will_warne Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Now come on Steve, play fair - you're not allowed to mock the afflicted - Dave's got a beard and Will...... well, err... he's just Will !! Hahaha my spelling strikes again! I blame spending too much time around the Reads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66gaza Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Sorry to dig up an oldish post I'm new here. Has anyone running a 2.8TGV used a gearbox other than a Landrover one? As the Landrover boxes don't seem to be upto the job. I looked into this engine for my camper and would definitely have used a different box with it. Advance Adapter in the US make an adapter for it to bolt up any box that was bolted up to a Chevy engine so boxes such as TH400 or the 4L80E or even the manual NV4500. Marks adapters in OZ makes adapters to mate the autos to a LT230 and a NV4500 can be fit if a TH400 adapter is modified. Or you could just stick a yank tcase on that was fit originally. Sorry to bring this up if similar threads have been posted before I joined. Gaza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 I can't see the point of fitting a 2.8TGV to a non-LR box when you could buy an LS1 and bolt it to a non-lr box, have much more power and similar MPG. If you're swapping transmissions then there are so many better, cheaper, and easier to look after engines out there - the world is your lobster The only reason to buy a TGV as far as I can see is that you want more power, diesel, and to keep LR transmission however unwise that may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Or you could make a 2.8 Tdi from a 2.5 (not that I've done it ... yet) http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=16924 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q-rover Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 I remember an article about someone making a 2.8L Td5. i also remember that it ate the drivetrain for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as the occaisonal snack. I think he made halfshafts out of some exotic metal that cost £1500 and another £1500 to machine, but they didn't break anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 I remember an article about someone making a 2.8L Td5.i also remember that it ate the drivetrain for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as the occaisonal snack. I think he made halfshafts out of some exotic metal that cost £1500 and another £1500 to machine, but they didn't break anymore. That'll be Lara, he usually resides on the devon4x4 site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Turner Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 I can't see the point of fitting a 2.8TGV to a non-LR box when you could buy an LS1 and bolt it to a non-lr box, have much more power and similar MPG. If you're swapping transmissions then there are so many better, cheaper, and easier to look after engines out there - the world is your lobster The only reason to buy a TGV as far as I can see is that you want more power, diesel, and to keep LR transmission however unwise that may be. Have to agree, if your building a one off then LS1 more power out of the box, for not a lot of dollar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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