| Author | Message | ||
     Ethan Makarowski (Ethan) Member Username: Ethan Post Number: 44 Registered: 04-2003 |
Greetings, Does anybody know the rev range of the 2.25 petrol? I'm looking into compatible engine replacements. | ||
| benny (Wreching_today) New Member Username: Wreching_today Post Number: 10 Registered: 03-2004 |
if you have a long wheel base then there are some options aviable to you. the scotty's conversion is one. this mates the chev straight six to the rover transmission. it was a common conversion. and with the addition of and over drive. next you can use advance adapters to mate the chevy motor and manual transmission to the landrove transfer box. and add an over drive. ihave had both of these set ups. but liked the scottys better than the advance adapters. i have also seen ford 302 conversions mated to a auto box. i did not get a close look at this but it was done. also i have seen v6 engines mounted into swb landys. all in all the choice is yours. what you decide upon is up to you, but personally i would keep it origional. rebuild the 2.25 . i have lost the sale of some of my series due to the fact that the original engine was not with the truck. remember that these trucks are not built for hwy crusing, but for slow steady offroad performance. with the falling cost of classic range rovers and discovery why not put this money toward one of these cars. eligant, comfortable heat and no drips! speedy and able to tow your series if need be. IMHO | ||
| Ethan Makarowski (Ethan) Member Username: Ethan Post Number: 45 Registered: 04-2003 |
Thanks for the response, Benny. I do in fact own a Discovery in addition to the Series rig, and have towed the series cross-country twice with it (with one moderate accident, I might add... the cursed jack-knife effect!). The Disco is for my highway running and the series (with a recently rebuilt 2.25) now mainly for off-roading, just as you said. However, I'm looking into a modern diesel conversion that will provide the torque and fuel efficiency that I want. Also, with the increased popularity of biodiesel recently coupled with my environmental background, I would love to convert to diesel to be able to run off of biodiesel. I've been looking into diesel conversions for years now and continue to run in circles as to what engine to use. Thanks again for the response. -EM | ||
| eric w siepmann (Cdn001) Member Username: Cdn001 Post Number: 91 Registered: 12-2003 |
The easiest deisel to put into a series is the LR 2.5. Mated with the new R380 Box and you can get a great offroad and onroad combo. I ran into a girl from southern Il who had this done. All in all it was a nice conversion. And all Land rover. The newer LR deisels require extensive modification to get into the series trucks. Not that it can't be done (ECR put a 300tdi into a S111) but they require extensive engineering and fore thought. Axles, drivetrain, and braking will need to be solved as the newer LR deisel are too powerful for the series stuff. The easiest would be to swap in a coil conversion. But your talking about 30g in parts about now. Not very economical. Try BCB off road. They have some really nice conversions, mostly v-8s, on their site. They may beable to help or point you in the right direction. EwS | ||
| Alex Scolnik (Alex_scolnik) Member Username: Alex_scolnik Post Number: 46 Registered: 09-2003 |
East coast rovers was big on doing 300tdi conversions for a while, but I think you need to convert to a more robust gearbox. If you haven't seen their site, it's: http://www.eastcoastrover.com/Tdiconversions.html Alex | ||
| eric w siepmann (Cdn001) Member Username: Cdn001 Post Number: 92 Registered: 12-2003 |
Although come to think of it there was a LROI issue that had a LWB converted to a 300tdi with all the original running gear. Done in the UK though. EwS | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 3098 Registered: 02-2002 |
classic range rovers and discovery why not put this money toward one of these cars. eligant, comfortable heat and no drips! Uh, Benny, we ARE talking about Land Rovers.... even Rangies and Discos drip.....  Ethan, Recently, I saw an Isuzu diesel get dropped into an earlier diesel Defender, same engine that goes into Rovers in Australia a lot of the time.... it was frightening how easy the engine swap was. It should go into a Series about as easily... the bell-housing adapter, the motor mounts would vary from the Defender w/ the LT77, but otherwise it'd go into place well. You'd have to spend a bit of time getting your ancillaries, since you'd be starting with a petrol instead of a diesel Rover, but, it'd not be too hard to accomplish.... FWIW.... -L | ||
| Ethan Makarowski (Ethan) Member Username: Ethan Post Number: 47 Registered: 04-2003 |
Thanks for the info, Leslie. Do you have the model number of the Isuzu and the easiest way to source one? If I remember correctly, you mentioned in a previous thread that David Gage dropped in the Isuzu. I've looked at everything from Rover to Perkins to Caterpillar and have run across people installing an Isuzu but can't remember the details. Thanks again... EM | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Leslie Post Number: 3101 Registered: 02-2002 |
I don't have the info on hand, but yes, David's the one who did it... give him a ring or email him and he can fill you in..... -L |
