The Range Racer
Discussion
TVR Sagaris said:
Amazing. In for the long haul.
That is surely a huge bargain for a Range Rover of that age? Why so cheap? I still think these are bloody nice cars and yours is the version of the L322 which I think look best - the later, final facelift was a retrograde step to my eyes.
Honestly not too sure why it was so cheap, i can only assume that people are scared off by the high mileage and the early teens MPG. It is a beauty tho and eats miles like nothing else, we have all fallen in love with it a little.That is surely a huge bargain for a Range Rover of that age? Why so cheap? I still think these are bloody nice cars and yours is the version of the L322 which I think look best - the later, final facelift was a retrograde step to my eyes.
The Benchmarking track Day! And what an eventful day it was!
So on the 15th of December we took the range racer to Bedford autodrome for some benchmarking in completely standard form.
During the driver brief we were told it’s the hardest circuit in the UK for brakes……whoops!
Anyway, we got some good track time in the morning, and learnt lots about the range…..mainly, she rolls, my god she rolls! Under steers a lot at the limit. Power is great, makes you think the car isn’t as heavy as it is..…..until you need to brake that is. Ryan even managed an overtake!
We did start to get some issues with engine derate or limp mode when pushing hard. Google seems to think this is a supercharger overheat issue caused by cars being built with the SC cooling pump with the wiring the wrong way round. Shortly after the limp mode we got an engine warning light which signalled the end of our day…….
On the way back round the the pits we were then black flagged! we were greeted by the guy in charge who told us that we exceed track height limits!!!!! 1900mm vs a 1850 limit (shouldn’t be no problem to sort for future). Rather amusing really that there is a limit at all.
We think they were just a little worried by how much we were rolling, it didn’t look that safe to be fair!
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So on the 15th of December we took the range racer to Bedford autodrome for some benchmarking in completely standard form.
During the driver brief we were told it’s the hardest circuit in the UK for brakes……whoops!
Anyway, we got some good track time in the morning, and learnt lots about the range…..mainly, she rolls, my god she rolls! Under steers a lot at the limit. Power is great, makes you think the car isn’t as heavy as it is..…..until you need to brake that is. Ryan even managed an overtake!
We did start to get some issues with engine derate or limp mode when pushing hard. Google seems to think this is a supercharger overheat issue caused by cars being built with the SC cooling pump with the wiring the wrong way round. Shortly after the limp mode we got an engine warning light which signalled the end of our day…….
On the way back round the the pits we were then black flagged! we were greeted by the guy in charge who told us that we exceed track height limits!!!!! 1900mm vs a 1850 limit (shouldn’t be no problem to sort for future). Rather amusing really that there is a limit at all.
We think they were just a little worried by how much we were rolling, it didn’t look that safe to be fair!
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Edited by Scrump on Saturday 5th January 17:16
Edited by charlie-5mkmt on Saturday 5th January 17:20
Thanks for all the support & encouragement so far chaps! Im sure we will need your advice and help soon!
We have new wheels and tyres!
HUGEEEE BMW X5 Wheels and tyres are perfect for what we need. 315/35 R 20 11J rears and 275/40 R20s 10J fronts. 60mm a side wider on the rear!
Lots of benefits for us:
Match Land Rover stud paten
Fit fine within axles & body etc (lucky we work in the right place to check all these things before buying)
Smaller OD lowers our gearing by 4.6% which should help loads with acceleration
Smaller OD also lowers the car by 17mm
Smaller side walls should help with roll
Much more tyre choice available on these sizes. (can even get R888R’s, all be it at a slightly smaller OD.)
A bargain at £400 a set with loads of tyre left.
While changing them, we have found some sort of jacking mode where the car lowers itself well below access height, gives us a good idea of what it will look like once finished!
Impressions so far are good, the faster acceleration is noticeable, its quite childishly funny how fast this boat picks up speed. Yet to test it with any anger though any corners, need to fix that roll first!
We have new wheels and tyres!
HUGEEEE BMW X5 Wheels and tyres are perfect for what we need. 315/35 R 20 11J rears and 275/40 R20s 10J fronts. 60mm a side wider on the rear!
Lots of benefits for us:
Match Land Rover stud paten
Fit fine within axles & body etc (lucky we work in the right place to check all these things before buying)
Smaller OD lowers our gearing by 4.6% which should help loads with acceleration
Smaller OD also lowers the car by 17mm
Smaller side walls should help with roll
Much more tyre choice available on these sizes. (can even get R888R’s, all be it at a slightly smaller OD.)
A bargain at £400 a set with loads of tyre left.
While changing them, we have found some sort of jacking mode where the car lowers itself well below access height, gives us a good idea of what it will look like once finished!
Impressions so far are good, the faster acceleration is noticeable, its quite childishly funny how fast this boat picks up speed. Yet to test it with any anger though any corners, need to fix that roll first!
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