2.25 Diesel

[Eric W S]

The engine is pretty shot we were thinking of just coring it and getting a new one. Unless you still think it would be cheaper to rebuild the entire thing? With all the rebuild parts kits rovers north offered it was going to be around the same price as a crate motor. Maybe there are cheaper places to get parts?

Price it out. Several vendors sell parts and rebuild kits for the 2.25. A turner crate motor isn't exactly cheap... Hell you could get a pretty nice small block 350 for the price...

EwS

[leafsprung]

Hell you could get a pretty nice small block 350 for the price...

More like a GM performance 383 stoker crate motor plus some change left over. Turner doesnt do anything a decent machine shop cant do . . .

[solihull109]

What about a buick 225 V6. Yes, the "odd fire". They pull decent, and when off road, you can retard the timing so it idles at 2-300 rpm, just like a tractor.
You can also build the motor, and for all you purists, it IS a buick motor after all.

Or, what Ike said. But supercharge that pig!

[kidrover86]

I would love to swap in a short block but the financier wants to keep it as british as possible. As I understand the 300tdi parts are hard to find stateside?

[superstator]

Ordering direct from the UK is pretty easy these days, though. I've bought diesel parts from lrseries.com and a couple individuals with good luck. You do take a little more risk that way - I'd hate to have to try an return something to a company 8 timezones away - but it can be worth it at times.

[Eric W S]

I would love to swap in a short block but the financier wants to keep it as british as possible. As I understand the 300tdi parts are hard to find stateside?

Our hosts can get 300tdi parts without issue.