Is The 102 Bhp Really Powerful Enough

[xswind]

I have a T30 102ps, its a fully loaded camper but it has no poptop , its way fast enough to keep up with all traffic and manages all the steep hills locally and the ones I drive in Cornwall without an issue.
I was looking to remap it but tbh its fine as it is so will wait until my warranty is up before I consider more power but the more i drive the more its less of a priority.

 

[adam james]

What he said . . . . . =)

AGREEEE!!

 

[T6wannabee]

While looking for a suitable van . Anyone got and excellent recommendations for a conversion company

 

[Littleblackflash]

102hp is far to low if you're going to tow something heavy. My 1600kg trailer and car limited speed to just over 40mph on motorway hills.
My old T5 with 130hp and 5cylinders of torque towed the trailer easily. I've had a 204hp remap done which helps, but it still feels like 140hp. I've not put it on a dyno to check, but it certainly isn't 204hp.

 

[Davenjo]

You are not far from Hillside leisure in Derby - they would happily source a van and convert to one of their standard offerings - either brand new from stock or factory order or pre owned.

 

[T6wannabee]

We got rid of our caravan for the same reason but we hired a camper van first to make sure we could live with it. The hire van was a 102 and was adequate for normal driving but lacked for overtaking and motorway acceleration so we decided on the 150 but ended up with the 204 due to what was available. Absolutely love the extra power and wouldn’t change but my advice would be to test drive them to see what suits your likes. There are remaps out there as well to up the power if that’s your thing.

We have just booked a couple of days next week in a hired T6 so we can also try and get a feel for it.
I’m quite looking forward to it.

 

[Martin T5.1]

Hi all, I’ve just purchased a T6 18 plate T28 camper conversion ( professional) . It’s the 102 hp engine, wow won’t pull skin off a rice pudding, van is obviously overweight for this engine and can’t believe professional camper conversion companies favour this engine. Made the mistake of not driving the camper before purchasing, I’m HGV and a Defender driver do wasn’t too fussed about power, but I know when an engine isn’t suitable for its purpose. The idea of the camper and the way of affording the camper was to sell the caravan and the Lany but she has seen a caravan an Eriba troll so I’ve had to have a tow bar fitted, not cheap, not picked carashed up yet but not feeling confident about the T6 pulling it , it’s not that heavy the caravan 1300kg unladen but I just know that keeping the Lany would have been the better option, been out looking for a replacement Defender! PS the camper has a bike rack on it and looking through the receipts from the previous owners it’s already had replacement ( brocken ) rear springs replaced, but not heavy duty

 

[Sackmycook]

Plenty of us satisfied 102 full camper conversion owners on here. Very much a personal choice, but I'm happy to pootle about at the speed limits.

 

[Martin T5.1]

Horses for courses

 

[DXX]

Everybody will have a different opinion and the only one that counts is yours.
Surely people test drive a vehicle before they purchase it?!

 

[R_macus]

Just get a map and take out the adblue and egr at the same time.

 

[dubber36]

can’t believe professional camper conversion companies favour this engine.

The van was fit for purpose for it's original job as a company owned vehicle to carry out some sort of trades work. The camper conversion companies buy them to convert as they are cheap and plentiful, therefore a higher profit margin. If they bought the nicest ex privately owned, high spec vans to convert, they wouldn't make as much money.

 

[Bav]

As above, converters' preference for converting low-powered, modestly-specced base vans that are both abundant and [relatively] cheap, shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

 

[DXX]

won’t pull skin off a rice pudding, van is obviously overweight for this engine and can’t believe professional camper conversion companies favour this engine.

Unfortunately there a few seemingly popular conversion companies that churn them out, as stated by others the base vans are available at a far cheaper price boosting profits. I’d be more concerned about the historic oil change interval than the engine power output.

 

[Sasquatch]

They're all pig slow, I don't know what the fuss is about. If people want something quick buy a quick vehicle - if you want a van buy a van.

 

[dubber36]

They're all pig slow, I don't know what the fuss is about. If people want something quick buy a quick vehicle - if you want a van buy a van.

It's just that some are less slow than others. The same could be said about lorries. You can choose your Scania S Series with power outputs from 370-770 horsepower. All of them are limited to 90kph here, so why do you see so many with the V8 530 horsepower and above out in the wild?

 

[Sasquatch]

Just different shades of slow. When you're used to proper fast vehicles it takes a bit more than a diesel Trainspotter to feel fast.

Mind you, im the guy that took a standard Peugeot 107 1.0 up Prescott faster than all but one of the 205 GTi's present - half the people with faster vehicles don't know how to exploit them.

 

[Martin T5.1]

Just different shades of slow. When you're used to proper fast vehicles it takes a bit more than a diesel Trainspotter to feel fast.

Mind you, im the guy that took a standard Peugeot 107 1.0 up Prescott faster than all but one of the 205 GTi's present - half the people with faster vehicles don't know how to exploit them.

Hi all, I’m not having a go at Transporters , my T5.1 combi was a 2.0 140 DSG great on fuel but again no rocket ship as you say it’s a van and I drive a limited van 66mph tracked for speed so I don’t tend to speed , and as I said never got done for speeding in the Defender ,so I’m used to slow vehicles, just saying I’m a bit concerned about this engine being able to cope with towing as well, fuel economy seems ok on a long run but around town it was particularly bad?? I did test drive a similar transporter but I think you only get the feel when you’ve driven a vehicle over a length of time, Think you’re right about a re-map not for speed but for torque, maybe that will help with the fuel efficiency and I’m not going to be towing all the time

 

[Martin T5.1]

The van was fit for purpose for it's original job as a company owned vehicle to carry out some sort of trades work. The camper conversion companies buy them to convert as they are cheap and plentiful, therefore a higher profit margin. If they bought the nicest ex privately owned, high spec vans to convert, they wouldn't make as much money.

 

[Martin T5.1]

Spot on