alfata Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 dear all I'm planning to buy land rover defender manual gear and what i'm thinking is to change the engine and use rangrover engine which is same X5 (2005 model) so it will be with new engine and automatich gear do you think it is possible? please call on 055-1127070 Mohammed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwdoc Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Anything is possible if: 1. you have enough money 2. you know a very good mechanic 3. you have waster to get it through the yearly test good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfata Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Thanks for reply i don't think i have to change the engine because the engine still under land rover name for cost i think i can find used engine with good price but the problem with speicalist garage Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walther75 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 For the garage you can check with a2b. They know Land Rovers and Range Rovers quite well. Question is why you want to change? You can even get the diesel up to 220hp with massive torque. It's still a diesel though and manual. One Life - Live It! Defender 90 TD5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfata Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 What l'm looking defender with automatic gaer again the cost is important. There are some defender with auto. gaer imported from japan but are little bit expensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walther75 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 What is your budget? As doc said, it's all possible when throwing money on it. There are conversion kits around, I think it's ashcroft. The price in the UK is about 4k GBP plus fitting. The other option would be indeed to fit in a petrol engine, but you still need the Defender specific parts for the automatic lever, pedals etc. Not sure if that wouldn't be more expensive. Or you find one somewhere in Sharjah and fit it into your Defender. I would be careful with the Japan imports, they are know for a rather poor reliability. One Life - Live It! Defender 90 TD5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yedaiwi Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Salam butalal The conversion is widely done in UAE. You have Al Baya'a Workshop in Sharjah and Al Shabah Workshop in Ajman. Both are working on such conversions. But again, as Doc said, you should have a deep pocket to do such a conversion in UAE. I read in some threads that it's much cheaper in KSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfata Posted December 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 What is the aproximate budget required to do the changes and if i do the changes it will reiable changes or i have live near the garage for any emergancy issue..!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abdulnet Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 BTW i have a defender, and i'm looking to do the same, to have the best clasic shape with good power, i'm also looking to do that as well but looking for the right garage, Al Baia'a in sharjah told me its imposible, maybe they are not interested to waste their time because it take so much time and too much effort, anyway bu talal give me a call and lets find togeather 050-4983333 regards Abdul rahman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saluki Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 How does a 5.0 litre Rover engine mated to an auto box sound in a Puma Defender? This is not a cheap conversion but you will be getting the very best. Call 04 347 6939! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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