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mjdronfield

Member Since: 04 Nov 2011
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 7793

2011 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Buckingham Blue

Mate, I went from JE Engineering remapped TD6 to 4.4 TDV8, and it’s like a different car altogether. I’m sure if you had no mechanical sympathy, you could spin all 4 wheels setting off. It pulls like a train.... limited to 130mph.

Less power than the 5.0 Supercharged of course, but more torque...

Have a drive in one if you get a chance.

When I picked mine up, I said to a mate “It’s like God shoving you” 🤣

2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

22nd Feb 2021 8:39pm

northernmonkeyjones

Member Since: 24 Mar 2012
Location: derby
Posts: 8503

2016 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Santorini Black

The limiter is slightly soft.....

The difference between the 3.6 and the 4.4 is marked, but the difference between a standard td6 and a 4.4 will be astronomical.

Even a remapped td6 wouldn’t see which way a 4.4 went, as Mark says have a go if you can, and that engine can be mapped too. Given that it makes 339hp in the sdv8 I’d say an extra 26hp is pretty safe... There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
Fiat 500x 1.4 multiair Lounge 2015
2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

22nd Feb 2021 9:13pm

KurtVerbose

Member Since: 08 Aug 2010
Location: Les Arses
Posts: 5848

2007 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 Stornoway Grey

I can only compare the TD6 with the 3.6 and it's not just the nominal horse power difference, but also the refinement. The TD6 is horribly noisy at 4000 rpm so it's just painful to run it at that speed up a long hill with a heavy trailer. The TDV8 has enough power that it doesn't need to be run at that high an RPM, and even if you did it's a much nicer sound. It's a much better tow car than the TD6.

The extra gear ratio helps 'n all.

I can only imagine how good the 4.4 is with the 8 speed box.

22nd Feb 2021 9:51pm

Rosco

Member Since: 20 Jan 2012
Location: Beyond the wall.
Posts: 2575

2013 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Baltic Blue

Kurt, I have had them all..... you are still towing

22nd Feb 2021 10:45pm

RRDunc

Member Since: 26 Feb 2020
Location: Leicestershire/Warwickshire border
Posts: 517

2012 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Santorini Black

KurtVerbose wrote:
I can only compare the TD6 with the 3.6 and it's not just the nominal horse power difference, but also the refinement. The TD6 is horribly noisy at 4000 rpm so it's just painful to run it at that speed up a long hill with a heavy trailer. The TDV8 has enough power that it doesn't need to be run at that high an RPM, and even if you did it's a much nicer sound. It's a much better tow car than the TD6.

The extra gear ratio helps 'n all.

I can only imagine how good the 4.4 is with the 8 speed box.

I tow a near two tonne caravan with my 4.4 TDV8 and it is truly awesome. The phrase "you don't know it's there" is, in my opinion, overused but in this situation it's true.

On a trip to Devon with the caravan on the back I accelerated off a roundabout uphill on a dual carriageway and I got to 80 mph when I noticed a) I was passing cars with ease and b) I had a caravan on the back!

It is a truly awesome tow car and a really lovely place to be.

Dunc. The life you have is the only one you'll get; make the most of it.
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2012 4.4 TDV8 L322 Autobiography
2003 TD5 Oslo Blue D2 ES Premium Auto (with mods!)

23rd Feb 2021 12:19am

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