rnf2 wrote:
> "Exit" > wrote in message
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>> L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11 wrote:
>>> Roughly 1/14/04 03:29, Exit's monkeys randomly typed:
>>>
>>>> R. David Steele wrote:
>>>>> I thought that these two were to be coming out this month?
>>>>>
>>>>> any word on this?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure about the Jeep which uses the Mercedes turbo-diesel
>>>> but you won't see the Discovery diesel for a while. There are no
>>>> plans to export the current Disco with the TD5 unit to North
>>>> America but they may send over the all-new Discovery when it comes
>>>> out later this year. It uses a jointly developed Ford/Peugeot 2.7l
>>>> V6 turbo diesel with the latest common rail technology and puts
>>>> out 200hp and over 300lbs-ft of torque but should still return
>>>> 30mpg. The petrol engine will be a Jaguar 4.2 V8 with 300hp.
>>>
>>> Hmmm, once the mounts and such for the Jag 4.2 are in there, isn't
>>> much more effort to stuff in the good Jaguar bits and make that a
>>> 470 hp turbo, aka Discovery S.
>>
>> Or even easier, the jag 4.2 supercharged version can easily put out
>> 500hp with a change of chip. . . . . ;-)
>>
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> Why not go the whole hog with the V12?
>
> rhys

There's a chap on alt.fan.landrover with a 4.2 jag unit in a Series 3 and
someone I used to know had a Series 3 with a V12 but he had to move the
radiator rather a long way forward. Went well though!

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Julian
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