hicapster Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I put a york 6 diesel in a rangerover some years ago and wished i had,nt not the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I put a york 6 diesel in a rangerover some years ago and wished i had,nt not the best I had the same in mine. Once I sorted the starting it was quite a good lump following a complete rebuild. I liked it. Timing belt was the weak point for me though. I think I remember seeing your Range Rover, also dunroving's V12 Jag engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I was looking at a spaceframe racer today with an Audi 1.8T 4-cyl in it? Not strictly a conversion but there was a Ninety in Bath about five years ago with a 2.8 BMW straight-6 which sounded gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 LR used to factory fit 2.8 BMW petrols to South African 90's, Rogers of Bedford used to import them to the UK, a very rare beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cieranc Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Beat me to it again Was just gonna say LR offered the BMW lump for export markets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milliejasper1111 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I put a york 6 diesel in a rangerover some years ago and wished i had,nt not the best HA HA !!! I had one of them in my old RRC What a total nightmare to start on cold days, 1 small pre heater in the inlet manifold trying to start 6 cyl Ran it for about 6 months, and then the water pump went and cooked it beyond repair! it Just turned a nice Rangie in to tractor! so popped a V8 back in, Happy days Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I said it wasn't strictly a conversion, although this one was because it had been a diesel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briarston Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I put a york 6 diesel in a rangerover some years ago and wished i had,nt not the best Snap! I did this back in the mid 1980's when the only other easily obtained engines were Perkins 4/203 & 4/236 which would pull anything, but were low revving. I found the Ford to be satisfactory for power/speed, but a heavy lump which required heavy duty rear springs on the front to make the RR. sit level. Had a distinct tendency to want to go straight on, in snow/ice/mud due to the front end weight. I put the V8 back in after a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briarston Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 HA HA !!! I had one of them in my old RRC What a total nightmare to start on cold days, 1 small pre heater in the inlet manifold trying to start 6 cyl Ran it for about 6 months, and then the water pump went and cooked it beyond repair! it Just turned a nice Rangie in to tractor! so popped a V8 back in, Happy days Ian Had a bad name for cold starting, certainly. A man in the transport business pointed me towards the cold start system he had on his Seddon Atkinsons. A piped in cannister of an easy start type gas, with a measuring chamber (various sizes to suit engine capacity)Pull the knob to charge the chamber,push knob in while cranking engine. Started first time everytime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dengie Boy Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 engine transplants are old hat ............. electric range rovers are they way fowards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milliejasper1111 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Yes mine had an easy start addiction! Used cans of the stuff To bee honest though they had a bad reputation at the time, but once the thing was running it was a joy to drive, and i would have kept it if it had "give up" worst one was i went to Cherbourg with it on an over night ferry, started it up when we were docking and filled the car deck with white smoke,and i mean filled it to the point you could not see the 3 rows of cars behind needless to say i left rather rappidly (well tried) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Jon White, took a perfectly good V8 out of his series, then shoved a 200TDi DDF in there Plain weird, Just weird,..... more than 'unusual' Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 There was a thread about ideas for engine conversions a while back (started by yours truly), here. There have been some weird ones over the years, I liked Marco Cosic's 2.0 twink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars L Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Over here, it's not that uncommon to put a 4 litre Volvo truck engine in RRCs. First few pics in this thread give you an idea of how it looks: http://slrk.phpbb2.se/board/range-rover-td40-76-projektet-t1060.html Then, if you can read the rest... I also have a buddy who has put the complete driveline from a Nissan Patrol complete with 6-cyl diesel into a SIII 88"... Sounds like a city bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I also have a buddy who has put the complete driveline from a Nissan Patrol complete with 6-cyl diesel into a SIII 88"... Sounds like a city bus. I know a chap who did exactly this (SD33 engine). He also used the Patrol axles. 6 pot engines are just so smooth running. This thing just pulled and pulled, superb for towing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 LR used to factory fit 2.8 BMW petrols to South African 90's, Rogers of Bedford used to import them to the UK, a very rare beast. Beat me to it again Was just gonna say LR offered the BMW lump for export markets The BMW engined Defender was developed in South Africa and the prototypes were to NAS as there was a plan to sell them in USA too. However, they were only fitted to South African assembled Defenders, built at the LR Factory in Rosslyn. They were exported to neighbouring countries, but nowhere outside Southern Africa, except for unofficial channels as mentionned above. It replaced the V8 from about 1997 and was discontinued when the TD5 was introduced in 1999. No more petrol engined Defenders were made after that. The BMW engine was fitted in all variants of the Defender, except for the 130 and 110 hicap. Even the 110 hardtop and pickup were supplied with it as an option to the 300TDi. A 110 CSW 2.8i is a good long distance tourer and doesn't have too much disadvantage off road, despite the lack of low end torque. Thirsty though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Over here, it's not that uncommon to put a 4 litre Volvo truck engine in RRCs. Volvo truck bits? On a Land Rover? It'll never work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I put a leyland 4/98 diesel out of a terrier in a 109 , and chrysler hemi in a FC 110 2b, 2L O series in a 86, V8 in series 2 , but after buying my first factory V8 could not be bothered with all the hassle, but with the way petrol is going up am thinking of doing it again . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Have seen the following engines all in the same 90. Ford 3litre V6, Jag 4.2 straight six, Went well but had dreadful oil surge on the hills, and heavy!! Ford Windsor 302, nice transplant, Chevy 350 small block, Best but was a bit heavy, Mopar 440, Too heavy and a tight fit! Then 440 with blower fitted! Went well but was much too heavy! Rover V8 4.2, Probably the best compromise. Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Bar Cowboy Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Have seen the following engines all in the same 90. Ford Windsor 302, nice transplant, Lara Always a good strong reliable engine that can be easily tuned ........... I would have thought that with alloy heads and a possible 350ish ponies the power to weight and durability would have beaten the Rover lump into submission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mijim99 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 whilst having a raid round net i came across this i then found it on ebay too it sounds like fun The link what ya think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Many years back I saw a IIA 109 with a Bedford 330 diesel in , I put a 351 olds V8 diesel in a shortened RRC about 20yrs ago which was ok . My personal favourite old skool was the 4236... A friend had a 60's Dodge 4x4 double cab with a 330 bedford diesel in and that was great , the engine looked tiny in the huge underbonnet area... cheers Steveb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petethepilot Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Have been thinking about this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VesPz_MgWUc Once and for all enough power, torque and tuning capability! Well, heavy, thursty and big! But still the sound... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbon Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 whilst having a raid round net i came across this i then found it on ebay too it sounds like fun The link what ya think I drove one of those 6.2 GMC V8 diesels in a tomcat several years ago, it sounded like an aston..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 A friend of mine put a BMC FG into a Series. I had a Perkins 4203 in a SIIa and a 4236 in a RRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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