300tdi into a rangie ??

[GURU]

G'day all,

Well if I don't go the supercharger idea on my Rangie I would be keen to fit a 300tdi, or possibly buy a disco with one in it.

I have a really nice low kms (70K) 300tdi in my Series II comp rig (un rego) and I would use this motor for the conversion, I would either fit the 3.5L EFI or find another 300tdi (even a clapped out one, and prefered) to the series II.

My 89 RR has a ZF Auto, Am I able to keep this and is it the prefered option? Or am I better of going to a R380?? Car is for big trips and towing a car trailer around, but could become my daily drive if it has a diesel in it.

I assume I would need an engineers certificate??

LRH, You used the whole driveline out of a disco didn't you?? I would be keen to come check yours out and have a drive if possible

[andrew e]

I'd buy a complete donor and sell the rest off. Even though you have a good donor motor, you still need lots of little stuff. Mechanically good 300tdi wrecks with under 180K pull 2-3K depending on extras, year, condition and who wants it bad enough. Dont wory though, you can easily re-coup this cost and keep the mechanicals when you sell the rest off.

Funnily enough 3.9 wrecks out number tdis 3 to 1 and pull atleast 1k less.

Zfs have a better name than the r380 and are more common and cheaper for a replacement/rebuild. If it was me, i'd buy a 3.9/zf wreck with sub 150K for around 2k and use those mechanicals with LPG and a bigger auto cooler. Could be done in a weekend, rather than a foughtnight, swapping 2 motors around.

Keep your TDi where it is, its happy there.


On another note, do you still have that 1/2 built 90 you started years ago and posted pics up?


Andy

[GURU]

Nah...I sold the chassis and the rest is in my Series II....only diff from that original 90 is the chassis.

My problem is I don't have 2-3K to play with.... I don't want gas as I'm atarting to look at doing some big trips into remote places in the coming years... hence I don't want a computer running my car either...