mick 1986
Well-Known Member
My 110 is quite happy to cruise at 70 gps (speedo is optimistic by about 3mph) even with 285/75 MT , its a tdi
but of BMW origin 3ltr with 245bhp Rallyraid Dakar ecu . It accelerates faster than with its oe V8 or later 3.9i fitment .
This is a conversion I have been drawn towards recently. See how the old 200tdi holds up doing 200miles per week.
dag019
Well-Known Member
It should be absolutely fine! I spent a month at the beginning of the year commuting to Bristol, 950 miles a week and managed with no issues. I have had some problems more recently, but that is just the land rover way!
I have a round trip of around 50 miles per day 5 days per week with a 200TDI - no issues to date (about 18 months)
mick 1986
Well-Known Member
You have cursed it now.
I’m quite fortunate in that I work 4 on 4 off, so not that many miles.
(on a private track) ,,,,,,, mine does 85 mph constant 1;2 ratio tbox 285/75/16 300 tdi fully rebuilt pump, engine, injectors ,boost pin ,i know this as unbeknown to me ,the track is owned by HRH and therefore is private !! but not for me!! so ticket later and speed awareness course later 85 is now documented as being accurate ......lol
justin king
Member
mine flies. will get of the spot before most cars at the lights as they dont expect it.I was watching a youtube video and the used the words "flies" and "defender" in the same sentence, which i found amusing. He did quickly follow it up with " i got it up to 70mph" so the car flying is very much relative!
Just out of curiosity, how fast does your defender get to 30-40mph? Do you need an exceptional safe distance before pulling out at junctions and slip roads or are you confident that you wont cause an accident when you pull out!
This is my first defender and i've always known they are on the sluggish side on a good day and that performance can drop due to inevitable mechanical issues. When i bought the car the guy had another defender that was a couple years newer but still a 2.4 tdci, i took that for a comparison drive and his one was more sluggish than the one he was selling! The car is currently in the shop for a full once over and later in the year im going to take it to stage 2 so that has enough horsepower to move around the brick s**thouse!
there is post on here from me showing mine up on the rolling road.
10p engine. now 183 bhp and around 380 ft/lbs torque.
simple upgrades.
straight through centre pipe
k&n / pipercross air filter.
large ali turbo inter cooler.
on the rolling round the remapped correctly not with a crappy off the shelf chip.
small adjustment on the standard turbo.
and hey presto.
completely different animal now.
Been running it hard for probably 2 years and hasn't missed a beat once. 102000 miles ish.
DaveM-sport
Active Member
Gets upto 70mph easy. Had it at 110mph before and was still pulling abit but that was enough for me lol.
