For anyone converting from a 200tdi to a v8

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Mikewilliams

Mikewilliams

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This thread is for anyone who’s thinking of converting from a 200tdi to a v8.
I’m in the process if converting mine at the moment.
I will be posting photos of the conversion as i go.
 
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This is my 90 a 1990 200tdi on 35-12.5-15 wheels/tyres. Lt77 gearbox 1.222 transferbox.
 
Just doing a series 3 was petrol converted to diesel 20 years ago never finished I got it sold engine on eBay bought V8 and fitted with lt77 box was a pig to get right hopefully worth it
 

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Ok, some photos to show the difference between the mounting positions of the v8 and 200tdi
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Nearside
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Offside

I will be modifying the mounting brackets on the v8 engine to pick up on the 200tdi positions on the chassis. (Dont want to cut the brackets off the chassis because its galvanised).
 
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Lloydwayne83 said:
Good idea I went same way used a box section and nut and bolted together only mine was closer and my gearbox had short bell housing so went back more
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I want to keep the engine in the ‘land rover v8 position’ to keep everything else stock.
I know that standard exhaust manifolds wont fit because of the issue with the engine mounts but i was always planning on fabricating my own stainless ones anyway.
 
I used standed twin exhaust manifold and disco down pipes and center section which takes a lot of messing to fit mainly because of cross member then finihedf with a stainless P38 Piper back box sounds great
 
Mikewilliams said:
I want to keep the engine in the ‘land rover v8 position’ to keep everything else stock.
I know that standard exhaust manifolds wont fit because of the issue with the engine mounts but i was always planning on fabricating my own stainless ones anyway.
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Good Luck with the conversion! I will have a crack at this one day :)
 
Update!
I swapped the mockup block for the actual engine i’m going to eventually use.
Only temporarily installed for me to fabricate the manifolds and exhaust.
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