Thread: County Conversion... From V8 to Isuzu

I'm going to pull up a chair, open a beer and enjoy the fireworks...

c'mon it's been 18 minutes

So is it the zoozoo or the tin mouse??

I've been planning the 4bd1t for my '91 Disco for the last 2 years (money/gearbox etc) and still haven't driven one - i like surprises. Petrol stooped at $1.43 down the road today so I reckon the billion km's I get out of the diesel should pay for the conversion...and some fillings

Can't believe you haven't had any snappers! Maybe they're still on their way home

We like Isuzu's you dont.
Big deal.

Justin

*nibble*

1. Its a Truck motor, What better than a lump of unreving steel to make the County rattle to bits
sounds like the ones you have driven need new engine mounts mine doesn't shake or rattle (well the motor does).

2. The economy benifet over the V8 will be so great that i cant see any other reason.....
depends how much you paid really doesn't it?

3. The drivability on the Hwy and the short shifting due to no rev range will make it a breeze for the Missus
haven't driven a 4BD1T then have ya? my 5 foot nothin wife can drive it no problems and loves it
4. I will have to rebuild the driveline ever 100k due to vibrations on idle and that has to be a bonus
not mine - 380k still going fine, not the armies either AFAIK
5. Its Japanese, what more could i want... a Toyota maybe? got me there...maybe LRA should have gone for a bedford motor?

6. It was only fitted in the County in Oz as LRA was the only ones to think of this great idea and the rest of the world including Rover thought it was crap. Any evidence of this?... not sure anyone has ever said it was crap, where or when was it ever evaluated outside of Oz anyway?

anyway, at the end of the day all defender owners of whatever type have something that only defender owners can understand... there just happens to be a few of us understand better than the others that the 4BD1 was the pick of the bunch

From what i know......

the isuzu is fine as long as its not idleing... all the damage is done at idle.. above that and i hear its fine....

But seroiusly... if its that good an engine then why were they not used elsewhere???

And the Turbo is excluded as no Factory Rover had a Turbo Isuzu version....

thats like the comparisome of a Rover V8 v a Chev V8..... The chev wins on HP due to Cubes.. but its not a better engine...

Originally Posted by sclarke

I think that almost has made my mind up.... Yep its CLEAR...... the ISUZU is better than the Rover V8

What are you isuzu guys on????

I drove another Isuzu county today and was apalled again on how bad they are in everyday use and i can only think of 1 reason why LRA did it..... The Military is so hard on engines that the V8 would have never lasted in combat...
If they are soooooo good, why has the British army not got isuzu LR's???? Why is the Penal colony the only place to do it...

Are you after starting WW3?

The only worse thing you could have done was post this in the Isuzu section (and I'm kind of surprised no mod with a penchant for mischief has moved it yet!)

Originally Posted by sclarke

From what i know......

the isuzu is fine as long as its not idleing... all the damage is done at idle.. above that and i hear its fine....
*snip*

And the Turbo is excluded as no Factory Rover had a Turbo Isuzu version....

dunno about the idle 'rattle' causing damage - on mine the vehicle body moves a little, but no more than for a typical car at idle.

the turbo was 'factory' from LRA for the 6wd LRPV etc... so not strictly true