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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1763   
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Sounds like a worse idea than just buying a TD5 defender!
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25th Apr 2016 11:46pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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The td5 engine is a master piece and the foibles are known and fixable, physically it will fit but you'll have challenges around the electronics for the dash, abs etc
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26th Apr 2016 4:50am |
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| ibexman Member Since: 13 Dec 2008 Location: Essex Posts: 2945
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TD5 last of the GREAT Land Rover engines
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26th Apr 2016 7:42am |
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| Jukathy Member Since: 25 Jan 2015 Location: Berlin Posts: 170 
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TDI would be clever.
Good cars are avaible. Just buy one. |
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26th Apr 2016 7:59am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17364 
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It's probably no harder that fitting a Puma bulkhead and dash in a TD5, but you'd need to change the engine and gearbox complete*.
The problem, as with fitting a Puma dash in a TD5, would be that the CanBus IPAC won't work with the TD5 ECU. If you fitted a TD5 instrument panel in place of the TDCI panel you could avoid this problem. * No point leaving the GFT MT982 box in since the ratios would be wrong (low first probably dangerously so without idle jack) and arguable the output adaptor shaft is the single biggest flaw in the TDCi design. So although the MT82 itself is a much better engineered box and nicer to drive that the TD5's awful 5-speed, it would probably have to go. |
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26th Apr 2016 8:05am |
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| epictrail Member Since: 20 Sep 2013 Location: High Wycombe Posts: 395 
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Can't use the 6 speed box on a TD5. Ashcrofts tried to make it work and I was told couldn't
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26th Apr 2016 8:54am |
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| Super7 Member Since: 05 Feb 2014 Location: South Bucks. Posts: 132 
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and I was thinking about putting a TDi in my TD5!
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26th Apr 2016 8:59am |
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| Fatboy Slim Member Since: 04 Feb 2008 Location: Bridgend Posts: 1006 
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Why would you want to do that? I like the tdis but the 5 is better in every way
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26th Apr 2016 9:19am |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10381
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I like this thread!!!!
If you fit a td5, you need to take a recip saw to the bulkhead vent blanks...to make the Puma a 'proper' Land Rover  |
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26th Apr 2016 10:37am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20335
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Only 2 benefits I can think of that the TD5 has. (I've never driven one mind you)
Is the sound is sweet, and it's 5 pot. |
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26th Apr 2016 11:30am |
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| jst Member Since: 14 Jan 2008 Location: Taunton Posts: 8021  
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Chris - complete with td5 box? Cheers
James 110 2012 XS Utility 130 2011 M57 bespoke Camper 90 2010 Hardtop 90 M57 1988 Hardtop |
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26th Apr 2016 11:36am |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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Another is the vents, they're great. |
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26th Apr 2016 11:41am |
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| Fatboy Slim Member Since: 04 Feb 2008 Location: Bridgend Posts: 1006
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And more economical Faster Has MEUI fuel injection Has a timing chain instead of a poxy belt Can produce V8 killing performance easily Dead simple to work on Has a decent cooling system I'm on my 9th, also look after several site vehicles that never see a road and also own a 200 and 300. Had several Tdis of my own, and a 2.4 but as an all rounder the Td5 is without a doubt the king. |
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26th Apr 2016 11:50am |
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| Super7 Member Since: 05 Feb 2014 Location: South Bucks. Posts: 132
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My comment was half tongue-in-cheek, but a simpler, cheaper to repair engine does appeal sometimes. |
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26th Apr 2016 12:09pm |
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