Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72786
And guinea pig.
8th Jun 2018 9:02 pm
Rmacaul
Member Since: 05 Apr 2017
Location: Angus
Posts: 136
I was hopeful that someone had looked into it.
Touch wood my disco engine is still good.
8th Jun 2018 9:23 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72786
Now you’ve done it!
8th Jun 2018 9:33 pm
tayaste
Member Since: 15 May 2013
Location: Chester
Posts: 7633
Oh no. Indeed he has
8th Jun 2018 9:58 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Im sure getting the engine to run would be mechanically simple yet money heavy, getting it to talk to the rest of the car will be the really clever bit.
Give it a decade or so and people will have worked it out, they always do.
Look at what DM is having to do to fit a 3.6v8 into his disco.
8th Jun 2018 10:40 pm
SafariDave
Member Since: 19 Nov 2011
Location: NYC & LA
Posts: 775
who is DM? I want to see this 3.8 V8 for the D2.
DaveD3 2005 V8 SE Bonatti Grey "The Rhino" (our NYC D3)
De-tangoed Headlights, D4 2016 Style Black Pack Grille, D4 19" Wheels/ Bridgestone Alenza
D3 2005 V8 SE Bonatti Grey, D4 2016 Style Black Pack Grille (our LA D3)
D2 1999 V8 SD7 Chawton White (our Caribbean Beach truck)
8th Jun 2018 10:53 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
3.6 v8 out of the rr sport and ffrr
DM = Dico Mikey who knows more than the rest of us put together, hes also comes across as a thoroughly nice person who doesnt think hes billy big boots.
Im no good at searching but he did have a thread on the conversion which was basically his disco and a scrapper rrs for the engien and loom etc, mahoosive job.
8th Jun 2018 10:56 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20731
Having looked at a 3.2 conversion in a Defender...
The 3.2 is essentially the same as the 2.4/2.2, but with 2 extra cylinders
Bell housing pattern is the same
Engine mounts are the same
Engine harness is the same
Stumbling block is the 3.2 ECU and immobiliser...
Not a difficult job to physically fit, just the wiring that's the issue, in a Defender
Now, the same engine in a Discovery is very long in comparison.
Bell housing is completely different
Engine mounts are completely different
Wiring and CAN networks are completely different
Anything is possible with enough time and money, but I see this as a no-go...My D3 Build Thread
the 3.2 Puma is a five cylinder producing 185bhp...…………...Pete
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