2007 Defender - Ford Spare Parts Bin

[solmanic]

I knew I had seen the eyeball vents in the new Defender somewhere before - then it hit me... the Ford FIESTA!





So along with the Transit engine, what other parts that may be lying around are Ford going to chuck into the new Defender?

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Cool! I've got some of them already!!. I can confirm they work quite well

[crossy]

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[spudboy]

Well spotted!

[5teve]

all this talk of worry about the engine in the new defender... look at the transit! it has a bad reputation in the UK not for being a poor engine just being a stupidly fast van... even if the defender will be up against a tdv8 twin turbo from other manufacturers... nothing will be able to catch the defender..

your lucky over here that most people have utes/4x4's and trailers the UK its all transit vans wacking around at around 160kmh down the motorways.. and dont even mention the merc sprinters... as i have followed one of those at around 200kmh... then gave up!

im not a big ford fan... but they seem to be doing a good job of the landrover side of things..

Steve

[Phoenix]

Ok that kermit pic confirms that I want one in Green

[solmanic]

But I think a Transit van is slightly more aerodynamic than a Defender - and the kerb weight is about 400kg less.

[Scallops]

all this talk of worry about the engine in the new defender... look at the transit! it has a bad reputation in the UK not for being a poor engine just being a stupidly fast van... even if the defender will be up against a tdv8 twin turbo from other manufacturers... nothing will be able to catch the defender..

I tend to think the new engine would appear to be a good replacement for the td5 - I saw another poster complaining that the new engine is a 4 cylinder 2.4l buzzbox plumber's engine - well, if I had wanted a V8 I wouldn't have bought a LR, I'd have got a real V8 - a Holden ute! - to me, its part of the genius - a smaller engine that outperforms the 4.2l jap 4X4.

[Ace]

I think the new engine will be good, its got the same horse power as the TD5 but has about 50Nm more torque and its more useable throughout the rev range. LROI did a test and were impressed. Matt

[loanrangie]

If you look at the design, 2.4 ltrs spread over 4 cylinders instead of 5 over 2.5 ltrs, it is bound to have a longer stroke which will give it the extra torque, now if they stroked the 2.5 out to 3ltr it would be a rocket !