Thread: Want more power in your Defender?

Originally Posted by Gaz69

isuzubob Wrote:


Rob, It is the Allison 1000 6 speed that came with the duramax.

rick130 Wote
My tdi300 130 is not the exactly the eastiest of vehicles to service. I do all my own servicing , modifications, maintenance so if it is a bit tight under the bonnet with the Duramax i can live with it! I am remote mounting the oil and fuel filters so it will be easier to maintain than the TDI300. Any vehicle is a compromise and i am prepared to live with it and enjoy the grunt of a V8 and good ecoconomy of a diesel. I have all the diagnostic software for this engine so have no reservations about reliabilty.

Gaz

I thought Pat and I were talking about the 4.5 with the turbo, etc in the vee, or at least I was

rick130 wrote

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Originally Posted by Gaz69
isuzubob Wrote:


Rob, It is the Allison 1000 6 speed that came with the duramax.

rick130 Wote
My tdi300 130 is not the exactly the eastiest of vehicles to service. I do all my own servicing , modifications, maintenance so if it is a bit tight under the bonnet with the Duramax i can live with it! I am remote mounting the oil and fuel filters so it will be easier to maintain than the TDI300. Any vehicle is a compromise and i am prepared to live with it and enjoy the grunt of a V8 and good ecoconomy of a diesel. I have all the diagnostic software for this engine so have no reservations about reliabilty.

Gaz

I thought Pat and I were talking about the 4.5 with the turbo, etc in the vee, or at least I was

My answer is that if you can squeeze in a 6.6ltr duramax under a defender bonnet the new 4.5 ltr duramax is going to be a piece of cake. Might be a while before they are released in the states with the poo that GM is in!

Cheers Gaz

Originally Posted by Gaz69

rick130 wrote My answer is that if you can squeeze in a 6.6ltr duramax under a defender bonnet the new 4.5 ltr duramax is going to be a piece of cake. Might be a while before they are released in the states with the poo that GM is in!

Cheers Gaz

Which is why I posted a pic of it as the packaging is very tight, a lot tighter than the 6.6.

Originally Posted by justinc

That would be me. I have the 6.6 LTR LBZ and Allison 6 speed auto mounted in my 130 but have yet to sort out my spud shaft yet. Shifting from VIC to S.A in the last few weeks has slowed progress.

Hi Gaz,
this is a dream combination for me. That auto is a beautiful thing...Can't wait for the pics, and yes, I was also told ' Don't be an idiot, it'll never fit' when I asked a few diesel conversion places for info about the engine and trans etc so I could go about fitting one to the RR. Shortsighted and downright rude some of them were, I can tell you

Keep up the good work!

JC[/quote]


I had the same response here Justin with a certain Diesel V8 company in Brunswick WA. TDV8 sounds nice but how much are they?

Duramax in a Patrol

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ITLPfMOLLO8
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=e-S51pmNDq4
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=nW4B-RUF3eQ
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wzOPq34pM

Stock but tuned - dips in curve due to wheel spin

Originally Posted by PAT303

That all sounds good but is everything within reach for servicing when it's fitted or do I grow tripple jointed elbo's to work on it?. Pat

Read in a thread on thread on LR4x4 forum, that to service the turbo on TDV6, the body has to come off and is a 40 hour job.

Originally Posted by Bush65

Originally Posted by PAT303

That all sounds good but is everything within reach for servicing when it's fitted or do I grow tripple jointed elbo's to work on it?. Pat

Read in a thread on thread on LR4x4 forum, that to service the turbo on TDV6, the body has to come off and is a 40 hour job.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-zone/71...erweights.html

Hope this works!!!

Photo showing Dad giving me a hand day before christmas giving the engine 1st run. Took us quite a while to sort the wiring out. Lot of work to go!

Cheers Gaz