Re: swapping for a bmw engine?

"Mr.Nice." <mr.nice@*nospam*clara.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm about to face a bill for a few hundred pounds for a variety of
> jobs on my 2.5 n/a diesel engine in my 1984 110 csw.
>
> another option is to transplant another engine, now this may not be an
> obvious option but I may be able to get the engine from a 1990 bmw
> with a 2.5 turbo diesel engine in. the car was crashed a year ago, the
> engine is undamaged but for the radiator and oil cooler, both smashed.
>
> questions...
>
> does anyone know if this bmw engine has ever been used in a land rover
> or range rover?
>
> does anyone know if this engine will mate to an LT77 or will I need an
> adapter?
>
> will I likely have to move the engine mounts?
>
> is this a crap engine for a land rover? I know it may not be ideal but
> with wise use of the gears I just want a better engine than I have
> already, and if it'll be free..
>
> would I be right in thinking that my insurance would be the same as
> for the vehicle the engine came from? or have I got the wrong end of
> the stick on that one?
>
> Am I completely out of my tree?
>
> thankyou and goodnight, I'll be back on monday btw.
>
>
> Regards.
> Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

Hi Mark

The P38 Rangie has a strait 6 2.5 TD BMW lump don't know if its the same
unit that you've spied, probably not but a BMW engine in a land rover is not
unheard of.

Peter

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:24:22 -0000, "Peter Seddon"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Mr.Nice." <mr.nice@*nospam*clara.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I'm about to face a bill for a few hundred pounds for a variety of
>> jobs on my 2.5 n/a diesel engine in my 1984 110 csw.
>>
>> another option is to transplant another engine, now this may not be an
>> obvious option but I may be able to get the engine from a 1990 bmw
>> with a 2.5 turbo diesel engine in. the car was crashed a year ago, the
>> engine is undamaged but for the radiator and oil cooler, both smashed.
>>
>> questions...
>>
>> does anyone know if this bmw engine has ever been used in a land rover
>> or range rover?
>>
>> does anyone know if this engine will mate to an LT77 or will I need an
>> adapter?
>>
>> will I likely have to move the engine mounts?
>>
>> is this a crap engine for a land rover? I know it may not be ideal but
>> with wise use of the gears I just want a better engine than I have
>> already, and if it'll be free..
>>
>> would I be right in thinking that my insurance would be the same as
>> for the vehicle the engine came from? or have I got the wrong end of
>> the stick on that one?
>>
>> Am I completely out of my tree?
>>
>> thankyou and goodnight, I'll be back on monday btw.
>>
>>
>> Regards.
>> Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)
>
>Hi Mark
>
>The P38 Rangie has a strait 6 2.5 TD BMW lump don't know if its the same
>unit that you've spied, probably not but a BMW engine in a land rover is not
>unheard of.
>
>Peter
>

BMW 2.8 petrol was a standard fit in South African 90's I believe.
Don't know what state of tune it was in.
--

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Actually this was fitted to both the 110's and 90's. It was reprofiled a
touch to bring the torque down the rev range a little and I think they did
some fiddling with the oil pick up to operate at angles.

Personally I would try to keep things as standard as possible. I recently
did a Nissan LD28 into serIII R6 conversion and frankly the engine is the
least of your worries. You are looking at adaptor plates, possibly diff
ratio changes, almost certainly a new radiator and lots of hoses, and
various other bits that may well need to made up by an engineering shop.

Just my tu'pence
Regards
Stephen

So Peter Seddon was, like

> "Mr.Nice." <mr.nice@*nospam*clara.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> I'm about to face a bill for a few hundred pounds for a variety of
>> jobs on my 2.5 n/a diesel engine in my 1984 110 csw.
>>
>> another option is to transplant another engine, now this may not be
>> an obvious option but I may be able to get the engine from a 1990 bmw
>> with a 2.5 turbo diesel engine in. the car was crashed a year ago,
>> the engine is undamaged but for the radiator and oil cooler, both
>> smashed.
> Hi Mark
>
> The P38 Rangie has a strait 6 2.5 TD BMW lump don't know if its the
> same unit that you've spied, probably not but a BMW engine in a land
> rover is not unheard of.
>
> Peter

It may be a similar engine, but I'd be worried whether it had the torque to
shift a 2 tonne LR off the line. Last thing you'd want in a 110 is a
powerful but revvy lump. Ignition mapping, cam etc could all be wrong. I'd
bite the bullet and get the 2.5 n/a fixed - slogging, stress-free motoring,
if a little slow.

--

Rich

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