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JIMBOBLY:
my old rangie is my pride and joy,love it,but the time is coming where either the rangie has got to go or the passat,i want to run the 1 motor,so i want to keep the rangie,but 3.9 auto is a bit thirsty,and i dont want to gas the rangie,want to convert it to 200tdi and manuel,im a mechanic,and a dab hand at welding,if done this,i would be looking at a complete doner vechile,i know mounts will have to be welded on,any views tips on how to do this,mainly to do with wiring and fuel lines,any help would be much appreciated as always,i know its alot of work,but theres sentimental value in this motor,cheers jim :D

Range Rover Blues:
Don't a**e about, gas it.  It will cost the same to run as a TDi and be loads less grief to do.  £1,300 buys a top of the shop multi point LPG system that fits in place of the spare (which let's face it doesn't match the tyres any of us use anyway) with all the niceness of a petrol auto.

As a comparison my sister's 300 TDi will do 30mpg driving carefully and 21mpg towing the 'van.  My wife's 300 manual does 27 taking it steady(ish).

Bobtail:

--- Quote from: JIMBOBLY on February 10, 2009, 22:31:00 ---my old rangie is my pride and joy,love it,but the time is coming where either the rangie has got to go or the passat,i want to run the 1 motor,so i want to keep the rangie,but 3.9 auto is a bit thirsty,and i dont want to gas the rangie,want to convert it to 200tdi and manuel,im a mechanic,and a dab hand at welding,if done this,i would be looking at a complete doner vechile,i know mounts will have to be welded on,any views tips on how to do this,mainly to do with wiring and fuel lines,any help would be much appreciated as always,i know its alot of work,but theres sentimental value in this motor,cheers jim :D

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I am with him ^^^^^^^^^^^^ GAS it

its a lot less hassle and you can buy a cheaper kit and fit it yourself

Jim

Nick4X4:
I have done the V8 to tdi for a friend and can tell you....you will love it and is not that hard to do (if you can weld not that there's alot ;) )
i can pm you pic's if you need them, by doing the v8 to tdi you will find you have much more power than the std efi and better fuel economy.
it wont cost you loads to do it your self in fact i only charge £700 to do it (this is a ref. to how easy it is to do and is based on a 200tdi engine and box taken from a scrap motor)
seeing you can buy a mot fail disco for as little as £200 i would go for doing it your self seeing you know want your doing and go down that root

Bowie:

--- Quote from: Nick4X4 on February 12, 2009, 01:30:16 ---by doing the v8 to tdi you will find you have much more power than the std efi and better fuel economy.
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Huh?

TDI = 107/110BHP

3.9V8 = 190ish BHP

Sorry you have lost me there a bit....

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