Thread: Isuzu 4bd1T in an Italian Defender 110

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.

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....