The Land Rover Appreciation Group.

[RobRainford]

Rob, that looks very neat and tucked away:thumbup1:

 

A few minutes more and it'll be ready to use in anger then:thumbup:

 

Yeah I thought I had it but it wasnt quite properly lined up so when it was bolted its sat a bit higher. Just need half an hour to trim the metal off underneath and it'll be grand then!

[KLMLTD]

YES!

 

At present I'm getting between 18 and 23 mpg from my td5. My V8 averages around 15.

 

I do have a gas kit for the v8 but never even been a requirement tbh. That said, fitted it would way outpay a diesel.

 

Then of course, there is THAT noise, must be worth sacrificing a few dinosours:thumbup:

 

Agree - If money was no object I'd take a V8 any day just to hear it purr!!

 

Although I had to really wind up my 3.5 when towing compared with the 200 Tdi but I'm not convinced my 3.5 was in the best condition!

 

A Tdv6 or Tdv8 in a defender would be interesting....

[RobRainford]

Agree - If money was no object I'd take a V8 any day just to hear it purr!!

 

Although I had to really wind up my 3.5 when towing compared with the 200 Tdi but I'm not convinced my 3.5 was in the best condition!

 

A Tdv6 or Tdv8 in a defender would be interesting....

 

Tdv6 has been done in a disco 1. That sure seemed impressive. Tdv8 would be even more awesome.

[18 stoner]

I was working with a guy about a month ago who had a tdv6 in a 90 van. He bought it new in 2010 and got bored of the motor so had the transplant done by a specialist and chipped it, plus bigger cooler etc and it came out at 340bhp.

 

It did blow two gearboxes in six months though:001_rolleyes:

[penfold]

Bell Auto Services have done a couple of those tdv6 90's; there was an article in lro about it.

[william127]

Nene overland have started putting in the 3litre ranger wildtrak engine in defenders, wouldn't mind one of them!

[HertsWood]

Still like the Saluku from JE Engineering....

 

 

 

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[KLMLTD]

Tdv6 has been done in a disco 1. That sure seemed impressive. Tdv8 would be even more awesome.

 

I love to see a tdv8 in a Defender

 

I've seen the Bell auto services defender with tdv6. Think it was mated to the 6 speed Disco manual gearbox - not sure how the rest of the running gear will fair?!!

 

Think the biggested headache they had with the ECU and getting it to accept it was in a different vehicle without all the Disco electrics:confused1:

[KLMLTD]

I was working with a guy about a month ago who had a tdv6 in a 90 van. He bought it new in 2010 and got bored of the motor so had the transplant done by a specialist and chipped it, plus bigger cooler etc and it came out at 340bhp.

 

It did blow two gearboxes in six months though:001_rolleyes:

 

Bloody hell, bet that pulled well!!!!

 

Not surprised it chewed up a few gearboxes - about 120ish bhp to 340 bhp!!!

 

Don't suppose you got any pics of it?

[mendiplogs]

I was working with a guy about a month ago who had a tdv6 in a 90 van. He bought it new in 2010 and got bored of the motor so had the transplant done by a specialist and chipped it, plus bigger cooler etc and it came out at 340bhp.

 

It did blow two gearboxes in six months though:001_rolleyes:

 

Hi 18 what engine is that mate as you will not 340 hp out of a disco 3 engine mate thanks Jon