2011 3.2 diesel defenders

[blue bomber]

My lovely wife just bought me a Land Rover International magazine, November 2012. It has an article that caught my interest. A couple of shops have figured out how to use factory (Ford) 3.2 diesel 5 cylinder engines and hybridizing the getrag transmission. As far as I can, tell using the heavier duty mt-85 font half with the mt -82 back half ( to fit the LT-230). At last a kick *** combo with nearly stock parts!!! 405 ftlbs of torque!! Awesome , zero to sixty 9.4 seconds. Not that it really matters, but still very impressive. A crawler gear transmission with huge torque, nice.
So depressing living in the land of the free..........


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[I Leak Oil]

Mmmmm....405 ft.lbs of torque..mmmmmmm
Could do donuts on two wheels in my series....:roost:

 

[LR Max]

For an engine swap? That might be about right! BTW how are the Puma engines? I heard that they weren't as good as the TD5 (could be wrong on this!). However that 6 speed is super sweet.

 

[Daktari]

Td5 - 6 speed will be awesome ,JE engineering is making this 3.2's???

I was one of the lucky persons with the engine knock on a puma engine (also the oil sump thing) - not a big fan of puma engines

i really miss the Td5 engine ,but i really like 6 speed gearboxes on the new model - defenders are gone now , and my new love is biturbo 2.0 and 6 speed (VW) :smiley_drive:

 

[ZG]

I love the puma engine, and the 6 speed is an amazing gear box. Not really sure I'd need to see more power than the 2.4/2.2 puts out as I've driven both and they've been plenty peppy.

 

[blue bomber]

I love the puma engine, and the 6 speed is an amazing gear box. Not really sure I'd need to see more power than the 2.4/2.2 puts out as I've driven both and they've been plenty peppy.

My 5.7 liter series is peppy ;-)



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[blue bomber]

The engine is a Ford transit 5 cylinder engine. In the "heavier" duty transit van.


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