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Originally Posted by Geobloke
How about putting a GMC V8 diesel in to it? People over here do it and it works a treat. Another way is to get a 200 or 300TDI over here in the UK (via Ebay or other) and then ship it out to the US, would probably be a heck of alot cheaper to do than buying a LR engine over there!
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I am of the opinion, and it may not be one universally shared, that the GM, or Ford diesels are too heavy for the suspension geometry of a Defender. That, and they are huge compared to the 4.2, or other landie V8s.
I know there are quite a few who have bought 300Tdi engines from breakers like Equicar. I was chatting with one fellow last fall who bought a 300Tdi, R380 and LT230 and had it delivered for $4500, which isn't too bad, but not great when you consider that the freight was over $2Grand of that $4500.
Like any ebay purchase, the variety in honesty and accuracy is vast, and dropping that much with a private seller, that far away is risky at best.
I have bought many vehicles off ebay, but in each case except one, made the trip to check it out first hand. Good case in point; My son drove 5 hrs round trip to check out a 110 this past weekend which, if you took the sellers word at face value, was a good truck. It turned out that there was nothing salvagable to the frame, forget outriggers, how about completely rotted frame channels, bulkhead that saw salt water regularly, and holier than JC himself, and an engine which sounded like marbles in a coffee tin.
I may well go with one of the breakers in LROI or LRE, but I think I'll pass on a 3000 private seller.
