OT - so who on here likes Land Rovers - or has Friends who work on them ;)
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Just curious....

I'm reviewing options for a potential Tdi engine swap on a 1984 110 I've just purchased,,,,

If you don't know what a 110 is, don't bother answering LOL!

have you considered putting a tranny engine in it dave?

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

I like my disco if that counts.

I was wondering the other day how a toureg TDI lump would go in a defender...

ive seen a jag v12 in one

I agree if you want diesel. Good old Transit 2.5 DI lump. Bomb proof reliability.
Even if a cam belt goes..it generally only knackers the rockers.

Edited by Jason G on 28th Jan, 2008.

a 110 means it is 110 inchs long mate

ive had a disco 7 seater and modded it into a 2 seater pick-up

also go for a tdi 200 engine, there more powerful then the transit engine and alot quicker.

mikey

Edited by M111KYP on 28th Jan, 2008.

it means the wheelbase is 110 inches

No tranny engine thanks!

This would be a nice, simple 2.3diesel to 2.5Tdi conversion using a discovery 200 Tdi engine...

sorry ment wheelbase

Who asked about the wheelbase LOL? I just meant that the Carl Austins and Vegards need not provide input, unless it's REALLY funny....

Nah, there's absolutely nothing funny about a Land Rover Defender Dave. That's just masochism!

Hi,
I only mess with V8s but I've heard it's fairly straight forward with a complete engine and box :)
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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Might be worth speaking to Doggie Dave on Manchester Minis, he works on Landies quite a bit

my boss would know alot about this. he's swaped a 110 to a td5 lump i believe and he knows a few things about them too.

one put him in hospital for 5 days after it ran him over! silly boy!!

will let you know what i find out tomorrow.

is the juice price getting bad there dave ? .....

you need to use the defender manifolds when fitting a 200tdi disco engine into a defender as the disco ones hit the inner wing, thats why they there is a big differnence in price, or you can chop out the offending parts of the wing and fab up a new down pipe and stick with the disco bits. not 100% weather that applies to the 300tdi's as well

oh and 5 mins with the diesel pump will transform any of the tdi's to acceptable without loosing too much if any mpg....

a 2.8 300 tdi derivated from mexic, you need the 300 tdi gearbox, and solder the new engine mounts, then 174 hp with a the big vnt turbo it have something like 470 nm at 1800 rpm...
we've put one in a 90 def ender with my wife stepfather, he enjoy everyday is "new" def.
I join Veg with the masochism, I does prefer by thousands my Range...

hmmm, seems I know more than i thought...

A 200TDi should be at least equivalent, or mostly 'peppier' than a 300tdi for sure.
The discovery originated conversion is easilly done using either of the two available downpipes.

I'm interested if anyone knows a friend who would be interested in a bit of coin for doing an engine swap

Cheers,
Dave

How come? the 300TDI runs more boost..

Perhaps mine needs fettling.

Discovery 200 and discovery 300tdi engines both made 111hp and 195lb ft apparently. The defender 200tdi made 107hp and 188lb ft...

Perhaps yours does need a tweak?

didn't know somebody had started selling the downpipes its been a while since i had some enthusiasm for landrovers, fixing it everyother week tends to make it a chore!
alex the engines both 300 and 200 vary alot in power and drivability as the assembly of the pump seems a bit slap dash, the 300s do spool earlier than the 200s as they run a different turbo so tend to drive better as standard. for reference in my 200 disco i don't rev over 3000rpm and often tow over 2 tonnes and upto 7 tonnes in low box, i run more boost and have adjusted the pump to suit yet still get 30mpg on a run...

Edited by tommyb on 29th Jan, 2008.

Alex its a piece of piss to tweak it up, literally 10mins with a screwdriver and spanner, I've done a few for mates now and it makes them a lot better.

don't you like the idea of the 2.8l ?

tom - pm me how please :)