Postby 85County » Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:15 pm
the 3.5 v8, best motor ever, will wear cam lobes, thats just an excuse to fitt a hotter cam.
200 TDI Name pom the last of the pommy development ( inhouse) and has it linage all the way back to the 2 & 1/4, i like it better than the 300 tdi, but parts are getting harder and a bit more pricey. but mated to the shitty LT77 is usually the killer for me
300 TDI Name "Brazilian" sort of says where this motor was developed, good i like it, cooling problems in the head and original head gassett meant that you were guaranteed a head job at about 170K, but these would have all been done by now with the newer bits, Vacuum pump is a pain. serpentine idler is a pain. weak water overflow bottle, non crossdriled output gear. is what i view ans things you need to keep an eye on. ABS sensors 150 bucks, more likely they are just out of line
TD5 Name storm. LR product that has nothing to do with BMW, good donk. had out of the box issues, plastic dowels in the head and no lock-tight on the oil pump. but these would have been addressed by now. the ability to get surprising power. a td5 chipped inter-cooled auto with drag off a 4ltr V8 easy while probably inverting the air box at the same time. some had no transfer case linkage, seay to fitt but pricey, some had no transfer case gears, - replace transfer case also not cheep. the 3 amigos ( dash lights), you will need a nanocom, not really a big deal, usually a leaking injector loom. oil has gotten into the plug (110) or into the ECU ( disco)
i will not go into the suspension, though the D2 life there were a number of versions and options. but geometry is not defender or D1 like so less tweekable
V8s 3.9, slipped liners, trumpets coming loose. week spark ( replace with Bosh) needs good quality leads, advance timing to 10deg, get disie recurved. and if you have the bucks drop in GEN 3 injectors. NB if you have an ARB or TJM type of snorkel, have the top facing backwards, then your better for kl per hundred
4ltr and 4.2, they tried to fix the slipped liner problem by not top hatting the liners ??????? didn't work. unless you by cheep these motors, they are not really the donk to spend money on
4.6 THOR ======= GOLD
all toymotor and poootrool driver will tell you that all LR have weak axles, the reality is that the series 2 and 2A had weak axles, series 3 had a weak GB, the series 3 stage 1 is the beginning of the 110, strong ass.
Oh forgot, the puma's === ford
2,4 and 2.2, drive great, good economy around town, 12 ltrs / 100 at 95 klm, 17 ltrs/100 at 110klm. great why they are good but a disposable donk, grantee jobs, extended grantee insurance is the name of the game. LR just swap out donks,
same could be said for d3 and d4