tacr2man Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Has anyone fitted a M57 3L turbo diesel into a defender ? The power and torque characteristics of a 330D (2003) engine would seem to make it a good choice , better than the P38 diesel BMW ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B reg 90 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Hi, I am very slowly doing this. Engine is in, coupled to gearbox and engine mounts were made, but now had a change of plans and re doing them. However got side tracked on to fitting the portal axles and hydro steering. Can post up pictures/info if you want? The engine will eat R380 gear boxes by all acounts. I have fitted a Rakeway modified tremec TKO 500 instead. Engine fits very nicely into a 90 engine bay. Adrian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted October 29, 2011 Author Share Posted October 29, 2011 thanks pics would be good. thinking of putting on front of lt85 (solidcase) in a 110 to replace the V8 3.9 !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Well Adrian, what we really want is a build thread of your and Pauls car in the members vehicle section. You cant just mention it to us all like this and than leave us guessing what it is going to look like. Daan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discomikey Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Well Adrian, what we really want is a build thread of your and Pauls car in the members vehicle section. You cant just mention it to us all like this and than leave us guessing what it is going to look like. Daan correct, build threads please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B reg 90 Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 mmmmmm... takes loads of time that I don't have. Might get my finger out and do a thread in the near future though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 We are happy with the ocasional sentence and a piccy. Daan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Yes lots of pictures please! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orgasmic Farmer Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Not surprised it chews up R380 gearboxes. Apparently the 380 bit stands for 380 NM which is the max power the box can take. The early 330d put out 390 NM and the later one 409 NM in standard form so it is little wonder they are going pop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 any pics yet ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi_110 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 ... Love the sound of 6 pots in a row . Have to agree. I had a nissan LD-28 in my 90 before I V8'd it. Lovely smooth free reving thing it was. TD5 is close but that extra pot makes a big difference. Does anyone run LD-28's over in UK? They were a popular conversion for 90's and Series trucks here in NZ due to the used Jap imports flooding in during the late 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyninety Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 just been reading the specs for this..... thats one hell'ov'a engine! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_M57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Adrians pictures now moved to members vehicle forum: http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=72520 Daan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Have to agree. I had a nissan LD-28 in my 90 before I V8'd it. Lovely smooth free reving thing it was. TD5 is close but that extra pot makes a big difference. Does anyone run LD-28's over in UK? They were a popular conversion for 90's and Series trucks here in NZ due to the used Jap imports flooding in during the late 80's. A good friend of mine (well he was a good friend until he violated a Landrover with Jap parts) stuck a Nissan SD33 from a Patrol into his 88" a few years ago. As much as it pains me to say this, that whopping great 6 pot revved very smoothly. Copious amounts of grunt on tap. Shame Landrover never had such an engine back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten88 Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 I agree, have got a SD 33 in my IIB, together with the 5 speed 'box. Wonderful engine! regards maarten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkrentfitter Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 i went over to the darkdide 5 years ago,nissan patrol 4.2 diesel.wow,fantastic,3 weeks later sold it bought another discovery,loved the engine though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94Discovery Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Not to hijack but does anyone know the torque curve for the m57. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 there are several varieties of tune on the M57 good info on wiki "bmw diesel engines" I was trying to find torque bhp graph for a M57TUD30 as thats the oen with a good torque rev range , some are quite narrow HTSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_wingnut Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Does anyone know the Euro rating of the engine? some useful stuff here: http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=36479 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugwash Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 will cost you a huge amount of money to keep one of these in fine fettle. has 6 injectors- at 10 years old they will all need replacing at some point (at least every person i know, including me, who has owned a 330d has had to do this), and this costs at least £190/injector. They should be considered consumable parts- and considering the pressure they run under thats not surprising! the turbo isn't lke an old 300tdi turbo, but a modern turbo under very high performance- mine lasted 80k miles over 160k miles and cost getting on to £700 to replace on each occasion. The engine on top will cost you a pretty penny just to purchase. As to the performance curve- for low speed work it might struggle- it wasn't very powerful low down, bt really came on boost strongly. Would work really well offroad attached to an auto, but you could struggle with a manual. Would be a great enginefor comp safari though as its small and reasonably light for so much power. They can of course be tuned to 260bhp odd. On the flip side it might be better value installing a TD5, with a variable boost turbo, a big intercooler and propane injection and you'll probably get similar power! I do know that the 4.2tdi as found in the landcruiser and nissan stuff can produce 320bhp with mahoosive intercooolers and a "bit" of a pump tweak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete3000 Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 will cost you a huge amount of money to keep one of these in fine fettle. has 6 injectors- at 10 years old they will all need replacing at some point (at least every person i know, including me, who has owned a 330d has had to do this), and this costs at least £190/injector. Bargain! the audi vw injectors are £500 a pop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtydiesel Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Bargain! the audi vw injectors are £500 a pop. Not any more vag dropped the price of 2.0 tdi pd injectors to £120 last month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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