Outer Limits 4x4 Board

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

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

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...