Thread: How much are overdrives for Defender?

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Can't you swap the Defender lt230 for a Discovery lt230 and get better x on the highway?

Cheers
Simon

Yep, I'll even donate a 1.22:1 and a few hundred bucks for the 1.4:1 case

No refund but

What about diesel gas.A mate of mine has it on his Tdi and on diesel gets 700k's from 70 ltrs but on gas gets 900k's from 70 ltrs of diesel and 16 ltrs of gas.So for about $11 in gas gets an extra 200k's.He doesn't have any extra's on his wagon and drives easy so he saves alot in weight and steady driving. Pat

Im pretty sure TD5 + Gas injection = Nissan 3lTd grenade.

Ask Fred, not sure what his handle is(which would probably help!), he's just put an overdrive in his Td5 'fender and he couldn't be happier! Reckons it's excellent. I believe it was easy to install, and cost around $3000( (I think)
Matt

I know of one 90 Td5 in the hunter valley that has one fitted that is giving good service.I don't have much info on them as I own a Tdi. Pat

Originally Posted by rovercare

False economy

Rover engine's are to small to benefit from a drop in revs at highway speed, they lack the torque and will labour

x2

The problem is the torque band..... if you drop the RPM, you might find that at 90kmh your out of the Torque band and then to get back to 100kmh you have to drop a gear....

Its not worth the hassles... and 650km out of a tank is great....

Ive got a Mazda Bravo BT50 Turbo Diesel Work car.... its gutsy and has great power for a 2.5l and the economy...... 500km from 60litres.... so the TD5 is a lot better... and mine does not weigh 2 tonne like a defender

i guess thats why they did the turbo tweak and remap the pump with the fitments of the overdrive to improve the torque range with the over drive and with a final bill of $6,200 with out the cruise control it had wanna be worth every red cent.

Have a look at these!

LAND ROVER OR RANGE ROVER LT95 OVERDRIVE GEAR SET - eBay, Other Car Parts, Accessories, Car Parts, Accessories, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 27-Apr-08 21:27:40 AEST)

not sure if its any good to ya

Dave