Isuzu 4bd1T in an Italian Defender 110

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by uninformed

John, when you say the radiator is in the standard postion, do you mean for a Tdi or for the 110. I thought that the LR 110's of that era, had the Rad further forward than a Tdi defender...as in the grill is further forward than the lights etc???

---

I meant standard for my model and year, i.e. Australian 1986 110 with Isuzu engine. I would not be surprised if the UK diesel version has a different radiator, AFAIK the Isuzu version used a modified V8 radiator (connection for hose between radiator and water pump inlet was changed). The mountings for the radiator are the same as far as I can tell between V8 and Isuzu and the radiator is the same. Only the County wagons had the grill extended (like defenders) for the air con - traybacks like mine did not have air con and the front of the grill is flush mounted.

HI guys ,new to this site, greetings,I have a defender 110 1989 with standard rover v8 motor, gearbox according to specs is lt85 ,i am requiring info to do a isuzu 4bd1t conversion .what simple suggestions do u guys have?

regards Chris:)

The LT85 barely handles the 4BD1 (currently having mine rebuilt) behind a 4BD1T it simply won't be up to the job, actually the first thing the guy asked me is the motor turbed.

Eithier a LT95 (4speed) or RB380 out of a latter defender are stronger options however you'll need a 4BD1 to rover bell housing which can be a little difficult to trace. If you look up forum user "Grubb" he does a kit so you can fit the Isuzu truck gearbox to the LT230 transfer case, might be worth looking into.

Grubb's conversion site is down. Anyone know where he is at?

Just a little update as my engine conversion as started this year.....:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/05/343.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/05/344.jpg

donor vehicle:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/05/345.jpg

Factory Oil Pan to avoid front axle hitting it....

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/05/346.jpg

Oil Pan fitted (with longer oil pick up):

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...013/05/347.jpg

More to come...

Crikey I thought I had a bit of a challenge with the 4he1t:o

Hello,

It's a good engine:

5861 c.c. 6 cylinder in line, direct injection with in line pump, full floating turbocharger, 180 hp in standard form and 245 hp intercooled (3200-3600 rpm) with wastegated turbocharger.
Torque is about 480-600 Nm (2000 rpm).
Timing is trough gears and it has also a built in steering pump, gearbox was a 6 over 6 (12 speeds) ZF but I'm goin' to fit a 5 speed ZF from a similar donor vehicle which has the same engine but a lower total weight (11,5 tons for the 5 speed and 15,5 tons for the 12 speed....).

Weight is about 500 Kg with air compressor (now gone) and oils....

Sure sounds like it will be a stump puller :D

What breed is the motor ? is it a cummins or an isuzu tho 5.8L of turbo diesel is more than enough cubes in a defer cant wait to see the end result as i have allways wanted a 6BD1 or similar in a rover :D

Pretty sure the Zeta just use an in-house Iveco motor. Iveco had made quite a lot of diesels.

It's as usual made by Sofim for IVECO, its marine counterpart is called AIFO, they fit these engines (8060 serie) since the eighties.
They were naturally aspirated engines (140 hp), long stroke, and later in the middle of the '80's several type of turbochargers were fitted..
Before the Tector era, engines 8060.XX were the most common engines here, they're very very cheap as far as concerning spare parts, and you'd find a lot at the scrapyard...

Moreover they're modular and available in a lot of variants, so you shall fit 5-6-12 speed ZF gearboxes (with divorced LT230 transfer off course in a Land Rover) to the same engine, as mainshaft, bellhousing, clutch plate (330 mm diameter) are always the same..

I spent almost 2 years to look for a suitable engine for my 110, but as you may imagine Jap's or Cummin's are rare pearl here...However I like Iveco engines a lot being them cheap, reliable and very powerful...

For example 2.5-2.8 Tdi from the Daily Classic serie are a lot more powerful than 200/300Tdi: instant reponse while depressing gas pedal, more torque and power (2.8 Tdi is in excess of 150 hp if well tuned with mechanical rotary pump).....And they last a life also....