| Author | Message | ||
     sam (Dent) New Member Username: Dent Post Number: 9 Registered: 01-2004 |
has anyone thought about or have swapped out their 4.0 gas for a deseil? take care sam | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Senior Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 564 Registered: 04-2003 |
Check out ECR - http://www.eastcoastrover.com/ | ||
| eric johnson (Eric2) Senior Member Username: Eric2 Post Number: 261 Registered: 05-2003 |
Someone on this board did a 2.8 tdi swap and there was a big thread, but the search tool does not lead me to it. Yes, not only thought of but been done. It's some guy in Colorado. Costs between 10K and 15K, depending what else you want to do. | ||
| Robbie Donaldson (Robbie) Senior Member Username: Robbie Post Number: 531 Registered: 02-2002 |
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| eric johnson (Eric2) Senior Member Username: Eric2 Post Number: 262 Registered: 05-2003 |
THERE they are! | ||
| Nathan Hindman (Nathanh) Member Username: Nathanh Post Number: 132 Registered: 07-2002 |
Joey, ECR doesn't offer the diesel conversions anymore: http://www.eastcoastrover.com/Tdiconversions.html snip: "...we have dropped our diesel conversion program. The costs associated with swapping from EFI V8 to diesel, cost of our R&D, the time each project takes in the shop and such means that diesel conversions are no longer viable." Thanks, Nathan Hindman http://www.pangaea-expeditions.com | ||
| Nathan Hindman (Nathanh) Member Username: Nathanh Post Number: 133 Registered: 07-2002 |
The Colorado guy that did a 2.8 conversion is Richard Dekkard. You can always get some information from him on the Tdi mailing list: groups.yahoo.com/group/tdi As a general rule of thumb, if you're going to do a Tdi conversion expect to pay between $5-7K for the engine and most of the parts that you'll need. Based on what I've heard from other V8 to Tdi conversions, its about 40 hours worth of labor start to finish. Thanks, Nathan Hindman http://www.pangaea-expeditions.com | ||
| Joey (Joey4420) Senior Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 565 Registered: 04-2003 |
Thanks Nathan, I had not read that part.....that kind of stinks I was hoping one day to look into that...oh well I guess I will go for the 5.2 Gas engine and forget about fuel economy when and if my Disco ever needs a new motor. | ||
| Jeff Mclaird (Granitedisco) Member Username: Granitedisco Post Number: 224 Registered: 08-2003 |
Joey - FWIW - there's also the Isuzu diesel that was put in the Aus land rovers - from what little information I have on these so far it looks like a pretty straightforward swap (or at least no more involved than the TDi) I saw a few of the isuzu diesels up on ebay around the $2k mark. regards Jeff |
