liking the fuel consumption to.

I know the feeling you mean , even though the 4800 has more torque product over its rev range , I think the auto swapping gears detracts from that constant even pulling that the diesel gives.

Even yesterday I was punting my new auto 4800 up a serious climb and every time I came to a log or drain it would swap gears going in and then coming out.

Whereas my now dead manual 4800 would just cruise over with the same revs giving the impression of unfussed progress.
Planting the foot though the auto would instantly pickup bigtime whereas the manual wouldn't unless gear change of course.

Then I took a brand new Mazda dual cab the top of range auto up the hill , now at 470nm it beats the V8's 430 and the patrol 420nm , hopwever the same thing happened with the auto swapping gears and seeming fussy.