Diesel Engine for a RRC

Has anybody ever put a Tdi engine into a Range Rover Classic - 3.5l Carb,
4 door 5 speed? I know they came out with them but not here in South
Africa.

How difficult for the home DIYer? Maybe a 300Tdi to match my Defender.

As much as I love the V8 my wife is continually bitching about the fuel
consumption. I think the problem is she only travels short distances - 2
to 5 kms and the choke is probably on most of the time. It has a Weber
38DGAS carb installed. Maybe I should disable the auto choke and see what
happens.

I see there now seems to be a glut of Disco V8s for sale at ridiculously
low prices - I saw a 95 for R50000, a 96 for a bit more and now someone
has been offered only R40000 for his 97. About R12 to the GBP.

Maybe time for LPG. But that is not freely available here and they cannot
keep up with the demand for gas heaters let alone a motor vehicle.

Since the discos are so cheap, why not rather sell the rangie and get
a disco Tdi. You will find that SerI discos are cheaper than similar
year defenders. This also seems to be the case in england judging by
the prices in the back of LRO etc.

I would imagine you would be out of pocket around R30K notes for a
good tdi engine (the cost of a typical rebuild), and then you would
have fit it and that would mean a new radiator and finding a place for
the intercooler etc.

I would say you are definitely better off either soldiering on with
the rangie as is, or getting a Tdi Disco rather than trying to do the
conversion. Of course if you could get the Tdi free, then it might
start to look viable, maybey.

Regards
Stephen

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:31:39 +0200, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:

>Has anybody ever put a Tdi engine into a Range Rover Classic - 3.5l Carb,
>4 door 5 speed? I know they came out with them but not here in South
>Africa.
>
>How difficult for the home DIYer? Maybe a 300Tdi to match my Defender.
>
>As much as I love the V8 my wife is continually bitching about the fuel
>consumption. I think the problem is she only travels short distances - 2
>to 5 kms and the choke is probably on most of the time. It has a Weber
>38DGAS carb installed. Maybe I should disable the auto choke and see what
>happens.
>
>I see there now seems to be a glut of Disco V8s for sale at ridiculously
>low prices - I saw a 95 for R50000, a 96 for a bit more and now someone
>has been offered only R40000 for his 97. About R12 to the GBP.
>
>Maybe time for LPG. But that is not freely available here and they cannot
>keep up with the demand for gas heaters let alone a motor vehicle.

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Since the discos are so cheap, why not rather sell the rangie and get
> a disco Tdi. You will find that SerI discos are cheaper than similar
> year defenders. This also seems to be the case in england judging by
> the prices in the back of LRO etc.
>
> I would imagine you would be out of pocket around R30K notes for a
> good tdi engine (the cost of a typical rebuild), and then you would
> have fit it and that would mean a new radiator and finding a place for
> the intercooler etc.
>
> I would say you are definitely better off either soldiering on with
> the rangie as is, or getting a Tdi Disco rather than trying to do the
> conversion. Of course if you could get the Tdi free, then it might
> start to look viable, maybey.
>
> Regards
> Stephen
> >
Discos are cheap at the moment but mainly the V8s. Not that I have really
been looking. The RRC is very attractive at the moment cos I have spent
quite a bit of time and money on it. It also fits in our garage which is
too low for a Disco.

Some of the blokes on the local forum suggested a cheap eco box. But I
could buy a lot of fuel and I like a big chunk of metal for the wife and
kid. And me.

And besides it would be fun to put a diesel in.

On or around Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:32:40 +0200, Paul <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Discos are cheap at the moment but mainly the V8s. Not that I have really
>been looking. The RRC is very attractive at the moment cos I have spent
>quite a bit of time and money on it. It also fits in our garage which is
>too low for a Disco.
>

disco I TDis, even 300 types, aren't fetching a lot either. Market's
flooded - and the most common failure for disco Is is rear body/chassis, or
transmission. neither of which are a problem if all you want is the engine.

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