Diesel V8 - or straight six

[ren]

Yes! I've been thinking about this since the 410 has been at the factory. The dieselification of the Citroen SM was a success - decades ago. I think you always need two cars for this sort of thing - one to keep original and another to play with. So this is my plan: buy a 406 and two 407s. Gut one of the 407s and drop diesel power into it. Colour them all metallic silver/grey with red interiors. Line them all up at the front of the garage and - da-da! - three almost identical-looking cars, with unique uses and driving experiences.

The question is: which diesel engine? The PSA-sourced unit in the XF is great. The 4.2 V8 Audi isn't half bad. BMW engineers some great diesels, too, and perhaps they'd turn a blind eye - for old times' sake - if a few of the guys from Patchway parachuted in and stole the plans? Alternatively, we wait until the engineers in Crewe have finished developing the V8 diesel Bentley engine and again, parachute the guys in (headed by Syd) to photograph the plans with their miniature spy cameras. V8 might be too much, though, so we might have to chop two cylinders off ...much like the Maserati 6-cylinder in the SM came into being...

I'm not an LPG fan either. You lose a lot of the boot ("There is more than adequate room for four 6 ft people and some of their luggage, if they're not going away for long and haven't had time to pack") and the channel tunnel is out. The economy figures don't match and the stuff's not available everywhere.

It should be a Series 6 option. I'd love to know more about the Irish project.

[GREG]

LOL

Didn't expect agreement !

I guess we have the option of BMW or Mercedes or even Mitsubishi 3.9 as used in Dodge trucks !

Worth a go ?

It's the future :-)

[Thor]

This forum is not for advertising but you may know that my company is successfully fitting 2.7 TDV6 Land Rover engines to LR Defenders. I think fitting them to 407 and later Bristols would be quite possible. Outputs : 240 bhp (179 kW) and 420 lbf.ft (569 Nm). SO plenty of torque, and easily over 100 mph, probably about 115 mph would be quite possible. Contact me off-line at jond@jeengineering.co.uk if that is interesting.

[GREG]

Originally Posted by Thor

This forum is not for advertising but you may know that my company is successfully fitting 2.7 TDV6 Land Rover engines to LR Defenders. I think fitting them to 407 and later Bristols would be quite possible. Outputs : 240 bhp (179 kW) and 420 lbf.ft (569 Nm). SO plenty of torque, and easily over 100 mph, probably about 115 mph would be quite possible. Contact me off-line at jond@jeengineering.co.uk if that is interesting.

I am not sure what the advertising policy is on this site ?

I have seen recommendations for Richard James, Colonel Spencer, ACCS , Bristol , BOC , BODA, Andrew Blow, Brian May, and a few others by people connected and not connected ! Most accepted by the webMASTER , and one or two not !!

At the bottom of the page ASDA insurance is advertised if anyone is interested :-)

Your Diesel transplant experience sounds very interesting and I would be surprised if any of the other usual contacts above could or would take it on !

An engine transplant can be reversed in most cases and if down the line someone wants to go back to original, they can. I know one or two 6 cylinder Bristol owners that run with a 5 speed ford gearbox but keep the original in case the next owner prefers a rougher ride / originality.

Thanks for the info

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by GREG

I am not sure what the advertising policy is on this site ?

I have seen recommendations for Richard James, Colonel Spencer, ACCS , Bristol , BOC , BODA, Andrew Blow, Brian May, and a few others by people connected and not connected ! Most accepted by the webMASTER , and one or two not !!

At the bottom of the page ASDA insurance is advertised if anyone is interested :-)

Generally speaking I take a pretty dim view of people blatantly advertising their own or related commercial enterprises on this site, particularly when they don't even link back to this site from their own, nor do they contribute to the cost of operating the site. I am happy to consider reciprocal links.

I view genuine recommendations differently, when they are from an unrelated third party, such as a happy customer, but at the end of the day this isn't a democracy

I am a believer in give and take.

Over many years, Thor was a regular and meaningful contributor to the old BEEF mail list, which was the predecessor to this web based forum. He often gave out free engineering advice about Bristols and Landrovers, so I am happy if I can help him out by sending a bit of traffic his way. Here's a direct link to his site Welcome to JE Engineering | About Us

As for the ASDA link, they make a small contribution to the running costs of the site in exchange for the link.

BTW Greg, I have deleted the word (commission) from your post as I believe it was uncalled for in the context in which it was used.

[GREG]

Only I know the context I use words but it is never malicious.

I guessed the advertising policy would be on the same lines as BODA and based on common sense. :-)

[Thor]

Thanks Kevin, you're a mate !

Incidentally, I hope to be visiting Australia soon, for the first time. Unfortunatley it will be to the Brisbane area, and I think you are near Perth, which is a bit like you saying you are coming to Europe, but Athens rather than Coventry; so not necessarily a time to meet up ! Anyway I am looking forward to seeing G.O.C. for myself !