HELP!! V8 to 200tdi questions

Hi Guys,

I've been the owner of a 110 now for a few years.. its a dog let me tell you , it was bought as a on the road project!.. Any way lets cut the long story short, when i bought it; it was fitted with a discovery 200tdi and SY4x4 did comment as much of a bodged fit it was it lined up well on the front end.

The main question really is could you fit a 200tdi engine on the V8 engine mounts ? I'm obviously trying to work out what and how they've done it as its slightly leaning to the right and I'm wanting to tidy things up as I look to fit a new engine as the 200tdi ideally needs a rebuild its tired, the pistons are blowing too.. I'm wanting to fit another 200tdi (ideally rebuilt) with a auto box. If its possible that its fitted on the V8 mounts how would one raise it on the right hand side to 'level' the engine off ? I'm presuming that there's some sort of bracket.

Also am I right in thinking still to buy a short bell housing to bring the stick back inline for the gearbox ? the gear stick is currently sat back and the middle seat has been removed. I do know about the adapter plates to bring the stick forward and this is also another option but is that just for the manual gearbox ?

Any information will greatly be received

Pretty sure the V8 has different mounts..

Why do you want to replace a V8 with a 200?

Henry_b said:

Pretty sure the V8 has different mounts..

Why do you want to replace a V8 with a 200?

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I don't that bit is already done buddy.. I bought it with the 200 engine in this was done in 2011.. its the 200 engine I'm looking at changing now.

It appears that they have cut and welded the mounts to suit, I'm struggling for a reasonable engine replacement so I guess I'll look at tidying the engine bay up and doing the pistons.