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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: spy on June 19, 2008, 20:55:06

Title: Do I / dont I?
Post by: spy on June 19, 2008, 20:55:06

A mate has offered me his 200tdi disco to butcher all the bits I need off it and give him the rest back to scrap.  He wants £250 for all the engine stuff I need or want.  Its done 148k but I used to own it and its a good engine.  I had timing belt kit done 18 months ago at approx 140k.  Runs spot on but the alti is shot and the rad is past its best.  Alternators dont do much money on ebay second hand (if I cant make mine fit somewhow) but a rad could cost me £80 if im unlucky. 
 
Is it worth the cash?  Mine is a 2.5 petrol with lpg so I am thinking that by the time I have stripped the engine and gas etc off of mine I should get over half of my money back selling them bits on ebay. 

I cant have two cars on my drive in bits for any length of time so it will be a a case of rip the disco to bits, sticking it all in the back of my 110 then get rid of the disco and start stripping the 110 and fitting the 200tdi (probably at work).  What should I take off?  Obviously the main engine bits, hoses intercooler etc but is there anything I am likely to forget?   

Is it worth the cash do you think?

Cheers,


Mike

 

Title: Re: Do I / dont I?
Post by: biggerlandy on June 19, 2008, 22:13:22

oh yes put engine into your 110

Title: Re: Do I / dont I?
Post by: merlin617 on June 25, 2008, 13:53:43

DO IT !!!

I have just put a 200 in my 90 which was normally asphixiated. The difference is amazing and better mpg to boot. :grin:

Title: Re: Do I / dont I?
Post by: Tommo on June 25, 2008, 18:00:16

you would have to be retarded to get rid of LPG for a diesel!

Diesel might be 1.50 a litre soon but LPG looks steady away. put a V8 in if you want more poke and hook the gas to that.

Title: Re: Do I / dont I?
Post by: kizz81 on June 26, 2008, 22:37:04

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you would have to be retarded to get rid of LPG for a diesel!

im a retard, YAY  :lol:

i prefer my 200tdi to any V8 ive been in ( for the purpose i use it for, i love my dads V8 road going american van ), just follow me through a lake  :dance:and then drive 200 miles then back and through anouther lake running on all cylinders  :dance:

remeber you can always run it on the darkside of cooking oil which despite alot of daft rumors is fine, allbe it if it shortens the life of your fuel pump, it isnt significant and i run my somtimes 16MPG for cheaper than any LPG converted V8 so that argument isnt rerally fair,

take it, i would  :afro: keeps on pulling like a train, and can do the speed limit  :police:

Title: Re: Do I / dont I?
Post by: Tommo on June 27, 2008, 09:48:23

yeah water is a bummer with the V8's, but its possible to waterproof them.