Ian Maycock

Ian Maycock

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Hi all, would like some help, advice and thoughts please, I've rebuilt my Defender 200 tdi engine new pistons, rings and such but haven't started her up yet. I want to fit a hybrid turbo and have got my eye on one from NKK turbos but my question is, should I put the old turbo back on and run the engine in first before I fit the hybrid one or would it be ok to fit the hybrid turbo straight from the off ?
cheers Ian
 
engine will need some hard work to run in properly ,i wouldnt fit a too large a turbo unless you want to severely effect bottom end lifes span but a suitable working turbo is needed new or old is unimportant
 
To be honest it's a very old Diesel engine. Bottom end pulling power will improve but these engines have a lot of low down torque. I'm just hazarding a guess at the cost but I'm assuming £800 for a hybrid turbo? To try and make an old Land Rover fast. Would be cheaper to fit a 4.0 v8 and LPG if you want speed and reasonable fuel costs. Be content with what a Land Rover is or buy a bmw if raw power is what you're after.
A Land Rover needn't be ridiculously slow but I do get frustrated with people who say who want more speed from my old diesel.

It is of course your money and your Land Rover and you can do as you wish with it.
 
The retail price is £380 plus your old compressor housing (cold side) of the turbo in exchange, its got a T28 11 blade Garret billet wheel and a uprated Forge actuator, which I thought was reasonable considering a new standard turbo is £700 or there abouts.
 
ive a hybrid fitted to my 200 tdi and its made a big difference, running 37" wheels on hills speed dropped to below 50mph, but after fitting the hybrid with suitable FIP tweeks it will accelerate up hills to above legal speed limits, with no noticeable loss at bottom end, but it cost a lot more than £370
 
That's what there advertising them for on there facebook page, all the ones I'd looked at previously were £700 so thought it was a good deal, you have to keep your hot side of your turbo and fit the new cold side to it.
 
Did this on another car, bought a turbo core and rebuilt a turbo. It's all ok if your hot side isn't knackered, luckily mine wasn't. If it is you will be stuck with half a turbo you just bought and will need to buy a complete new unit anyway. Good luck getting a refund on the bit you've bought, in any case. Nowhere I saw that sells turbo cores take a refund. Difference is, mine was only £120. Not 370.
 
Is it easy to see if the hot side is knackered or do you not find out till you parted the hot and cold side ?
 
My hybrid turbo rebuild set me back about £780 for TE Auto. Cant fault the service but still pretty disappointed with the results. Unless I have a boost leak somewhere but cant really hear anything. MY boost dial peaks about 1.1 bar and that's after ive wound in the actuator a bit.
 
I reckon a 200 with a vgt/vnt would be very interesting to drive.

If you try a web search you will see theres quite a few posts where 200/300 owners have gone hybrid and most were disappointed
 
yes a vnt turbo was what I'd planed for the rebuild but I want to finish it and drive it so with every thing else I want to do money won't stretch that far unfortunately at the moment. The original turbo was working so I have refitted that, think I will finish the rebuild save some pennies then fit a vnt turbo later when its on the road.
 
Ian Maycock said:
yes a vnt turbo was what I'd planed for the rebuild but I want to finish it and drive it so with every thing else I want to do money won't stretch that far unfortunately at the moment. The original turbo was working so I have refitted that, think I will finish the rebuild save some pennies then fit a vnt turbo later when its on the road.
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Let us know when you do and what the results are as its one of them things I have thought about but never done.
I did loads of research some time back and a few people have made/fitted their own manifolds with vgt from other cars, some with great success and others not so, boost control and when the vgt throttle up and down seemed to be an issue.
 
The vnt I've looked at bolts straight on to the existing manifold its made by Allisport , I've just fitted one of there full size intercoolers and larger radiator. It will be quite a while though have only just started putting the body back on my project.
 
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