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Disco Gearbox in a Defender? LT77 or R380?
Robbiellewellyn:
Is it possible to put either a Disco LT77 and R380 gearbox in a Defender? My gearbox knowledge is very limited and so this maybe a very stupid question, however have been wondering about it all week. Its just that my gearbox is on its last legs and i would like something a little more....smooth. cheers all,
Rob
Xtremeteam:
you can fit it but need to either rebuild it with defender bits or take the jigsaw to the seat box as the gearstick sits further back on a disco
extreme90:
yes you can fit a disco lt77 in a 90 because i fitted one into my defender but you need the knowlage to do it and be able to weld
BUT.... the down sides
1. the gear stick will sit where the middle seat is.....just behind the seatbox re-inforcing...the leading edge
2. the engine will sit further forward...5 inches further forward.... is entirely possable just loose the viscous....add an electric depending on engine...my 200disco in the defender can still use its viscous but its like a paddle wheel in water :P
3. you will need to fabricate two new engine mounts and weld them to the chassis
4. obviously you will need to mod the exhaust...but that was the whole purpose to me !
all the rest is obvious
it took me 2 days ( 9 hours a day ) to do start to running up the local dual carrage way
if you need any more help just pm me, have helped a fellow mc member out with fitting a lt77 in a 90 with a nissan sd33 engine !
Xtremeteam:
--- Quote from: "thebiggreenthing" ---yes you can fit a disco lt77 in a 90 because i fitted one into my defender but you need the knowlage to do it and be able to weld
BUT.... the down sides
1. the gear stick will sit where the middle seat is.....just behind the seatbox re-inforcing...the leading edge
2. the engine will sit further forward...5 inches further forward.... is entirely possable just loose the viscous....add an electric depending on engine...my 200disco in the defender can still use its viscous but its like a paddle wheel in water :P
3. you will need to fabricate two new engine mounts and weld them to the chassis
4. obviously you will need to mod the exhaust...but that was the whole purpose to me !
all the rest is obvious
it took me 2 days ( 9 hours a day ) to do start to running up the local dual carrage way
if you need any more help just pm me, have helped a fellow mc member out with fitting a lt77 in a 90 with a nissan sd33 engine !
--- End quote ---
if i was scratch building a racer id have a disco box straight away simply for the fact it makes the gear stick in a much more comfortable postion,BUT for a road motor i wouldnt bother & just fit a defender box as there isnt any actual benefit in fitting a disco box mechanicals wise IMO
extreme90:
but why do you want to go through all that hassle, me and redlinemike have just been discussing it on msn and basicaly it isnt worth it unless you doing it for a reason....i did it for a reason...i was killing the engine with exhaust gasses not escaping quick enough and to get an advantage offroading of quicker gearchages......as you can find the gears now
dont get me wrong its possable..anything is possable in a land rover but it isnt worth it for what you want
it realy isnt worth it unless your doing it to get an edge other others !
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