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6.2 V8 diesel

Are yes you are quite right but that truck would be just a truck ordinary old truck where a land rover is a land rover which has a different engine or transmision etc and I think this is why the series land rovers are so desirable as boys get older their toys get bigger and more expensive..

A Land Rover is just a larger version of Mechano with the addition of power tools to put the toy together..

Yes some of these engines are probably a bit extream for land rovers but untill someone does something and gets it reliable how can things advance and how can others compete !!!!!

Rich

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Rich
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Now then Dave, you're advertising a nasty foreign engine there - probably a Danish designed B&W or one of those Sulzer jobbies from Switzerland - and likely built by the Japs or Koreans.

What you REALLY need is a Doxford 76J4 opposed piston uniflow scavenge 4 cylinder 2 stroke crosshead diesel engine, with 4 cylinders, 760mm bore, common rail HP fuel injection (designed in the 1930s- so don't get too excited about current adverts for common rail now!). This was built by the Canny Lads in Sunderland and was the finest British engine EVER. Put a British engine in a Landy. Mind you you might need to modify the bonnet at little, and the gear ratios would need changing to cope with the 98 rpm MCR. Handy to be able to climb into the crankcase to change a bearing, and with the opposed piston design you don't have to worry about head gaskets blowing, as there ain't none!

For those who can't quite imagine the Doxford, there was a double acting opposed piston design built by Harland & Wolff which had 3 pistons in each cylinder! This made the Doxford seem simple. Shucks, I'm getting all nostalgic.

Steve Maloney '84 110 V8 Durban

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Steve Maloney

Old Ford FW30 tractors used to go for a song not long ago. Well maybe you can get 10 litre engines for around a grand. In fact I know of several tractor units in running condition that have been bought for little more at auction. No one wants them after a point, except for breaking.

Huw

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Huw

Yeah, but Steve, triple up your Doxford to 3 cranks and then you are getting close to the real finest british engine, the Napier Deltic!! Badger. Grinning.

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Badger

I just heard back from Samurai and they quoted 24-28 mpg for a 6.2l GMC V8 Diesel, veriable depending on what you use it for (obviously).

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

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Mr.Nice.

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