Evening to all, Which would be better in a Range Rover Classic, i.e.:- fitting, power, parts ect turbo 2.8 litre Daihatsu diesel or turbo 2.8 litre Isuzu diesel ?
Rich
Evening to all, Which would be better in a Range Rover Classic, i.e.:- fitting, power, parts ect turbo 2.8 litre Daihatsu diesel or turbo 2.8 litre Isuzu diesel ?
Rich
200 Tdi !
Martin
Found one nice and cheep in a Rangy already !!!!!!!!! as they are 2.8 and the 200TDi is only 2.5 would they not be more powerful
Rich
Looking at putting a diesel in a RR, consider WEIGHT, new front springs, reinforcing front axle housing. The Izuzu is a heavy, noisy lump, not as refined as the Tdi200 or 300, but it does have more grunt. Michael T
1988 Range Rover Tdi Auto
Yes thanks for the advice on the weight issue which I am aware of, are you aware of any reliability issues ?
Rich
Not necesserily - the 2.8 Dihautsu engine of the same vintage as a 200Tdi is only 97hp, against the 200Tdi's 111hp. Don't assume size matters - Steeds 6.5L Bentley produces........ 28hp!
And then you need to check the engine is what you think its, there's at least one Range Rover Claasic round here that has an Isuzu engine - from the standby generator of a lift system. It's Not Very Good.........
Richard
Yeah but it's got 8 floors of ground clearance!
One last thing are both these engine of similar outputs as both are 2.8 and turboed ?
Rich
On or around Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:15:22 +0000, beamendsltd enlightened us thusly:
Which seems improbable - if we're tlaking about a vintage bentley; it might well have a rating of 28hp, but that's an RAC formula rating not a power output; on the same basis the Austin 7 is rated 7hp and so on. It's something similar to the french CV figures; a 2CV is not 2 hp, but about 25.
The RAC formula was notable for not considering the engine stroke, hence all the old long-stroke motors.
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|| Which seems improbable - if we're tlaking about a vintage bentley; || it might well have a rating of 28hp, but that's an RAC formula || rating not a power output; on the same basis the Austin 7 is rated || 7hp and so on. It's something similar to the french CV figures; a || 2CV is not 2 hp, but about 25.
This is a misprint. Should read 2.5.
:-)
It would have to be cheap or else I wouldn't consider them an option, the
200 Tdi is a cracking engine and all the parts are easily available off the shelf.Martin
Yes cheep only £200 for old A reg Range Rover as well as the engine and g/box :-)) once installation is done I will report on my findings of the performance ( if you can call it that ) and fuel consumption ect:
Rich
Can't knock it at that price, lots of other spares as well. ;-)
Martin
Ah yes, my thoughts exactly, can never have tooo many spares plus bits of chassis for repair sections, gives me a rear axle and rear half of chassis might even stretch it and go 6x6. He he he, we will have to see..
Rich
Having run my Daihatsu conversion for 22 months now (2.8 turbo) I can say it is a great conversion and it is a great offroad power house for my 90.
This sort of evolved on me from getting a cheap engine (£100) to buying the conversion kit and getting drowned with the V8 on a river crossing trip which convinced me to go diesel.
I have heard that one of the Isuzu's 3.0 or 2.8 aren't so good , so check that out, one is definitely better than the other.
Good luck, and if you go for the Daihatsu I'm sure I can offer some advice.
Regards, Roy.
Hi Roy thanks for the reply, got the 2.8TD and Classic 4 door Range Rover for £200, Rangy not worth saving but will have all useful parts off it and engine and 4 speed box. What is your fuel consumption like in the 90 ? Where do you go for spares for the engine ?
Rich
Rich, mpg is easily 30-35 mpg, spares I normally find on ebay, whole engines go for £100-£150 but mine has been pretty bomb proff up to now despite getting thrashed offroad regularly. Best advice I was given from a Daihatsu trained mech was to use fully synthetic engine oil as the lube pipe to the turbo clogs easily with non synthetic. I now use the 90 as my daily run about which i couldn't afford to do with the V8.
Regards, Roy.
Sound good with the MPG figures do they use a cam belt or is chain or gears for can shaft drive will see once its on the road and compare fuel consumption figures, interesting about the turbo oil line will have a look at that.
Cheers Rich
The earlier Diahatsu a 2.4 I think was gear driven timing but I dont know about the others and as far as I know the Isuzus are belt.
Martin
Never mind I will see once I get it home and start playing with it ;-) cant wait.
Rich
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