Torque on Cooper D

[JF77]

My wife came home last night in her new Cooper D company car (her mini convertable still in the garage!)
I took it for a spin around the block and suprised by the lack of torque. Being turbo diesel I was expecting a bit more oomph!
I am missing something? Does it need run in?

JF

[CooperDee]

How many miles on it.? Mine wasn't very strong at first. now with 8500 miles on it it does feel alot pokier. 4th and 5th gear are especially gutsy @ 1750-3500 rpm.

[Harpo]

Maximum torque is 177 lb/ft @ 1750/2000 rpm.

Try planting your right foot while the engine is operating within that range - especially in 2nd or 3rd gear.

[anzzyde]

Quote: Originally Posted by JF77 (original)

My wife came home last night in her new Cooper D company car (her mini convertable still in the garage!)
I took it for a spin around the block and suprised by the lack of torque. Being turbo diesel I was expecting a bit more oomph!
I am missing something? Does it need run in?

JF

In my personal experience, the Cooper D does lack torque and I hate to say it but it doesn't perform as well as my old Renault clio diesel DCi 80.

So i decided to get it remapped. Both PS and torque has been increased.

It now drives like how it should have done in the first place.

[supa-dupa-cooper]

I loved the torque of mine! But then i'd been driving around in a MINI ONE for 3 years prior to owning it

[ASTON]

Dont know what your doing wrong,but mine flys. Maybe your trying to drive it like a petrol car

[JF77]

Maybe its just me, its only done 30 miles so I really shouldnt be driving it that hard yet!
My Leon Cupra takes off what ever gear your in and what ever speed the engine!
I'll keep you posted.
JF

[thetope]

emm it's not quite got the oomph of a leon cupra, you've perhaps been a little spoilt!
for what it's worth, i think it's quick, but could be better so i am going to re-map mine once i've run it in and had its first service

[Darth Mini]

I was originally looking at a Dooper Clubman as my next car but although the torque figures are impressive (and the fuel economy!!) - for me, that did not seem to transfer to the actual drive itself. Don't get me wrong, I was impressed with how smooth and quiet the Cooper D was, but it didn't really seem to have much pull with the right foot down. I appreciate that the car I tested only had a few thousand miles on the clock but even with a little more running in, I wasn't convinced that it would improve significantly. Perhaps it was a bit much to ask stepping into it from our current Cooper S, but in the end, I didn't feel that the Dooper had enough pull to keep me smiling so it's going to be two Cooper S's on the drive next month!

[Hickster]

Have you tried pressing the 'Sport' button (if you have one).

[BigStuff]

Mines getting better with 7k miles up.
I had same thoughts at first. Still not a flexible or smooth as our Passat TDI 1.9 though.

[W44NE G]

I had a Bora TDI 130 before I bought my Cooper D. The Bora felt faster because the torque comes in one big lump and then completely dies off.

The Cooper D is a lot smoother and more progressive so it's just different. It's not the fastest car on the planet but does go when you need it.

I've considered a remap as then it would fly but I'm too scared of voiding the warranty!

[philip rodney]

The demo car that i tried had 40k on it. Felt very torquey ans smooth to me.

[mj62mj62]

I test drove a cooper d and found the same thing... not much 'ooomph' which really took away from this mini-fun type image they have...

I have a 1.9 tdi 130ps but it's chipped up to 170 using Revo tuning and so it's amazingly smooth and powerful, so admittedly I'm a bit spoiled. The revo tuning is fantastic - not because a diesel becomes a sports car, but because it now drives the way it always should have done.

Anzzyde - how did you modify your cooper d?

[BigStuff]

Different car with a few k miles on it!