TD5 EGR Blanking Kit Alloy vs Steel?

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Originally Posted by Lyonbyrd

Some sell cast alloy, some sell stainless steel or mild steel.

Which should I go for & why?

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I'd go for the alloy, it's likely to be the lightest and will hold up for the inlet side.

For the exhaust manifold definitely want a steel blanking plate for the heat.

As mentioned above I also went with the Allards unit due to the included threaded fixing for the turbo boost pressure gauge.

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Originally Posted by OffTrack

These kind of comments always remind me of the infamous Hannah Glasse recipe which began:


I'm guessing that you have a drill press, hole saws, and a welder out in the workshop?

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I did the drilling at work and welded it up at home. 6mm plate and 2 1/4" exhaust pipe. Easy and only cost me the electricity to weld it up.
Regards
Robbo

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Originally Posted by OffTrack

You should buy what suits your budget and your sense of aesthetics.

I ended up going for the Allard kit simply because it has a spigot for a boost gauge and I like the historic associations of the brand. It also looks pretty damn good bolted up to the intake manifold ;)

EGRvalve.co.uk - LandRover TD5 EGR Kit

cheers
Paul

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The boost gauge spigot on these, what difference does that make (most kits don't have this), does that stop you having to plug the hole in your air filter box?

Nothing to do with the air box. The threaded spigot is used to attach a sender unit for an aftermarket boost gauge.

You can get similar information from the ECU using a Nanocom, but it's useful if you want a dedicated display or are planning on using something like the Innovate Motorsports or PLX Devices logging gauges to help tweak fuel mapping.

http://www.innovatemotorsports.com/products/MTXD.php

http://www.plxdevices.com/product_info.php?id=SEMOSMVB