360cmc said:

Been looking for p38 now a while, keeping an eye out for a diesel manual. I was air con this time. Not an ad but in my looking I see a few p38’s with problems and then seen that some people had put the tdv6 (m57) engine in it. All posts are old and sparse so was thinking what it would cost in this day? I believe someone in Poland made a harness allowing it to work as I hear the electrics were an issue but didn’t say whether the got it to make all the electrics on the dash work? for me it would really need to be a shop that could do the whole job. Preferably who done it or similar before. Anyone done it.
since the search bar won’t help me I thought I’ll just ask.
Thanks.

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RangeRoller dt said:

Is this an enquiry thread or is it gonna have pics of you jamming one in?

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RangeRoller dt said:

Is this an enquiry thread or is it gonna have pics of you jamming one in?

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360cmc said:

I won’t be jamming one in no but after speaking to a nice lady at Simtek today it seems like if I can get the engine fitted they can make it work. Was also told I was nowhere near the first person to ask lol. The previous posts I read made me believe that a manual was easier but they were old. The auto I believe needs an adapter plate. All comes down to money in the end really.
datatech not heard of the v conversion but will endeavour to find out more. That box I heard you mention numerous times and for sure would be the one to go for. I hear of an internal upgrade too. Of course more money. More investigation needed I think.

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Grrrrrr said:

Cheaper to just buy and run the v8, even if you have to convert it to LPG.

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Datatek said:

For a few miles until the liners droop and you are back to square one

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