Thread: Defender V's Hilux

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

only because Im playing to a different set of ground rules. Ive only got to hit, reliability, ease of maintenance and EURO 4 emission standards and not cost, weight, best fuel consumption, security integration, compatability with a range of vehicles, ease of production line assembly, maximum profit return, overall design compactness, most effecient heat removal, quietness accessory integtation. Put it all on the same playing field and theres not a chance I could do it... but pull half of the crap off of the table and give the engineers the same constraints Id be playing to and you'd have the same result.

EURO 4 compatability is as simple as upping the boost to get more air flowing through and a stomping great DPF. if you cant get the oxides of nitrogen down you add an EGR.

As always Dave, talk is cheap, and theory and reality are often 2 different things. Plus the cost of proving Euro IV compliance would be the same as buying a few spare commonrail diesels.

PUOSU?

You know, that might be a problem, no, wait, whats this, shhhh my research senses are tingling holey emission standards superman someones done it before me DPF, SCR and Adblue retrofits. Crap, now Im going to have to go off and come up with whole other lines of not doable stuff.

Hey, did I tell you about this Idea I had about running a landy on Vege oil, what about the one for an electric landrover?

Individual EURO 4 compliance testings easy, you just get an emissions test done. you get A common rail diesel engine for the cost of an emissions test and Its either stolen, siezed or been set on fire.