Tata....TATA TUFF

[VL Berlina 5speed]

Car: Tata
Model: Telcoline
Year: 1998
Colour: White
Engine Type: 2L turbo diesil, intercooled
Trans: 5 speed manual with syncros on all gears
Diff: 4:55.1 LSD


well this is the Tata
not the most common thing around but its around,
this ute is shared between my old man and i as a daily to get to work,
its either the vs or the tata depending on the day

the ute is of Indian origens and has a merc drivetrain,
from my boredem and the avaliblity of a boost gauge, i can confirm the tata runs 15psi boost standerd

we have made a custom shifter in a 'Z' shape as the factory post was poorly design and resuited in leaning forwards and punching the dash


plans for the ute, set it up for camping/bike riding
-fitting 4 spotties across the roll bar
-fitting 2 small flood lights under the roll bar to light the tray at night for camping
-some form of steel rims, like on older hiluxs or the 4wd veriant of the tata if i can find them
-alloy nudge bar if i can make one fit
-4wd tata front springs to raise it

pictures

[Jo3_Blo]

Haha. Don't see many of these around.

How'd it go with the load of sand? Bet it was sluggish as hell lol.

[Wagon_Wheel]

Sorry but i have to say that TATA is prob the worst car manufacturer of all time.
I HATE THEM! GO BACK TO INDIA.
Worst build quality ever.... lol

But as a heap of a work ute, it would do the job lol

[VL Berlina 5speed]

Haha. Don't see many of these around.

How'd it go with the load of sand? Bet it was sluggish as hell lol.

yer it was alright, ended up moving about 8 tonnes of the fill in a hour and half yesterday
each load was over the 1.2 ton mark going by what the lanscape place said

Sorry but i have to say that TATA is prob the worst car manufacturer of all time.
I HATE THEM! GO BACK TO INDIA.
Worst build quality ever.... lol

But as a heap of a work ute, it would do the job lol

lol
only reason we have it was because we were offered it off my dads mate for $2800
only has 90,000km on the clock, never pulled much or done hard work just small crap before

[bpottz]

funny thing about this is is that it looks like a really mint condition 80's ute.

but its 98. its the same year as my bloody vt. im having a really hard time believing they came out of the same decade let alone year.

[Morton]

Love the maccas hornpad. That finishes it off nicely ^_^

[Jo3_Blo]

Haha, I didn't even notice that!!

[VL Berlina 5speed]

funny thing about this is is that it looks like a really mint condition 80's ute.

but its 98. its the same year as my bloody vt. im having a really hard time believing they came out of the same decade let alone year.

haha its such a 80s styled car,
think india is a little slow in the design industry

Love the maccas hornpad. That finishes it off nicely ^_^

lol
cant believe you picked that up,



little update
pionner cd/mp3 player
pionner 6" 2 way speakers in dash
seat cover and head rest covers

[VL Berlina 5speed]

found some intresting spec on the tata

Engine code EUQ

Engine location Front

Engine orientation Longitudinal

Engine description Four cylinders, in-line, OHV, two valves per cylinder
Capacity (cm3) 1948

Fuel system type T/Dies

Maximum power 67kW @ 4300rpm

Maximum torque 191Nm @ 2500rpm

Cylinders 4

Valve train OHV

Valves per cylinder 2

Compression ratio 21.0:1

Fuel type Diesel

[VL Berlina 5speed]

Well the Tata is gone, traded it in for a new ute
the head was gone and the turbo was starting to die so it had to go

the new ute
VY dumped on 18s
The New daily ute....... dumped on rims