L400 Options?

[Green1]

it would also seem odd that something like that would be an option on the lower end vehicles, but not the royals? I'm pretty sure if you could get a limited slip on the low end delicas you could get it on the high end ones too.

[loki]

it would also seem odd that something like that would be an option on the lower end vehicles, but not the royals? I'm pretty sure if you could get a limited slip on the low end delicas you could get it on the high end ones too.

it's probably not an option on the royals, it's probably standard, that may have been missed by the person that setup the info that was then used by the 3 catalogue sites mentioned earlier. Just because something is on multiple websites means nothing site "borrow" info from each other or from the same faulty source all the time.

[jessef]

LSD should be standard on all royal exceeds and optional on super exceeds and Jasper editions.

I don't believe they were an option on lowroof/exceed 1 & 2's.

After driving both in the city and whistler winter conditions, I feel the same way about it as on the L300's.

The LSD on the L300's and SWB L400's can be sketchy on rain/snow/ice slick surfaces because the rear end tends to kick out sideways when throttle is applied coupled with a slide compared to a rear open diff. This is a common consensus with most 4x4 vehicles.

Front/rear open diff is best in slick conditions while LSD is better suited for offroad situations where the added grip in the rear is useful.

More so in the L400's since it has AWD.

AWD functions best with front/rear open diffs on slick surfaces.

The best of both worlds comes in quite a few different vehicles where both the front and rear diff are open with an added locking 3rd member in the rear and/or front. This gives the driver the best AWD and 4wd surefootedness on slick surfaces with the option the lock the diff(s) for offroad traction.

The Pajero's (2nd generation) for example come with the same drivetrain superselect tcase as the L400's however with an optional rear differential locker. Why mitsubishi didn't incorporate this option on the L400's is beyond me as it would make it an even more versatile machine than it already is. Not many manufacturer's offer a vehicle with selectable full-time 4wd (AWD) and part-time 4wd (4x4).

[loki]

The Pajero's (2nd generation) for example come with the same drivetrain superselect tcase as the L400's however with an optional rear differential locker. Why mitsubishi didn't incorporate this option on the L400's is beyond me as it would make it an even more versatile machine than it already is. Not many manufacturer's offer a vehicle with selectable full-time 4wd (AWD) and part-time 4wd (4x4).

Maybe it was to avoid taking too many sale away from the Paj?

I would love to get a locker or lockers someday :)

[-albertaboy-]

did any L400's come with a standard transmission??

[Terence Yuen]

it's probably not an option on the royals, it's probably standard, that may have been missed by the person that setup the info that was then used by the 3 catalogue sites mentioned earlier. Just because something is on multiple websites means nothing site "borrow" info from each other or from the same faulty source all the time.

I doubt that these three catalogues borrow data from the same faulty source. If you read through the three car catalogues, you will end up with three different interpretations of what constitutes a model update, inconsistancy with the inclusion of limited edition models, and with some particular models, different set of options.

But keep up your critical analysis, as it is threads like this, if I do involve myself in, that prompt me to look up the information. So I did, but keeping the scope to the first couple years of Delica Space Gear production:

catalog.carsensorlab.net

• The Royal Exceed did not have the LSD option. The Venus limited edition model did not have the LSD option, and there was no mention of the Venus on the other websites.

english.auto.vl.ru

• All PF8W and the PB5W Royal Exceed PB5W do not have the LSD option

goo-net.com

• 1994/May-1995/Oct: The Royal Exceed models did not have the LSD option
  1995/Oct-1996/June: Royal Exceed and PA4W Exceed-I aero roof models did not have the LSD option.

It turns out that I was wrong about all three catalogues saying that the PF8W models did not have the LSD option. But it is definitely not standard equipment. Baddad76 from delicaclub.com owns (or owned) a 1995 Royal Exceed and that one did not have LSD. And he ought to know, as he used to operate a Delica parts shop.

did any L400's come with a standard transmission??

If you mean the 5spd manual transmission, then yes.

[Terence Yuen]

Mr. Flibble, I've found some web pages for you. They are from the Mitsubishi Motors website and archived by the Wayback Machine.

• http://sirius.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/m ... /index.htm
  http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/docs ... 995RV.html

These websites vary depending upon the timeframe in which you are looking at:

• http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/CHAMONIX/
  http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/SPACEGEAR/
  http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/STARWAGON/
  http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/99SP ... index.html
  http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/99SP ... index.html

Use a translator such as http://world.altavista.com/ and http://translate.google.com.au/ to translate the pages. If you are viewing the pages in its original format, set your browser's encoding to Japanese. Many links do not work, because these pages were not originally written to be archive friendly. To view a link or an image, you may have to work out what the URL was supposed to be and then search for it in the Wayback Machine.

[Mr. Flibble]

Terence! Some awesome links there!

I also found some great info on the UK forum contacting much about the different models of L400s here:

http://www.mdocuk.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9629

Hopefully this thread here on delica.ca helps someone as noobish as me! :)