Has anyone done a Cummins 12V turbo transplant into a Disco, Defender or Series? I know they are heavy (~1100LBs), but they can also develop an easy 4-500 HP and are good for 300k between rebuilds. There are a lot of them around from 90’s era Dodge trucks already mated to NV4500 trannies, for relatively low $$. And, there are adapters for NV4500 to our transfer cases.
Anyone done this?
Cummins 12V turbo transplant?
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bsa_m21
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red90
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Re: Cummins 12V turbo transplant?
Look up the Cummins Land Rover group on Facebook. Everything you need to know is there.
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Re: Cummins 12V turbo transplant?
Thanks Red90.
Been there already. Was looking for anyone in the BC lower mainland with experience and hopefully a conversion I could see. No substitute for first hand experience, I say. 😯🤫😁
Been there already. Was looking for anyone in the BC lower mainland with experience and hopefully a conversion I could see. No substitute for first hand experience, I say. 😯🤫😁
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Re: Cummins 12V turbo transplant?
I have not seen a rover with a 6bt in it. I mean you can fit any engine into anything depending on how much cutting and welding you're willing to do, but that is a lot of iron. Other minor issue is redline on a 6bt is somewhere around 3200 rpm. So to make 300 hp at 3200 rpm you are putting out something close to 500 ft-lbs of torque. Not a big deal for the lt230, but axles are likely to need some serious attention, or swapping to something stronger.
So when do we start?
So when do we start?