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madtreacle

New Member

• Nov 14, 2011

• #1

Can someone give me advise whether or not to swap my engine. Its an original 2.5t engine with 116k miles. Surely this has many miles left ? why would it make sense to buy a 200tdi with more miles?

Also when i bought the 90 it had a set of five spoke alloys on. Are these gonna be ok for offroading or will these be too week?

 

nathan5346

Well-Known Member

• Nov 14, 2011

• #2

Whats wrong with the 2.5t?

 

wiltshire landyman

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• Nov 14, 2011

• #3

madtreacle said:

Can someone give me advise whether or not to swap my engine. Its an original 2.5t engine with 116k miles. Surely this has many miles left ? why would it make sense to buy a 200tdi with more miles?

Also when i bought the 90 it had a set of five spoke alloys on. Are these gonna be ok for offroading or will these be too week?

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if you got money to waste yes get a 200 tdi

the alloys will be crap and you will have a terrible ride prob best to get some tyres on them

 

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madtreacle

New Member

• Nov 14, 2011

• #4

Nothing wrong with the 2.5t was a bit worried about it with all the hype about conversions etc.

As for the alloys haha thanks for that!

 

wiltshire landyman

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• Nov 14, 2011

• #5

madtreacle said:

Nothing wrong with the 2.5t was a bit worried about it with all the hype about conversions etc.

As for the alloys haha thanks for that!

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i ran my old td untill it finally went bang then went for a 200 tdi

so if yours is fine leave well alone they are a good engine if a bit underpowerd

 

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madtreacle

New Member

• Nov 14, 2011

• #6

ah ok thanks. are there any upgrades i can do for the old engine to improve it ?

 

saxokid18

New Member

• Nov 14, 2011

• #7

200tdi is the better option and depends how rough your goin to be offroad as i use a set of defender boost alloys with a good set of mud tyres on for green lanin and occasional play day. just depends if your goin to be mental with it

 

bluehaze

Well-Known Member

• Nov 14, 2011

• #8

Won't the alloys need spacers on the rear axles as they will have drums fitted?

 

tombardier

Well-Known Member

• Nov 14, 2011

• #9

my 2.5na works, but it's really really gutless, so I've got a 200tdi lined up for just that reason! (+the extra economy). If it had a bit more power, I'd have no problem with it

 

Badger

Well-Known Member

• Nov 15, 2011

• #10

The best you can do for it is to fit an intercooler, grab a rad n intercooler from either a 200tdi or 300tdi, pop down the scrapy and grab some pipework and fit it all, I paid £10 for the pipes and about £50 for the rad n intercooler and it makes a nice difference to the engine and will help its life span