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LandRoverAnorak



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excossack wrote:
Was the 5 pot found in a P38 a BMW engine?

The BMW diesel engine in the P38 was a straight six. Darren

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As far as I'm aware, BMW have never built a 5 cylinder engine of any kind.

Which is why the Td5 survived BMW ownership, it fitted between the BMW engines fitted to the Freelander 1 (4 cyl) and P38 (6 cyl).  1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top
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BMW 2.8i in Defenders
Found this 2.8i BMW pic on Wikipedia that was fitted to South African Defenders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Land_Rov...engine.jpg


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That's a six cylinder petrol. Darren

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Always fancied one of those Thumbs Up ,should be fairly straightforward to transplant the M3 3.2 evo engine Mr. Green
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I've heard a few people refer to the TD5 as a BMW engine. I think its because the TD5 appeared around the time that BMW bought LR and people assumed that it was a BMW derived engine. Only Alcohol Can Save me Now

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changill wrote:
I've heard a few people refer to the TD5 as a BMW engine. I think its because the TD5 appeared around the time that BMW bought LR and people assumed that it was a BMW derived engine.



This seems quite common. We were looking a a smart TD5 in Chepstow, Home Base, (we had my old Fourtrak), and the owner insisted it was fitted with the BMW 5cylinder engine , brilliant engine said he, and went on to state why it was so better than the Land Rover engined version. Numerous people have asked about our truck, and asked is that the one with the BMW engine.
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marsie wrote:
Always fancied one of those Thumbs Up ,should be fairly straightforward to transplant the M3 3.2 evo engine Mr. Green
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Re: BMW 2.8i in Defenders
BigWheels wrote:
Found this 2.8i BMW pic on Wikipedia that was fitted to South African Defenders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Land_Rov...engine.jpg


IMHO the most reliable engine ever fitted to the Defender. This was the same unit that was in the BMW 328i & 528i, IOW, bulletproof Thumbs Up

They are very sought-after here in SA, and fetch a high price. Fuel consumption is quite high, IIRC around 16l/100km, but it sounds sweet and goes like the clappers.

One of the landy indies in Johannesburg even bolted on a supercharger for one of their mad customers - gave the GTi boys a big scare at the traffic lights Rolling with laughter --
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