whats the best defender engine ? poll

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whats the best defender engine ?

  • 2.25 doosil

    Votes: 5 0.4%

  • 2.25 petrol

    Votes: 6 0.4%

  • 2.5 na diesel

    Votes: 35 2.6%

  • 2.5 petrol

    Votes: 11 0.8%

  • 2.5 turbodiesel (19j )

    Votes: 46 3.4%

  • 200tdi

    Votes: 428 31.9%

  • 300tdi

    Votes: 423 31.5%

  • td5

    Votes: 247 18.4%

  • 2.4 tdci

    Votes: 47 3.5%

  • 3.5 rover v8

    Votes: 95 7.1%
  • Total voters
    1,343
200tdi all day long. I had a 300 and the immobiliser kept playing up finally had to by pass it then it got nicked:mad: Got 200 now snap of steering wheel< battery cut off and after market bullet proof immobiliser, oh yeah and loads of padlocks!:)
 
I gotta say i would love to know if anybody has stuck the 5l supercharged rr engine in a defender. Would be insane methinks. Have heard of earlier rr engines in defenders.
 
No idea, but as TVR Griffiths used a Rover V8 Sepentine, bored out and with an extended piston crank shaft to 5 litres, must theoretically be possible!

Now whether the drive train could put the power down, let alone handle the torque without disintegratring is another matter!
 
I suppose using all the range rover axles etc must be possible. Strenthened chassis too. Saw a rolled rr for sale advertised cheapish. Just got me wondering.
 
111bhp + 199lbf torque (something like that anyway)
pretty decent

anyway, read the bloody thread and you won't have to ask inane questions :p
 
'91 Defender said:
Just for the record, my 200tdi used to make 34mpg on all terrains driven sensibly, now makes 37mpg on much taller muds but still driven sensibly ;) Most we ever got out the TD5 was 32mpg ;)
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37mpg? What size tyres give you that sort of economy?
 
tombardier said:
111bhp + 199lbf torque (something like that anyway)
pretty decent

anyway, read the bloody thread and you won't have to ask inane questions :p
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I tinkered with my injection pump & upped the turbo bust on my 200tdi as it was struggling a bit fully loaded with the Disco transfer box. Absolutely fecking goes like stink now :):):):):):)
 
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