Any word on US versions of the diesel Jeep Liberty or diesel Land Rover Discovery?

rnf2 <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've seen Range rovers here in NZ re-engined with Australian Holden V6 3.8L
> engines. they'll take a supercharger without modification. Not sure the
> output, but the Holden cars go fast! a 3.8L SS Berlina maxes over 290K on a
> track.

All sorts of weird and wonderful engines go into Land Rover vehicles in
the UK. 6.2L GMC diseasels used to be a popular conversion. Overfinch
are acknowledged as *the* tuning experts for Rangies and they used to
regularly produce 5.7L Corvette engined Rangies with scary 0-60 times.

The attraction with the Jag V8 is that if Land Rover fit the standard
unit, then adding a supercharger will consist of finding a scrapped XJR
or alternatively buying from the Jag parts catalogue. Either way, an
easy conversion.

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"Steve Firth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> rnf2 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I've seen Range rovers here in NZ re-engined with Australian Holden V6
3.8L
> > engines. they'll take a supercharger without modification. Not sure the
> > output, but the Holden cars go fast! a 3.8L SS Berlina maxes over 290K
on a
> > track.
>
> All sorts of weird and wonderful engines go into Land Rover vehicles in
> the UK. 6.2L GMC diseasels used to be a popular conversion. Overfinch
> are acknowledged as *the* tuning experts for Rangies and they used to
> regularly produce 5.7L Corvette engined Rangies with scary 0-60 times.
>
> The attraction with the Jag V8 is that if Land Rover fit the standard
> unit, then adding a supercharger will consist of finding a scrapped XJR
> or alternatively buying from the Jag parts catalogue. Either way, an
> easy conversion.
>
> --
If they take a Corvette 5.7 they'll take a Holden 5.7 from the same factory,
Holden make their own 3.8's which started as a Buick(?) V6 and ended up
entirely Aussie, but the amout of V8 holdens is low enough they still import
the V8s from america. The make their own Aussie Supercharger for the 5.7
tho. you can buy the supercharger right out of the catalogue and have it
dropped into any V8 holden enginend car.

Thik of your 5.7 rangies with a fan on it!

rhys

>
> Thats Expensive, the AA New car price comparasions are available at
> www.nzaa.co.nz
>
>
> The Land rover Freelander for example comes in a 4 cyl 2L turbo diesel and a
> 2.5L V6 for exactly the same price. $57.490NZD for the auto. the manual is
> only available as a diesel for 2K less. the Disco SE Td5 2.5L diesel and
> the 4L V8 petrol are the same price at $69,500 NZD, petrol and diesel HSEs
> are $90,000 NZD. only the SE Td5 is available as a manual for 4K less.
> Petrol Range rovers cost more than diesel range rovers.
>
> The BMW 330i SE Petrol is $100,900NZD while the 330D SE Diesel is
> $98,900NZD.
>
> Toyota Hilux 4x2 SR5 manual D/cab petrol is $40,800NZD while the diesel is
> $40,000
> The same in 4x4 are both $51,500
>
> Landcruiser Prado RV, Diesel and Petrol are the same price
>
> theres a big range of vehicles with diesels at the same or lower price...
>
> rhys
>
>
>

Typically if you get a diesel engine in anything here it's a big truck
and the diesel is bigger than the gas engine so we have nothing that I
know of that would compare besides VW cars which are overpriced by $6000
even without an engine.
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"Chris Phillipo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> >
> > Thats Expensive, the AA New car price comparasions are available at
> > www.nzaa.co.nz
> >
> >
> > The Land rover Freelander for example comes in a 4 cyl 2L turbo diesel
and a
> > 2.5L V6 for exactly the same price. $57.490NZD for the auto. the manual
is
> > only available as a diesel for 2K less. the Disco SE Td5 2.5L diesel
and
> > the 4L V8 petrol are the same price at $69,500 NZD, petrol and diesel
HSEs
> > are $90,000 NZD. only the SE Td5 is available as a manual for 4K less.
> > Petrol Range rovers cost more than diesel range rovers.
> >
> > The BMW 330i SE Petrol is $100,900NZD while the 330D SE Diesel is
> > $98,900NZD.
> >
> > Toyota Hilux 4x2 SR5 manual D/cab petrol is $40,800NZD while the diesel
is
> > $40,000
> > The same in 4x4 are both $51,500
> >
> > Landcruiser Prado RV, Diesel and Petrol are the same price
> >
> > theres a big range of vehicles with diesels at the same or lower
price...
> >
> > rhys
> >
> >
> >
>
> Typically if you get a diesel engine in anything here it's a big truck
> and the diesel is bigger than the gas engine so we have nothing that I
> know of that would compare besides VW cars which are overpriced by $6000
> even without an engine.
> --

Different countries, different laws, tariffs, fuel specs... Here there are
plenty of meduim size sedans with 2L diesel engines. Nissan Laurel for one.

rhys

>How much is your ordinary bar draft beer a
>US gallon?

I'm glad it's not my round ...

Cheers

Blippie
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