DaveM-sport
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A guy over here has a 6bt in his Defender.
And the V8 it had before the 6bt
M57d30s aren't expensive to buy here though
Actually not many d25s about here.
It's the earlier M57 I'm using in the E30s though as a little less electronic crap like DBW throttle and things which would be more work to fit. with a re-map and stuff, it'll be more than adequate anyway. The later engine once re-mapped would have a silly amount of torque for a small car like an E30 anyway.
An E92 M3 gearbox will bolt upto the S85 from the V10 M5 no problem. Not sure how easy it would be to adapt to a LR transfer but anything is possible
Speaking of which... a V10 would be just plain stupid in a landrover in my opinion. I'd love to use the E39 M5 V8 S62 in a 90 though
Wasn't referring to the M47 at all. They're kinda **** really and only any good in an E46 in countries where the 330d is too expensive to run. The M51d25 from the E36 or E34 25tds is a cheap diesel engine that has reasonable power (around the TD5 mark) and can be brought upto 180bhp very easily and be pretty reliable.
The M57 has much more potential though and due to it sharing the same bellhousing bolt pattern as the M51, it makes fitting to a Landrover relatively easy due to the M51 coming in Range-rovers.
And the V8 it had before the 6bt
M57d30s aren't expensive to buy here though
Actually not many d25s about here.It's the earlier M57 I'm using in the E30s though as a little less electronic crap like DBW throttle and things which would be more work to fit. with a re-map and stuff, it'll be more than adequate anyway. The later engine once re-mapped would have a silly amount of torque for a small car like an E30 anyway.
An E92 M3 gearbox will bolt upto the S85 from the V10 M5 no problem. Not sure how easy it would be to adapt to a LR transfer but anything is possible
Speaking of which... a V10 would be just plain stupid in a landrover in my opinion. I'd love to use the E39 M5 V8 S62 in a 90 though
Wasn't referring to the M47 at all. They're kinda **** really and only any good in an E46 in countries where the 330d is too expensive to run. The M51d25 from the E36 or E34 25tds is a cheap diesel engine that has reasonable power (around the TD5 mark) and can be brought upto 180bhp very easily and be pretty reliable.
The M57 has much more potential though and due to it sharing the same bellhousing bolt pattern as the M51, it makes fitting to a Landrover relatively easy due to the M51 coming in Range-rovers.
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