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  1. 2nd December 2007, 08:23 PM #1
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    TD5 out it comes

    Some of you might remember all the hassles I had with my td5
    well after blowing 2 more turbos its coming out. I've wasted to
    much on it now, so its coming out and a 3.9V8 & auto is going
    in. I was going to change brands after all the trouble I've had
    but after looking around I still like the car & its great for work
    but its needs to be reliable. So instead of paying 30plus for
    a toy or nissian I thought I'd get the car I want..
    Should be the only 2000 defender 130 with a V8 & auto & nice
    note Its happening over christmas holidays so should be
    ready for the new year... all going well.. yes I'm sure there will
    be a few head aches... All ready got the motor & auto, heads,
    cam etc. are being done now ready to go in, should be nice.
    Will up date as it goes..
    Jeff
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  2. 2nd December 2007, 08:29 PM #2
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    Good luck Jeff.
    What do you do with the dash electronics????
    Are they not all linked with the TD5 computer???
    Im sure I read here before if you ditch the TD5 ALL the dash electronics go too.
    Will watch this one with interest
    Hope it works out for you.
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    Sounds like an interesting conversion. That defender is really going to scream. Would be fun to see the look on other defender drivers and Disco drivers when you blow the away at the lights.
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    GO for it!!! and post up all your work with plenty of pix.

    I LOVE my Defender - just not made my mind up about the TD5 yet, or is it the manual gearbox!!!

    Bring on the D100 with the V8 EFI Auto , thats when I get around to finishing it.

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    Hey Jeff, which State are you in and have you talked to your engineer about the conversion?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LandyAndy View Post
    Good luck Jeff.
    What do you do with the dash electronics????
    Are they not all linked with the TD5 computer???
    Im sure I read here before if you ditch the TD5 ALL the dash electronics go too.
    Will watch this one with interest
    Hope it works out for you.
    Andrew
    Hey Andy, if its a D130 then there should be no traction control / ABS etc and the speedo works off the electronic driver on the transfer (like later Disco 1s).

    The rest is just matching up senders with gauges - but I would personally dump the LR/VDO ones and get the VDO ones with correct calibrations, also allowing linear temp gauge etc.

    Just my 10c

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  7. 2nd December 2007, 09:19 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by ak View Post
    Sounds like an interesting conversion. That defender is really going to scream. Would be fun to see the look on other defender drivers and Disco drivers when you blow the away at the lights.
    Especially when "Lara" the TD5 Defender blitzes past!

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    Will the 3.9 pass emissions? Perhaps you'll need to use an injected 4.0 or 4.6.

    But it will be very very sweet.
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    ahh but whats happening to the old TD5?.....

    anychance of parting it out for experimentaion and duplication?

    I have some experiments I want to run on the thing to find out how "tolerant" of some of my butcher fix ideas it will be and Id rather not have to find out first hand in the real world broken down on the side of the road......
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    Will the 3.9 pass emissions? Perhaps you'll need to use an injected 4.0 or 4.6.

    But it will be very very sweet.
    3.9 and 4.0s are basically the same motor (just cross bolted blocks) its all in the EFI that made it pass the emissions
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