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| familymad Member Since: 13 Dec 2011 Location: Bucks Posts: 3494   
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Good to see another one joining the fold. Enjoy! 1951 80" S1 2.0
1995 110 300TDI 1995 90 300TDI |
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15th May 2025 5:41am |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 3116 
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"I tow as well heavy and fully loaded with my defender d250 mapped to d300 ( cause it was underpowered at towing."
Off topic for this thread but can l ask who did the remap on your D250, and how much difference did it make? l tow a caravan with our D250 and don't find it underpowered at all, but more performance is always welcome. |
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15th May 2025 7:55am |
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| Crazymind Member Since: 11 Jun 2024 Location: Glasgow Posts: 257
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Best upgrade of all. D300 unlock the full potential of the gearbox with torque up to 700nm.
Pulling away is a breeze, reversing a joy and fuel consumption remains the same. As standard I felt the d250 was working hard through the gears and revs ( although not as much as the grenadier does) to keep up with traffic and towing uphill while the d300 uses more torque than power. In this regard the grenadier has a better gearbox software when towing, it really uses all the torque till it can, without changing gear unless you want. |
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15th May 2025 8:41am |
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| SteveG Member Since: 29 Nov 2011 Location: Norfolk Posts: 668 
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My son had his D200 remapped to the factory LR 300 map by https://www.venture-automotive.co.uk/
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15th May 2025 8:43am |
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| lightning Member Since: 23 Apr 2009 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 3116
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Thank you for the recommendations.
My Defender certainly doesn't use high RPM when towing the caravan, but l imagine if you were towing 3,500kg of wood on a trailer it might do. The would be like towing three of our caravans at once! |
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15th May 2025 6:13pm |
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| Dave S Member Since: 26 Aug 2020 Location: Dungannon Posts: 78  
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I said it was more suitable - not better. Ladder chassis and coil springs in my experience stand up better to towing on a regular basis. My previous experience of using a TDV8 L322 Range Rover was not great. It was a fantastic engine and gearbox but the rest of the vehicle was not robust enough for constant, heavy towing - again this was my personal experience. I have no doubt our D250 110 would tow as well or better than the Grenadier but not on a regular basis in connection with my business - horses for courses.
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16th May 2025 12:55pm |
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