Engine conversions

Has anyone here done an engine swap? I'm mot thinking landrover motors more like the GMC V8 Diesel or the Iveco 2.8 TD

out of the two choises i'd go with the iveco , gmc would be heavy as hell ... also was'nt there a lot of bad press with the gmc ????

never had anythin to do with either engine but i'd go iveco ..... good engines in wagons ...

ANyone know of companies that do the conversions? costs?

MD engineering and Steve Parker spring to mind. not sure if they do an iveco conversion

metallicachick86 said:

MD engineering and Steve Parker spring to mind. not sure if they do an iveco conversion

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Despite the weight i think id prefer the DV8 they sound awesome!!!! think of the torque...

People used to fit a gmc engine in rangerover classics,it was somthing like a 6.2 v8 from what i remember

wreckhunter said:

People used to fit a gmc engine in rangerover classics,it was somthing like a 6.2 v8 from what i remember

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My old boss had one of these put in his Classic to replace the 3.9. Sounded lovely, pulled like a train, cooked torque converters....

BoomerV8 said:

My old boss had one of these put in his Classic to replace the 3.9. Sounded lovely, pulled like a train, cooked torque converters....

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wouldnt want an auto no no no i likes to be in charge not the gearbox!!

Plus there was some sort of an issue with the gearing, as the V8 diesel would only rev to around 3000 rpm but then again this was probably an auto box thing, maybe the shift up points??

stick a defender transfer box in, will help with the gearing i should think

seen a disco with a 6.2 v8 deisel, man did it go!

metallicachick86 said:

stick a defender transfer box in, will help with the gearing i should think

seen a disco with a 6.2 v8 deisel, man did it go!

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Dafts got a transfer box you could have

wonder how you got on with your conversion. i put a toyota 1kz engine in to a range rover & couldnt believe how well it went & how nice it sits & looks under the bonnet

There's a couple of converions on youtube. One is a fender with a cummings engine sounds pretty cool, and pulls for fun. Other was a 90 with a combine perkins engine in.

Back in the 80s there were loads of engine conversions on the Range Rover classic. Mostly diesels, big and small. But since then, the standard engines for the RRC and following on, Disco, have been pretty good so no real need. 2.0MPi excepted, of course.....