L-series question.

Just how similar is an L-series engine (freelander 2.0 Di) to a Perkins Prima? I heard that they are very similar.
Could you put an L-series engine in a series landrover?

200tdi is so cheap thesedays why bother.....

id like to know if its possible too.

Beast o Bodmin said:

200tdi is so cheap thesedays why bother.....

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because i've already got an L-series engine.
I could buy a tax-exempt basket case and a galvanised chassis to go with it.

Is it thats noone has tried to put an L-series engine in a series landy or is it that just the thought of putting a Freelander's engine in a "proper" landy too ghastly to imagine.

howardo said:

Is it thats noone has tried to put an L-series engine in a series landy or is it that just the thought of putting a Freelander's engine in a "proper" landy too ghastly to imagine.

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you'll get detention and 1000 lines for comments like that

if an L-series is like a perkins then why not?

howardo said:

if an L-series is like a perkins then why not?

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you can fit any engine in any vehicle with the right about of knowledge money and time - but putting the engine outta a Freelander in a Series is just not right

but then again they fit those Perkins marine engines into Maestro vans .....

the T220 Turbo lump has beeen put into a series.

The Mad Hat Man said:

the T220 Turbo lump has beeen put into a series.

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bit revvy for a landy ?

apparently it went like **** offa shovel

Surely changing the engine and chassis (and the drivechain, axles and brakes to cope with the extra power) will require the vehicle to be re-registered and lose its tax exempt status? If too many people start taking the **** like this then the tax exempt bit could be lost for all.

oxides said:

Surely changing the engine and chassis (and the drivechain, axles and brakes to cope with the extra power) will require the vehicle to be re-registered and lose its tax exempt status? If too many people start taking the **** like this then the tax exempt bit could be lost for all.

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how is replacing a rotten chassis with a galvanised one taking the ****?
i also don't remember mentioning anything about axles or drivetrain.

Replacing the chassis, ok.
Replacing the engine like for like, ok
Both at the same time - close to needing re-registering.
Putting a more powerful engine in a series without uprating the brakes (and probably the drivechain) - madness.
There's a limit to what you can do to a tax exempt vehicle without it ending up as a Q plate - just see where this ends up by looking at some of the "tax exempt" vehicles on ebay. Those of us who run original as possible spec vehicles could find our historic vehicle status - which it is supposed to be - lost.

oxides said:

Replacing the chassis, ok.
Replacing the engine like for like, ok
Both at the same time - close to needing re-registering.
Putting a more powerful engine in a series without uprating the brakes (and probably the drivechain) - madness.
There's a limit to what you can do to a tax exempt vehicle without it ending up as a Q plate - just see where this ends up by looking at some of the "tax exempt" vehicles on ebay. Those of us who run original as possible spec vehicles could find our historic vehicle status - which it is supposed to be - lost.

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Utter crap!

If all you are doing is replacing parts, okay engine and chassis are major replacement parts, but none the less, they are replacement parts. By your reckoning if you replaced parts of the brakes because they where worn out it would count towards re-registering it

Aslong as the brakes are well serviced they should be fine, as for the drivetrain, they was built for farmers to run into the ground so the drivetrain should be fine as long as it is looked after.

I agree these 'tax exempt' coil sprung v8s and 200tdis are ridiculous and will be the end of historic tax exempt vehicles - for what? the sake of £180 a year (or whatever it is)??

www.direct.gov.uk/.../BuyingAndSellingAVehicle/RegisteringAVehicle/DG_ 10014199 -
Don't change too much!
ps S3 gearboxes can be a bit fragile, as are the standard Rover diffs.