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And of course once they'd mucked around with 110's and got them right, they released the 'Ninety' in 1984 with the LT 77 5 speed out of the Freight Rover van.. I know for certain that these were originally optioned with the 2.286, as we removed one and replaced it with a n/a 2.8 Isuzu diesel. In 1985 Land Rover released a few V8 Ninety's with the Santana LT85.. I owned a chocolate brown one and it was great! Diesel options were the 2.5 n/a 5 bearing diesel. :)
Around 1989/90 after calls for it Land Rover offered the 19j Turbodiesel in both the Ninety and 110. A Tdi it was not, but at the time, it at least kept up with the 2.8 Daihatsu Fortrac's, Peugeot Utes and other diesel offerings.. They were not known for a long life as they were an already dated and over stressed engine. (That said I found a low km unit, fitted it into a Series 1 88", intercooled it and wound the pump out and it flew. It was perfect for Series SWB conversions!)...
You left out the 2.25 five bearing diesel, which was certainly available, although never sold in Australia in a coil sprung Landrover. As I think I commented earlier, when the 110 appeared here it was available only in the V8 and Isuzu, intially both with the LT95, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sitec
John
Yeah, I wasn't sure.. I didn't think they carried the 2.286 diesel across to the 110 as it wasn't big enough for a LWB Series 3. I never ever saw a 110 with the smaller diesel engine if they did exist.. Saw plenty of V8's and 4 cyl petrols tho! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
The 2286D went OK in a 109" if you tweaked it a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sitec
Land Rover even fitted them to 109" Forward Controls!!! Now that would have been a slow trip...
There was no choice. By the early 1980s diesels were a major part of the market - Landrover had been selling them for approaching thirty years, and they could not afford to give the market to competitors until the 2.5 was available, although I suspect most sales were to institutional buyers. (Same reason the turbocharged version of the engine was rushed into production before the 200tdi version was ready)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sitec
The company had not, at that stage, decided it was solely a luxury car maker, rather than a supplier of work vehicles. That came later.
John
A very slow trip! Land Rover should have worked a lot closer with Santana... because a turbo intercooled version of this would have been a big hit and a stop gap.. It may have even lead to a Tdi6! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by isuzurover
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IoH2WA7ilqw
Wow! I guess that would be about 3-3.5 litres. Very English looking (obviously a six pack version of the 4 cylinder).
And we won't go into what the Ninety or 110 would have been like if they had optioned this as an engine choice! Pity there was an oil crisis! Doh!! :D
Yup. 3.429 indirect 6 with a CAV pump. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dickyjoe