Thread: My county is better than your puma

I may be mistaken, but I thought Puma was something like the name of the project to fit the Ford Transit engine into a Defender. Also thought County was an optional trim level for 110's and rangies.

I am far from expert on 110's or Defenders, so I stand to be corrected, but I believe Land Rover penny pinching (could be a pommie thing!) has been the cause of many of its problems/issues. Over the years it shows in the reduction of drive train strength, e.g. LT77, Salisbury to P38 diffs, and timing gears from 200Tdi to 300Tdi. Fortunately Land Rover did not design the 4BD1 (certainly not even the slightest sign of penny pinching there) or the TDV6 and TDV8.

My 4BD1T is now in its 4th chassis and still as good as new. I wonder how many will be able to make that claim for their Puma engines - hang on the're going about it the opposite way

Originally Posted by Bush65

I may be mistaken, but I thought Puma was something like the name of the project to fit the Ford Transit engine into a Defender. Also thought County was an optional trim level for 110's and rangies.

I am far from expert on 110's or Defenders, so I stand to be corrected, but I believe Land Rover penny pinching (could be a pommie thing!) has been the cause of many of its problems/issues. Over the years it shows in the reduction of drive train strength, e.g. LT77, Salisbury to P38 diffs, and timing gears from 200Tdi to 300Tdi. Fortunately Land Rover did not design the 4BD1 (certainly not even the slightest sign of penny pinching there) or the TDV6 and TDV8.

My 4BD1T is now in its 4th chassis and still shaking like when it was new.I wonder how many will be able to make that claim for their Puma engines - hang on the're going about it the opposite way

Slight liberty with the quote having inserted the bold italics text. But that is probably not far from the truth

Originally Posted by Bush65

My 4BD1T is now in its 4th chassis and still as good as new. I wonder how many will be able to make that claim for their Puma engines - hang on the're going about it the opposite way

ok, so now that youve broken it in, ya gunna tweak it?

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

ok, so now that youve broken it in, ya gunna tweak it?

IP governor tweaks, different turbo and exhaust manifold, intercooler, head studs, and chevy valve springs.

Originally Posted by slug_burner

Slight liberty with the quote having inserted the bold italics text. But that is probably not far from the truth

I never saw it run when new (taken out of an Isuzu truck before I saw it), but in my experience it never has shaken enough to be concerned about, certainly never contributed to chassis or any other problems.

So I hope it will be as smooth as it was before, now in what I hope will be the final chassis

Originally Posted by Bush65

now in what I hope will be the final chassis

wishful thinking if ever i saw it!

"My County is better than Dullbird's Puma because"

Even trying my bloody hardest, following Tusker wherever it goes, I still cannot break the rear diff or trailing arms

Dobbo, the Adgies cant do it...

what makes you think you can? (yep, thats a challange for ya)