Thread: Questions and more questions TD5 mods, preventative maintenance etc

not steel head's for the engine although that would solve a lot of issues too, trucks have steel piston crown's and alloy skirt's with 2 piece pistons on full floating gudgion pin,

if your going to do an engine swap and want a diesel just go a duramax, but none of the driveline will handle it.

a company in Spain does a much better head then land rover ever made

Originally Posted by Bohica

What are you studying at Uni? I've thought of a 2.7L V6, manual of course. I went to print out a few pages at work, ended up sending all the pages to the printer. I managed to kill the print job 30% finished.

Osteopathy (kinda like a cross between a physio and a Chiro) , 2.5yrs into a 5yr degree. The M57 is a bit of a beast, pre 2004 it's all cast iron but still has ecu (which I'm a fan of) 200kw or so, and more economical than the td5. There's a facey page (Land Rover bmw engine conversions) if you want to have more of a look. seems like they need work arounds for the ABS and a few other things. The engines are cheap too (I think I remember someone saying you can get them for under 2k)

my Disco is auto, I kinda hate it but the missus is learning to drive so it's good for now.

Haha, I have a printer at home. Prefer keeping on computer, takes a bit of getting used to but easier to key word search etc. put it on a tablet with a protective case and you're good to go. can even have on your phone as well

Originally Posted by lyonsy

not steel head's for the engine although that would solve a lot of issues too, trucks have steel piston crown's and alloy skirt's with 2 piece pistons on full floating gudgion pin,

if your going to do an engine swap and want a diesel just go a duramax, but none of the driveline will handle it.

a company in Spain does a much better head then land rover ever made

Yeah, my uneducated thoughts were that the two different thermo rates of the metals would wear the head/block seal faster, steel can handle being hot, ally not so much.

forgive my ignorance, you got a bit jargony for my level of engine education. I had to do some research. so the floating pin gives longevity to the bore, is that correct? why the are the two piece pistons better?

That V8 Duramax looks a beast!!

I want a Aussie stage 1 5 door eventually. the 4bd1T is awesome, I'm a sucker for a tractor engine

Oh and if you remember the name of Spanish company let me know, just in case the 10P lives up to it's reputation

Originally Posted by jezzarezza

Oh and if you remember the name of Spanish company let me know, just in case the 10P lives up to it's reputation

AMC

Originally Posted by AK83

AMC

Supplied by Turner Engineering UK
Nick

Locally, you can get them from SMS Diesel too.
On the face of it, a bit pricier than Turner, but once you take postage and GST costs into account, I doubt you'll see much difference in price.

Floating pin just lets stuff move about more naturally and instead of just relying on the little end to do the twisting the piston also allows it,
the 2 piece design allows more durable parts on the flame front with lighter parts for the skirt,
alloy heads are better for performance as they transfer heat better.

if your unsure with the head gasket and can con ya old man into it, just pull the head and redo it before it blows and you shouldent have any drama afterwards doing it ya self should be around $500-700 rather then the 3-4k for the head and if your doing a new head may as well do the injectors for anther 1-2k etc.