Dicor on Steroids. Review on Tata indica V2 Dicor

I am Shirish from Banglore, working for an MNC. I bought a Indica Dicor in April 2008.

I have clocked 6 grands till now. Mine is Scarlett Red in Color. My main criteria

before buying this car was a good value of money hatchback.

Initially I was interested in Swift Diesel and when I heard about its price and

a yawning waiting period of 6 months in banglore I decided I would drop it off. Later

one of my friend who is having Indica Turbo suggested me Indica Turbo which

would have good power and also pretty fuel economy. I went for buying it when I had

the chance of test driving the INdica Dicor. I felt dicor to be more lively and responsive

and the AC was also quite powerful even at the position '1'.

I liked the suspension very much ( with my earlier car being Zen). it would hold the car

even under heavy load. The steering felt light and engine was much smoother than expected.

After thinking for a couple of days I booked it and got it delivered in 3 days. The cost

of the car was 1 lakh and few thousands cheaper than Swift Diesel.

I had fitted DVD Player ( Pioneer) and Samsung LCD screen. In addition I fitted a Alpine

amplifier with a sub woofer 10". Its now like a mobile home theatre.

Initially the car supported a sprited driving. The fuel efficiency was decent 16.8 Kmpl in

crowded Banglore city and went up to 22.8 Kmpl in my occassional inter city driving.

It was this time I came accross the 'Performance Boxes' for Diesel cars. I was not knowing

much technically about these kind of after market Retrofitments.

I went through the review in mouthshut by the fellow member Arvind K . He had mentioned

about the performance box which he fitted for his Dicor . I pinged him and he shared with

me his delightful experience with Dicor. He was a serious automobile enthusiast though being

a software engineer by profession.

I too want to fit a performance box for my dicor and I tried to buy online. In most of the

places I could not find the box lesser than 35000 Rs. Hence I requested Arvind if he could

buy me one. He was kind enough to get one for me through one of his relatives living in US.

I purchased it for 16 K from him.

As rightly said by Mr.Arvind, fitting the tuning box in my car was only a couple of minute

job. And viola , it worked out superb.

The car was much more powerful than I expected it to be. Acceleration was super smooth

and I could feel the urgency in pulling right from 1200 rpm onwards and did not tail off till

4200 rpm. I could not produce the figures as the way it was detailed by Mr.Arvind. If you need

numbers u can refer the following link..

https://mouthshut.com/review/Tata_indica_V2_Dicor-144513-1.html

But power increase is immediately apparent. The way I start up from traffic lights and

the way it cruises at 3 digit speeds in highways with ease leaves a permanent smile with

me.

Recommended gear shift speeds.

1st To 2nd - 15 Kmph

2nd to 3rd - 30 Kmph

3rd to 4th - 50 kmph

4th to 5th - 65 Kmph

the above gear shift speeds works out best fuel economy combined with excellent

power. The power is now

90 bhp and max torque is 17.2 Kgm @ 1700 - 2900 rpm.

The additional torque makes feel 5th gear as 4th. At speeds over 60 Kmph in 5th gear

there is a strong Torque pull and in no time I could reach 130 Kmph before I realise.

After all these the fuel efficiency remains the same as I had experienced earlier. More

power without losing economy. Is it not a very happy thing ?.

I am happy with the performance of a Sedan and economy of a diesel hatch back.