Auto Puma

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Originally Posted by VladTepes

Yep - and as much as I love Defenders, adding the cost of one of these to the $60K odd for the Puma ad it all starts to be a bit frightining and into D4 territory.

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My thought exactly , might as well get a D4 In NZ a defender is $72000 , they wanted $85000,, Discovery from memory around $90000 upwards here.

Future cheaper auto conversion : Ford territory tdv6:D
They only come in auto. All you will need is one that has been rear ended, side impacted or major hail damage to get a D3 2.7 tdv6. These have just been released in Oz and will soon be flooding the school pick-up's and shopping centres near you.

which auto?

Hi All,

A friend emailed me this link,

This is my car. I'm bit tied up this morning but I will post some information this afternoon. In Brissy working at the moment so don't have a stack of pictures but can explain what i used. Yes, it is 4wd.

Regards, Tristan

look forward to it Tristan:) with any luck you working in brissy means that you might live in Sydney which also means you could (if you wanted to) put it down the quarter mile against CAL415 who also has an LS2 but in a county his looks at similar stages to yours that way we can see the auto against the manual...wooop wooop :D

its running an 80 series transfer case. He is a member on here. Hope he does a write up.
The other day in Melb i saw a new AMG G wagen ($217K) with a 5.4lt V8. I think i would rather the chev PUMA and keep the change.....

Where to start? I have had a few guys message me about the conversion since I listed the TDCi, a guy putting an LS3 in a Discovery, another LS2 in a Defender and even Grover (Hi) Great to see!!!

So, it did start with an LS2, I swapped it for the 6.2 shortly after the first couple kay’s mainly for power, LS2 has little heads and the LS3 lists a few other worthy upgrades. I used the 4L65, 4L80 to heavy.

I fitted a constant 80 series t-case mainly for strength, Marks kit to stuck the two together. There is no low range lever, it is pneumatic with redundancy.

PWR radiator
PWR trans cooler
GMPP e67 EMS
CompuShift trans controller
Paddle shift via SV6 steering wheel
Commodore ancillary kit
Auto meter gauges (Factor dash is predominantly CAN feed from EMS)

3.8 KAM diff gears
ARB centers
Hi-Tough axles and C.V’s
Hardy Spicer prop shafts

OME suspension (standard height)

The car is a very smooth drive now, power can prove a challenge in the wrong situations, but that’s all part of the fun. It performs off road five fold over the diesel thanks to the extra torque and auto.

Over the year I had time to rebuild the car, I know it seems silly to rebuild a new car but this thing was poorly screwed together. Had rerouted and secured a lot of wiring. If I found a screw, bolt or nut that wasn’t stripped it is because it wasn’t tightened in the first place.

I will post a few pic’s tomorrow and happy to offer what limited help I can to anyone looking at something similar.

Regards, Tristan.

Hello Tristan,
Look forward to more pics, we have spoken on youtube PM's before after i found your video a while back.
Interested to know how you set up the shifters i am at that stage with mine now. Also interested to know how you fit a commodore steering wheel??


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRe81ALrI98&feature=channel_video_title]YouTube - ‪2009 Land Rover Defender LS2 V8 Conversion.‬‏[/ame]

Also looking at your engine bay pic, thats one neat job! mine will never look that neat but i am not really building it to look pretty. A few questions tho, did you retain the stock alternator position? are you running A/C? and did you modify the chassis at all?

Hi,

I would love to see some pictures cal415, I might be able to offer some help so i'll pm you my contact details.

I used the std commodore ancillary kit for reliability and access to repair parts, belts and idlers. The alternator is mounted low in the bay which generally makes people ask about water! WD40 and a water bra, I avoid water when I can anyway (door seals)

A/C, std commodore pump (VZ - VE) and brackets, you will need to spring for a Disco sbox to get the clearance though.

If you are in Albury one day pop in for a drive, better yet hurry up and finish yours. The club is running a snow trip in July which i could get you on, nothing like a 6.0l in sand and snow :D

Tristan