Re: 6.2 V8 diesel

Mr.Nice. wrote:
> I have recently been mulling over the idea of replacing the engine in
> my 1984 110.
>
> Does anyone have any experience of one of these 6.2 litre V8 diesels
> in a Land Rover?
>
> I was thinking it would be best attached to an automatic gearbox.
>
> Any thoughts boys and girls?
>
>
>
> Regards.
> Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

Mark, does that go against the point of a DERV! Cant see you getting MPG out of a 6.2 engine of any
description!!!!

Nige

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> > I have recently been mulling over the idea of replacing the engine in
> > my 1984 110.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience of one of these 6.2 litre V8 diesels
> > in a Land Rover?
> >
> > I was thinking it would be best attached to an automatic gearbox.
> >
> > Any thoughts boys and girls?
> >
>
> Mark, does that go against the point of a DERV! Cant see you getting MPG
out of a 6.2 engine of any
> description!!!!
>
That would depend entirely on your reasons for selecting a diesel engine.

If you wanted diesel for purely fuel economical reasons, then it probably
isn't a good choice, though having said that, I bet it would be more
economical than a 3.5 petrol.
If, however, you wanted an engine with load of low down torque, and with a
decent degree of water resistance for wading, then the 6.2 would be an
excellent choice.

SimonJ wrote:
>>> I have recently been mulling over the idea of replacing the engine
>>> in my 1984 110.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any experience of one of these 6.2 litre V8 diesels
>>> in a Land Rover?
>>>
>>> I was thinking it would be best attached to an automatic gearbox.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts boys and girls?
>>>
>>
>> Mark, does that go against the point of a DERV! Cant see you getting
>> MPG out of a 6.2 engine of any description!!!!
>>
> That would depend entirely on your reasons for selecting a diesel
> engine.
>
> If you wanted diesel for purely fuel economical reasons, then it
> probably isn't a good choice, though having said that, I bet it would
> be more economical than a 3.5 petrol.
> If, however, you wanted an engine with load of low down torque, and
> with a decent degree of water resistance for wading, then the 6.2
> would be an excellent choice.

True enough, but for a working vehicle ( i believe Mark uses it for work) MPG is usually reasonably high
on the list. I know what you mean though ;~)

Nige


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Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

"If you tolerate this then your children will be next"

I too have been thinking of this sort of conversion but you need to bear in
mind the weight of the engine and also the centre of gravity of it all, I
have heard in previous posts about this that it makes for a very front top
heavy set up !!!!
If anyone goes ahead with such a conversion I would love to see some pics

Rich

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> SimonJ wrote:
> >>> I have recently been mulling over the idea of replacing the engine
> >>> in my 1984 110.
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone have any experience of one of these 6.2 litre V8 diesels
> >>> in a Land Rover?
> >>>
> >>> I was thinking it would be best attached to an automatic gearbox.
> >>>
> >>> Any thoughts boys and girls?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Mark, does that go against the point of a DERV! Cant see you getting
> >> MPG out of a 6.2 engine of any description!!!!
> >>
> > That would depend entirely on your reasons for selecting a diesel
> > engine.
> >
> > If you wanted diesel for purely fuel economical reasons, then it
> > probably isn't a good choice, though having said that, I bet it would
> > be more economical than a 3.5 petrol.
> > If, however, you wanted an engine with load of low down torque, and
> > with a decent degree of water resistance for wading, then the 6.2
> > would be an excellent choice.
>
> True enough, but for a working vehicle ( i believe Mark uses it for work)
MPG is usually reasonably high
> on the list. I know what you mean though ;~)
>
> Nige
>
>
> --
> Subaru WRX (The Bitch)
>
> Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)
>
> "If you tolerate this then your children will be next"
>
>