a stock 2.2 is pretty good without any mods. You may also want to consider waiting for the warranty to run out before modding the engine as most certainly Land Rover will use those mods as an excuse to avoid any warranty issues in the drive train.
As it happens I just did a full mod kit on my Td5. the problem I had was that since buying a second defender with the 2.2, the old Td5 felt like a slug. But the remap and exhaust mods have made it actually faster than the 2.2! I have a steep hill near where I live that I compare vehicles on - flat out before the mods - the Td5 struggled to make 60ks' up it. The 2.2 manages about 80ks. The new td5 topped 90 before I let off.
The only disadvantage is that noise is loud enough to scare small children and the elderly.... (But makes me smile in a way I've not smiled since my old Range rover with headers and a 3" system.)


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