Thread: Oldest Coil Sprung Land Rover

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!)...

Originally Posted by Sitec

From what I remember the first to come out was the 110, released in 1983 in the UK.. From memory engine options were a 5 bearing 2.285 petrol, and a restricted 3.5 V8 carb petrol. The V8 was coupled to the LT95 4 speed. ....

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.

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

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.

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!

Originally Posted by Sitec

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!

The 2286D went OK in a 109" if you tweaked it a bit.
Land Rover even fitted them to 109" Forward Controls!!! Now that would have been a slow trip...

Originally Posted by Sitec

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!

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)

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

Originally Posted by isuzurover

The 2286D went OK in a 109" if you tweaked it a bit.
Land Rover even fitted them to 109" Forward Controls!!! Now that would have been a slow trip...

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!

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!!