OK EVERYONE! I have researched this possibility, and have come to the conclusion, that it would be EXTREMELY difficult, if not near impossible to install a 617a into a Discovery. Just looking at the over-all height and length of the engine, major modifications would have to be made. Starting with the oil pan sump. It sits WAY to low, and the pan does not clear the axle! The engine fan would have to be taken out, and other means of cooling the engine would have to be addressed. If you wanted to keep the A/C, there would be NO way left to cool the engine! The weight of the engine is also another concern. The 617A(turbo diesel 5cyl) Fully dressed weighs near 1000lbs
That is about 300lbs more than the rover V8. Now you are looking at MUCH stronger springs! Don't get me wrong, there are ways to do almost anything!! But I don't have the money or the time to try it. If anyone wants to try it, let me know! I also looked at the amout of time, and money i would sink into this project. I can just buy a Turbo-Diesel G-Wagen for the same price. ....AND get it all!!!
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Eric The Red
93 Range Rover Classic
We will never "arrive" so the goal is to keep moving forward on our journey so we can periodically declare, "I am not what I want to be, but I am not what I used to be!"
96 DISCO SE7 5-SPEED SOLD
....okay
couldn't live without a disco!
96 DISCO SD 5-SPEED
-ARB Bumper
-OME 2" Lift
-2" spacers
-Safari snorkel
-15" steelies
