3.6 Liter tdv8 engine transplant in 2.7 liter 2007 Discovery 3

Has anyone on this forum successfully fitted a 3.6 TDv8 engine in a 2007 Discovery 3, or know of someone who have? My 2007 2.7 liter Disco 3 has suffered a catastrophic crank failure twice within a space of a month and at a time when I could/can ill afford it. I looked at the BMW M57 engine replacement option but there appears to be little real information available, plus the M57 standard engine may be a little under powered.
I live in South Africa and apart from the fact that our currency is at an all time low due to factors beyond my control, we do not seem to have a lot of Discovery engine transplant experts, other than I know a man who knows a man who read something on a forum.....
Any information will be highly appreciated.

Yep, it's been done, a guy up in Scotland - I think there was a magazine article about it. You might find more details on one of the dedicated Discovery forums.

Graculus said:

Yep, it's been done, a guy up in Scotland - I think there was a magazine article about it. You might find more details on one of the dedicated Discovery forums.

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Thank you Graculus, I have searched the internet to no avail, but I shall try again.

The internet is a big place, try searching for 'disco tdv8 retrofit' - I'm not sure of the rules for direct linking to other sites so I'll leave it at that, except to say adding a numerical may narrow the search a bit...

Th russians did it years ago, see on youtube.
Discomikey off the d3 forum (the scotland guy) did his a couple of years back

Just buy a TDV8 RR and have done with it.

Cos that isn’t gonna be just an engine swap.

How good are you with electric spark things.

J

marjon said:

Just buy a TDV8 RR and have done with it.

Cos that isn’t gonna be just an engine swap.

How good are you with electric spark things.

J

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I think the guy used a rr sport as the donor for the d3v8, basically used two cars to make one.

marjon said:

Just buy a TDV8 RR and have done with it.

Cos that isn’t gonna be just an engine swap.

How good are you with electric spark things.

J

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RR has different internal shape and less seats. So may not be appropriate.

300bhp/ton said:

RR has different internal shape and less seats. So may not be appropriate.

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Sorry did he say he needs the car for space and seats?
I never actually said it wasn't possible, just not a simple engine/box swap.

J

marjon said:

Sorry did he say he needs the car for space and seats?
I never actually said it wasn't possible, just not a simple engine/box swap.

J

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I’d have thought the swap uses manually or completely factory parts and nothing bespoke. Any engine swap is a decent project. But as this engine was fitted to the L320 RRS which shares a platform with the D3. I’d image it may not be horrendous by any means.

300bhp/ton said:

I’d have thought the swap uses manually or completely factory parts and nothing bespoke. Any engine swap is a decent project. But as this engine was fitted to the L320 RRS which shares a platform with the D3. I’d image it may not be horrendous by any means.

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Think rrs chassis is shorter than the d3.

lynall said:

Think rrs chassis is shorter than the d3.

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indeed mate as u rightly say , the RRS chassis are shorter

also as a side note i see those front outriggers at the back of the front wheels that arnt used on a D3 are only used on the RRS, think it’s for the dynamic anti roll bar system

gstuart said:

indeed mate as u rightly say , the RRS chassis are shorter

also as a side note i see those front outriggers at the back of the front wheels that arnt used on a D3 are only used on the RRS, think it’s for the dynamic anti roll bar system

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Did wonder what they were for.

lynall said:

Think rrs chassis is shorter than the d3.

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Yes they are. However as they use the same power train options with the petrol V8 and TDV6, I’d place a large wager that the wheelbase changes are not in the engine bay and would have zero impact on fitting a 3.6 TDV8.

300bhp/ton said:

Yes they are. However as they use the same power train options with the petrol V8 and TDV6, I’d place a large wager that the wheelbase changes are not in the engine bay and would have zero impact on fitting a 3.6 TDV8.

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Sorry I thought you meant to use the rrs chassis/drivetrain under the d3s body!

Sport is cramped, but the conversion is basically use a totalled RRS as a parts donor.

Some D4 had active anti roll though, spot the pattern.

D1 no
D2 yes
D3 no
D4 yes
D5 no

MJI said:

Sport is cramped, but the conversion is basically use a totalled RRS as a parts donor.

Some D4 had active anti roll though, spot the pattern.

D1 no
D2 yes
D3 no
D4 yes
D5 no

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Which d4 had active anti toll?

lynall said:

Which d4 had active anti toll?

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Not sure, but I have seen them

Now that messes things up

Called "Active Roll Control"

On D5

Nothing ARC/ACE related on Microcat for the Disco4 - it could've done with it though.