plasticbadger Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I wasn't quite sure where to put this, so mods please feel free to move. Basically I'm looking at buying a boat which is fitted with a Perkins Prima M50 engine. This is the marine N/A version of the Montego engine that was a popular swap into Series Land Rovers before TDIs became more accessible. It's a little under powered for my use and rather than track down a turboed car unit of the Prima I thought why not just chuck a 200/300TDI in there?! So then, my question is, how similar are the gearbox mountings on the two engines? The boat is shaft drive, so has a small 1:1 gearbox behind the engine, is the block bolt spacing the same between Prima and TDI, flywheel attachment, starter motor? How likely is it that I can swap the gearbox from one to the other? Don't worry about mounting the motor, cooling, belts etc. I can sort all that if the gearbox fits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L19MUD Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I can't help directly with this but can you find any pictures online of the conversion plates to fit the 200tdi and Prima? Sounds like a fun project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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