Thread: Engine size

Early 2012 ish

To meet Euro IV or was it V one or the other.

The current emission standard is Euro V.

There is also a requirement for manufacturers to get an average emission level across the whole fleet. If you make a few Range Rover V8s then you have to make a few smaller engines to keep your average down.

so the defender has been dropped down to a 2.2 litre engine

AFAIK, It wasnt for emission it was to do with a tax break in engine sizes....
(same reason the Tdi is a wierdo engine size like 2.499999999999L)
the puma runs the same engine as the transit when the engine wasnt available for the transit it was no longer available for the Ford.

naaa, CEO bonuses have been offered to kill of the Defender in a socially acceptable way. Isn't there a 1.5 scheduled if the dam 2.2 keeps selling.

I cant proove it (no-ones stupid enough to let me have access to that much prototyping capabilty.

With todays metalurgy and technology I reckon that you could make all the power you need for a deefer from about 1.8L

What I'd like to have a go at is doing diesel electric, you can run a much smaller engine in that configuration.

Go for steam... using a Doble style flash boiler and closed cycle... would almost be viable. Certainly quieter !

If they can build a STEAM -powered plane, a LR should'nt be too hard.

steam? are you serious? you know steam is just water under lots of pressure right?

60+ years in the business and they cant keep water under control at atmospheric pressure and you expect them to do it at 100+psi?