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Martin Lewis
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"Mr.Nice." <mr.nice@*nospam*clara.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> 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?
>
> <snip>
I've got a scan of an article from the July 2001 issue of LRO, which
mentions a BMW 2.5TD engine fitted to a 90:
http://www.web-rover.co.uk/nav.php?p=articles/dse90
I think to do this conversion using 'off the shelf' parts, you'd use either
the Range Rover P38A manual bellhousing or parts from the South African 2.8i
Petrol Defender, both of which used the R380 manual gearbox.
Seeing as the Range Rovers are far more plentiful in this country, that
would be the route I'd go
)
I'm not sure if the standard Defender 300Tdi or Td5 R380 has the same input
shaft as the RR Diesel R380 though, or if a Defender LT77 of some type would
be compatible with the BMW bellhousing and the engine.
You'd have quite a bit of fabrication work to do with engine mounts and the
cooling pack, but if you can get access to or photos of the 2.8 in the
Defender it would definitely give you a very good start.
Not sure about insurance, it's obviously more powerful but it may not
necessarily make a big difference, depending on your insurer. It might be
worth ringing up and asking them, pointing out that the 2.5 diesel was
fitted to the Range Rover and so is a Land Rover factory engine...
Hope this makes sense, can you tell I looked at this at some stage?)
Martin
--
1988 90 Td5 Converted NAS Replica
www.web-rover.co.uk
news:[email protected]...
>
> 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?
>
> <snip>
I've got a scan of an article from the July 2001 issue of LRO, which
mentions a BMW 2.5TD engine fitted to a 90:
http://www.web-rover.co.uk/nav.php?p=articles/dse90
I think to do this conversion using 'off the shelf' parts, you'd use either
the Range Rover P38A manual bellhousing or parts from the South African 2.8i
Petrol Defender, both of which used the R380 manual gearbox.
Seeing as the Range Rovers are far more plentiful in this country, that
would be the route I'd go
)I'm not sure if the standard Defender 300Tdi or Td5 R380 has the same input
shaft as the RR Diesel R380 though, or if a Defender LT77 of some type would
be compatible with the BMW bellhousing and the engine.
You'd have quite a bit of fabrication work to do with engine mounts and the
cooling pack, but if you can get access to or photos of the 2.8 in the
Defender it would definitely give you a very good start.
Not sure about insurance, it's obviously more powerful but it may not
necessarily make a big difference, depending on your insurer. It might be
worth ringing up and asking them, pointing out that the 2.5 diesel was
fitted to the Range Rover and so is a Land Rover factory engine...
Hope this makes sense, can you tell I looked at this at some stage?
)Martin
--
1988 90 Td5 Converted NAS Replica
www.web-rover.co.uk
