Thread: Alternate engines for 01 D2 v8 petrol?

Originally Posted by PhilipA

BUT all those are not legal AFAIK in Oz.

I had a look at a Gen111 at a wreckers the other day and the problem still seems to be that the gen111 has a 14inch flywheel/flex plate with no option of 11inch as for the old iron 350.
If only someone would develop a bellhousing for a ZF as I understand that the ZF bellhousing is physically too small to fit the flex plate in with an adaptor.

I was thinking it could be done by sawing a Gen111 manual bellhousing and a ZF bellhousing in half and welding them together. I understand the ZF bellhousing is removable. It would have to be very accurately done.
I was thinking of calling Dellow to see if they were interested.

Anyone know of anyone anywhere making an adaptor?
Regards Philip A

If that LS3 is US emissions compliant, I think it will be OK here.

These are all brand new fully dressed engines, add your own flywheel/flex plate, clutch/converter, transmission, stick it in the car and start up. you could not rebuild and modify a used engine to those outputs for the money.

Why not bounce the ZF idea off Bob Bendtsen, Transmission Adapters although any one of those engines would likely chew up a ZF and spit it out in pieces in very short order if used hard.

There is always option D: have a look at what a few of the pom modifiers are doing to defenders and fit your d1/2 with a newer tdv6 or tdv8 from a rolled disco3 or RR.You may be able to get the gearbox/transfer caseas part of the purchase that means the only problems will be electrics and linking the box to the diff's.
This will be more expensive but we have not heard the budget.

When it comes to flywheels/flex plates don't discount anything just because it won't fit. I have turned custom sized alloy fly's with cast iron inserts for less than $200- plus machining, so around $800- all up.

I needed a 7.1/4" for a Tilton 4 plate clutch on the back of a 3UZ toyo (4.7 iron V8 but still light enough for one to carry the short block)and just bought a slice of appropriate grade alloy and would you believe a charade brake disc was the right OD/ID for the friction surface. Just turned the hat/back & cooling fins off and drilled for CSK socket screws. And made sure all fixings were helicoiled. Easier and cheaper to purchase/get machined than cromoly and (benefit for this case) lighter to spin so easier revving (esp when reaching 14000).

This guy in china is turning all sorts of custom bells and kits for just about anything. Contact email 778756561@qq.com

Sample of one of his kits



No affiliation, just have purchased before and not had an issue.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

jeez ya hear so much claptrap here sometimes......the guys looking for a realtime good replacement motor and look what you guys suggest......dreamin......if you want to replace your V8 with the worlds most well known, possibly the most reliable and honest V8 ever built why not put a bog standard 350 chev in it? you can make it breathe nicely cheaply and sound nice cheaply. simple adaptor plate conversion.

And 200lbs heavier, Chev 350's make good boat anchors, Regards Frank.

big deal, the tdi engine would weigh somewhere in between both of them and the weight difference is not an issue

Originally Posted by Tank

And 200lbs heavier, Chev 350's make good boat anchors, Regards Frank.

That "boat anchor" is not just the world's most successful production engine, but also the world's most successful competition engine. First produced in 1955 and in production ever since in capacities from 265 cubic inches to 427 cubic inches. Lowest cost per horsepower of any.

Originally Posted by Tank

And 200lbs heavier, Chev 350's make good boat anchors, Regards Frank.

My mate the tree feller wouldn't swap his 350 Chev powered 2 door RRC for anything, with the exception of a 350 Chev powered automatic one in better nick. Can't get him to upgrade as his keeps going, year after year after year.

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