Rebuilding: Diesel vs Petrol?

[Moose]

Jim, that is good info about putting the 2.5NA into a Series. I've gathered some useful info about the swap (some from Matt) but did not know about the clearance issue with the viscous fan. Bit of a bummer though as I had just put a new water pump on my engine so not super keen on swapping it for another type.

You say your engine is an Ex-Mod lump. Did it originally have an oil cooler? Mine does and I'm still wondering about what to do about the oil lines. Guess I will need to have a shop make some up as I'd like to retain the cooler.

My swap has been pending for a while now... maybe it's time I pulled my thumb out got to it. Could certainly use some of those extra mpg's.

Brett

[Jim-ME]

I'd have to check with Matt to know if it had provisions for an oil cooler. I had one with my gas engine and elected not to reinstall it on the diesel. With my gas engine I had braided stainless lines made up as the hard metal lines let go. The hardest part was figuring what the thread was.
Jim

[Eric W S]

Any ideas on where to source whole engines? Either diesel or petrol.
Is importing them directly from Turner possible? Or is there an easier way?
Is there any place known for used engines that I can use as a platform?

Thanks in advance.

Our hosts occassionally have engines. www.landroverexchange.com , www.pangolin4x4.com.

Turners are overpriced. Any comptent machine shop can do the exact same thing to any block. But Turner will drop ship you an engine from the UK.

[SafeAirOne]

Our hosts occassionally have engines. www.landroverexchange.com , www.pangolin4x4.com.

Turners are overpriced. Any comptent machine shop can do the exact same thing to any block. But Turner will drop ship you an engine from the UK.

There are or recently have been, some reasonably priced 200Tdi's on e-bay lately, too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180425616578&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

[Eric W S]

There are or recently have been, some reasonably priced 200Tdi's on e-bay lately, too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

Quit it!

Trying to resist the urge to buy one of those!