Thread: td6 in defender

Originally Posted by rangietragic

Has anyone heard of a td6 from a l322 rangie transplanted into a defender?I think it would be an unreal conversion.Smooth,heaps of power and almost no turbo lag.My chipped td5 disco is a slug compared to the rangie,but it is also a slug compared to my chipped defender.

Agree this would be a great upgrade, but would HAVE to be attached to a 4HP24E instead of that rubbish 5L40 trans in the L322....

Those BMW engines are just unbreakable and easily upgraded to big Nm numbers


JC

I seem to remember that the South Africans at some stage had 6 cyl BMW diesels in their defenders. May have been pre Td5 though...

Cheers

Steve

Originally Posted by Rok_Dr

I seem to remember that the South Africans at some stage had 6 cyl BMW diesels in their defenders. May have been pre Td5 though...

Cheers

Steve

i thought they were petrol engines in SA?


jc

I'm sure I read a magazine that said that a company in europe stuck the 3.2L "ranger" engine in a 110 or was that a 90... lowered it and did some fancy performance stuff with it apparently it went pretty hard....

Originally Posted by justinc

i thought they were petrol engines in SA?


jc

Indeed I think you are right..... 2.8l six was it?

Blame a red addled memory on a Friday night

Cheers

Steve

LRO March Issue 3 has one in a Range Rover Classic.. It's not a huge article, but the story paints it as a hard conversion to do... Chassis rails in way of turbos etc etc. Once in they said that the power was "comparable to a 3.9 EFI but with better economy". It'd be a lot of work but fun!

Originally Posted by debruiser

I'm sure I read a magazine that said that a company in europe stuck the 3.2L "ranger" engine in a 110 or was that a 90... lowered it and did some fancy performance stuff with it apparently it went pretty hard....

Yep, Pete Bell from Bell Auto Services (BAS).

I think the conversion kit is selling for about £20,000. That's everything you need (engine, up grade to gear box)

A lot of coin, but a 3.2l Defender.....giddy up.

Pete Bell put a V8 diesel into a Defender! however I still think the best conversion would be the 3.2 Puma. I base this on the fact I have just driven the Ranger 3.2 auto a good combination. He also gets power and torque valves above the Toyota 4.5. With the 5 cylinder like the TD5 you get overlapping power strokes much better than a 4 . His conversion looks factory! but it comes in at a price.