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Miniman:
Well it looks like Jim Willy has come up with the better Idea for me. I was going to put the 2.5TD engine into the series 3 88" but Jim Willy said it would probably be better to put that in the 109" safari and the 3.3L in the series 88". Thinking about it the perkins are very good at breaking gearboxes and halfshafts so what is a more powerfull engine going to do like a 2.5TD......Humm Not just that the 88" is going to be for the playdays and the 109" is going to be for the road. Well the perkins only rev to 2500rpm so it would be a bit slow for the road in a 109" The 109" is going to be my everyday car and the series for greenlanes and off roading and we all know that we dont need speed for that. So what yall think.

88" 3.3 Litre Perkins
109 Safari 2.5TD

Lets hear your comments.... :wink:

dave_2A_2.25Turbo:
I would think you're as likely (if not more so) to break things with the Perkins - it's Torque that does the damage as opposed to BHP.  

You'll need Range Rover Diffs to use the Perky on the road successfully - to counteract the low rev range - and probably for the off-road toy as well (to make it bearable between the slow bits!)

My vote would be Perky for the 109 and 2.5TD for the 88

Jim-Willy:
Oh come on.  Ya can't have a relitavely modern and quiet engine for screwing to death offroad and spend all your road driving week in a long wheelbase nail running a loud slow forklift engine.  It'd be lunacy :roll: .

Miniman:
So figures just so people know.

2.5TD 90 BHP Which stands for Break Halfshaft Power

Perkins 4203 3.3 Litre 60bhp  45kw at 2600rpm 143 lbf ft

Rich_P:
Just remember that the 2.5TD is still within the limits of the transmission, as it is similar in output to the 2.6 Straight-6 cylinder petrol engine.

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