Thread: Land Rover vs Ford Transit

I wonder if the defender got a smaller turbo to work with the anti stall.

Other than that. It appears LR don't want more than 90kw in the defender platform.

Originally Posted by Dougal

I wonder if the defender got a smaller turbo to work with the anti stall.

Other than that. It appears LR don't want more than 90kw in the defender platform.

The question must be, does it really need any more? Bob

Originally Posted by bob10

The question must be, does it really need any more? Bob

Too much is never enough.

Originally Posted by bob10

The question must be, does it really need any more? Bob

Sure does.. Apart from massive V8's for racing etc, how many converted Patrols or Cruisers do we see....? Very few.. How many Land Rovers have had engine conversions? Quite a few! All of mine bar 1 have had larger diesels fitted. 3 to 4 litres in 90's and 110's, 4+ in 130's, and 5+ in 101's!!!! Pushing 5.9 litres and 500+ nm of torque thru an LT230 in my 101!

Originally Posted by Sitec

Sure does.. Apart from massive V8's for racing etc, how many converted Patrols or Cruisers do we see....? Very few.. How many Land Rovers have had engine conversions? Quite a few! All of mine bar 1 have had larger diesels fitted. 3 to 4 litres in 90's and 110's, 4+ in 130's, and 5+ in 101's!!!! Pushing 5.9 litres and 500+ nm of torque thru an LT230 in my 101!

Have to ask, why? to keep up with your Toyota & Nissan mates? Don't mean to upset you, but is this just an ego thing? I don't see the reason for it. People have been travelling this country for many years, in series 2 & 3 Rovers, quite happily. When we were living in the bush, back in the day Dad had a Morris ute, took us every where. Once again not meaning to upset, but I know better things to spend my money on. But, good luck to you, if that is your thing. Bob

Are the figures quoted from the manufacture or independent dyno tests?
Are the engines in the same configuration when tested?
Under what standard are they tested?

Where is the out put measured?
Is the out put measured at the crank or the wheels?

I think that numbers would sell, but also the defender and transit have a different demographic. The Transit was originally designed to load sheets of 8' x 4', tools and get along the roads at 70mph with sports car handling.

The defer was designed to go up 1:3 hills, of wet grass with sheep in the back at night. Two very different design profiles.

The tradie knows that the Transit has a good reputation and if the new model comes out but is less power (Kw / Nm) than two years ago, well, he is not going to be too thrilled about that.

The farmer, Land Rover tragic, knows that they have never had the best reputation for getting along the highway and so dismisses the change of engine asn not much, but carrys on on and moans that there are too many electrics to go to teh bush and cant hose the interior out.

There is probably through life costs as well. Defers probably stay on the road longer where as transits get turned in sooner and because they are a tradies vehicle, the purchases of 2nd and 3rd hand are expecting them to have been thrashed a bit and so not expecting the engine to be as powerful as it was.

My money would be where the measurements are taken, crank shaft or at the wheels.

The R380 box was called so as it was designed to play with 380nm.Altough another gear was added,was the ford powered Deefer up to any more????
Dropping the sailsbury diff for a rover type diff would have one wondering about the driveline strength.
Andrew

And here I was thinking the Transit was to do bank getaways, and the Defender for us James Bond types to drive to the Casino.