td6 in defender

**DasLandRoverMan** · 1st July 2015, 07:21 PM

Reviving an old thread (it came up as a google result whilst I was searching for something else and I had a read) but I suspect this link may well be of interest to the original poster.

M57 into 110 CSW - Modified Vehicle Builds & Special Projects - LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum

It's a fairly full writeup on fitting an M57 into a 110 CSW with a manual box.
All the parts used are off the shelf (as in Original Equipment) items from either BMW or Land Rover vehicles, with only the engine wiring loom being a custom job, and it is available to order from 'RallyRaid UK'.

Very encouraging reading, and I suspect even if you had to ship some parts out to Aus you'd still weigh in a lot less than the ?20k quoted for a TDV6 conversion for what appears to be a much better (and larger capacity) engine.

A bolt in auto option is also possible using the 4HP22 or 24 and bellhousing etc from a diesel auto P38.

**loanrangie** · 1st July 2015, 07:45 PM

I had been following that thread, its a pity that saloon diesel engines were not popular in Aus untill the last 5 years or so.
I think it would only be the X5 as a local source for the M57 engine.

**jimr1** · 1st July 2015, 11:45 PM

One of the UK Land Rover mags , covered an article about putting a 2.7 v6 in a Defender a few years back . One feller was determined to give It a go , he got It in . There were some pictures as well . It was shoe horned in , just not practical in a Defender engine bay , He did a good job , also said It went very well . It was very tight in there !!.. Jim

**Pickles2** · 2nd July 2015, 07:27 AM

Yes, some of those diesels with all of their "ancilliaries/hang ons" are pretty wide aren't they,...which is why it amazes me that the LS3 6.2 V8 seems to be able to fit, as there are a few of them about in the U.K?
Pickles.

**loanrangie** · 2nd July 2015, 10:21 AM

The Sth African BMW 6cyl looks to be the ideal swap but with the M57 diesel instead, they are no wider than a TDI.

**DasLandRoverMan** · 2nd July 2015, 04:29 PM

The M57 detailed is fantastically neat.
Even little detail like the air filter housing being an integral part of the engine as opposed to attatched via a hose.

Getting a decent air filter under the bonnet of a Defender with a larger engine and making it look decent is challenging at best.

I also like that you could add the plastic tip cover from a Td6 L322 to make it look even more like it grew there.
Done right I reckon (even if you had to source everything from the UK and ship it out there) you could be running an M57 for less than ?5k Stirling.
I believe doable for less than ?2.5k here depending on the options you go for.

**PAT303** · 2nd July 2015, 04:46 PM

The air filter lies along the side of the engine,it looks like a second inlet manifold,the ECU box is huge though,it would fill the seat box in a defender,the motor is very easy to work on,very easy to service,very cheap on parts,even injectors are cheap and smooth as silk when running. Pat

**Disco Muppet** · 2nd July 2015, 05:40 PM

Damn that's tempting...

**gavinwibrow** · 3rd July 2015, 11:55 AM

May not help, but there were also posts of the TDV6 being professionally inserted into a D2 - again, not cheap.

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