Turboman
Mab An Gov
Engine is only 1 point under the historic status point system iirc
Even if you refer to selling the old one in 3 separate posts?
Engine is only 1 point under the historic status point system iirc
Even if you refer to selling the old one in 3 separate posts?
Seperate issue, one thing at a time please, I int a wimmins ya nose
Hi Turboman.
I enjoy hearing a point of view but the post originally was asking for advice in fitting a 300tdi in the 6 cylinder Landrover not whether I should do it.
As far as misreporting the engine change, although it still seems a bit in the air it appears fitting a Landrover engine with no others changed will keep my Landrover tax and MOT exempt come May.
I would agree if I was only going to use the Landrover for low miles it would have been interesting to see if the extra power of a P5 engine made much difference.
Cheers
when i fitted a 2.5 in a 109 6 cylinder i changed bell housing moved box forward as std 4 cylinder 109sHi.
My project 109 S2 (@sho161g) is likely to be getting a 300tdi. I bought it with a Rover P5 Weslake 6 cylinder fitted but as I want to use the LR for my new stop start commute I would never be able to afford the fuel.
I gather it will need a bellhousing change or gearbox change.
Also will need engine mounts changing, battery moving in the cab but with the different bulkhead will this need changing?
Could the 300 be fitted using the same gearbox mounts with the engine just sitting further back?
Early days but just planning in advance.
Cheer
Toby
Personally I would never swap out any 6 cyl for any 4. I've driven a lot of miles in various makers' 6s and 4s and without any doublt 6s are much nicer and a lot easier on the box.. My S2A is a 3.3 4cly and if I could get a nice old 6 cly diesel that fitted in it I would but there are none. The 3.3 engine is 1968 in a 1970 vehicle so I'm relaxed about the wrong engine on points as its period. That P5 engine must be close to period and would probably still come into the historic range. Fuel savings would never pay back for the work. As for the space issue, I don't get it, I have built side lockers into my series for camping and got 80ltrs of space with no reduction in the interior. At the moment I'm investigating the spece under the drivers floor and think there's another 10 ltr of storage to be got.
I've still got the first LR my Father bought - it's a '58 SIIA - sadly now a a complete basket case, but it's all there, and, given I passed me test in it, er, a couple of years back I'm going to restore it. ( yeah yeah, it's more a couple of anything ago but )
Officially it's a 2.25 petrol, and it'll probably stay that way - I'd consider a change to 6 pot petrol , or possibly V8 - but there is no way in hell I'd consider an oil burner in it, I value what's left of me hearing.
I just noticed this post and I thought I would chip in . If as you say your Land Rover is a 1958 Series 2 , not 2a, then it could possibly be one of the very early Series 2s which could make it potentially collectible . If you do restore it then keeping it as a 2.25 petrol would make it more valuable .
If I wasn't wedded to my Series Ones I would only ever have a pre-1961 Series Two , as they are the least common of the standard Series Land Rovers .
I enjoy hearing a point of view but the post originally was asking for advice in fitting a 300tdi in the 6 cylinder Landrover not whether I should do it.
As far as misreporting the engine change, although it still seems a bit in the air it appears fitting a Landrover engine with no others changed will keep my Landrover tax and MOT exempt come May.
I would agree if I was only going to use the Landrover for low miles it would have been interesting to see if the extra power of a P5 engine made much difference.
Cheers