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jst

Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Taunton
Posts: 8051

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Stornoway Grey

2.4 engine change, to what?

Iets say you had a 90 for general short trips around 20miles on country roads, that towed 30% of its mileage, did the occasional motorway trip(twice a yea) and was off road 10% of its mileage, circa 3k miles a year.

The engine needed replacing, what would you replace it with as a home conversion, so all parts readily available and why? Ignoring insurance concerns but mindful of overall cost on a vehicle worth £15k ish Cheers

James
110 2012 XS Utility
130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper
90 2010 Hardtop
90 M57 1988 Hardtop

9th Jan 2020 7:27am

Naks

Member Since: 27 Jan 2009
Location: Stellenbosch, ZA
Posts: 2645

2010 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 SW Alpine White

if you have the bucks: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/electric-crate-motor/ --
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged

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9th Jan 2020 7:35am

Zed

Member Since: 07 Oct 2017
Location: In the woods
Posts: 3310

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Santorini Black

M57 would be my choice. All conversion parts readily available and it suits the Defender so well even in standard tune. Tweak it a bit and you can get ridiculous power. WARNING.
This post may contain sarcasm.

9th Jan 2020 7:43am

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

If wanting to keep the costs down then how about a TD5? I saw some pictures of one done recently, albeit with no particular report on how it likes the 6 speed box. That isn't an insurmountable problem either, though. Darren

110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak

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9th Jan 2020 7:57am

BenB8man

Member Since: 22 Mar 2017
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 429

2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Few companies on instagram showing off their 330d/335d M57 Defenders. It's certainly what I'd go for if my 2.4 gave up the ghost.

9th Jan 2020 8:15am

tookaphotoof

Member Since: 18 Mar 2013
Location: dordrecht
Posts: 1279

2013 Defender 130 Puma 2.2 HCPU Santorini Black

Exactly the same. Least problems along the conversion and therefore the fastest way to get going again. Can’t see what’s wrong with the 2.4.

9th Jan 2020 8:16am

Thon

Member Since: 22 Nov 2015
Location: Salisbury Plain
Posts: 696

Pretty much the same usage I have with my 110 and i'd have to be strongly persuaded to do anything other than a used replacement of the same type - lots of them available for sub £2K and the job would be done in 2 days.

Not saying the 2.4 is the best engine in the world, but it certainly isn't the worst.

Just my $0.02

9th Jan 2020 8:55am

hank

Member Since: 12 Sep 2016
Location: South Wales
Posts: 2301

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Cummins 6BT

> 110 XS Double Cab

9th Jan 2020 9:23am

LR90XS2011

Member Since: 05 Apr 2011
Location: bickenhill
Posts: 3643

2011 Defender 90 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Galway Green

2.3 ecotec DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,

I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy

9th Jan 2020 6:06pm

Caterham

Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 6300

2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Stornoway Grey

with such low annual mileage what about a 2nd hand ls3 or coyote with appropriate gearbox.

15k might just doing using new(ish) second hand parts?

otherwise another tdci 2.4 or 3.2

9th Jan 2020 7:10pm

Mdm

Member Since: 11 Sep 2013
Location: Sunny Lancashire
Posts: 1623

i would go for something easy to work on.
easy to service and get spares

petrol powered maybe a ls v8 engine.

diesel wise i would merc engines and maybe a bmw

cummins is to heavy for me.

driven one with the ford 3,2 which was nice but hard on the drive train torque wise

wouldn't go back to a td5 from a puma nor a tdi or similar engine .

fancy the 6 pot noise and for the miles your going to do an auto is viable as well.

9th Jan 2020 7:49pm

Naks

Member Since: 27 Jan 2009
Location: Stellenbosch, ZA
Posts: 2645

How about getting a replacement engine from this outfit: https://www.scs-delta.co.uk/product-page/f...gement-kit --
2010 Defender Puma 90 + BAS remap + Alive IC + Slickshift + Ashcroft ATB rear
2015 Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged

Defender Puma Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zZ1en9
Discovery 4 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zXrtKO
Range Rover/Sport L320/L322/L494 Workshop Manual: https://bit.ly/2zc58JQ

10th Jan 2020 8:18am

Mike_E

Member Since: 13 Apr 2017
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 161

2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Aintree Green

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Land-Rover-Defe...3798301324

???

10th Jan 2020 1:06pm

G4UJS

Member Since: 20 Jan 2019
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 226

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Zermatt Silver

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAND-ROVER-DEFE...6#viTabs_0

Resonable?

Rob

10th Jan 2020 1:13pm

Hairysteve

Member Since: 15 Jun 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 692

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Barolo Black

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/163798301324 M57 conversion

11th Jan 2020 11:28am

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