Discovery 2 LS Conversion
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Other than the wiring/ecu, what parts have you made/are required? Is there an adapter to make the LS fit the D2 transmission?
As of now, if you want an LS conversion, you have to pay one of 2 places for a complete install, because they won't sell you the parts to do it yourself.
As junk as the Bosch engines are, vs how good and readily available LS's are, I'm sure you could sell a few kits initially. From there, you may get more business than you imagine.
I just spent over $2k in parts to rebuild my 4.6
I could've gotten a junkyard LS for wayyyy less.
Please give us more details.
Thanks!
As of now, if you want an LS conversion, you have to pay one of 2 places for a complete install, because they won't sell you the parts to do it yourself.
As junk as the Bosch engines are, vs how good and readily available LS's are, I'm sure you could sell a few kits initially. From there, you may get more business than you imagine.
I just spent over $2k in parts to rebuild my 4.6
I could've gotten a junkyard LS for wayyyy less.
Please give us more details.
Thanks!
The wiring and ECU were difficult to figure out. I wanted to use the GM ECU because it is very easy to tune and get more power and efficiency. However, most of the Rover sensors are completely incompatible with the GM and cannot be simply wired together. Some sensors are duplicated, for others I had to use a simple microcontroller that feeds certain signals from the LS CAN over to the Bosch. The Bosch feeds everything else - BCU, TCU, SLABS - so they remain operational.
With the price I have in mind and a cheap junkyard LS, an enthusiast could do this swap for significantly less than a Turner shortblock. It would depend on options - i.e. headers or manifolds, and the engine choice. But in the end, you would have a lot more power, reliability, and cheap, plentiful parts.
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We'll get a parts list together -- which will give a good estimate on total price -- and an install picture guide. It's a fairly easy install - no more difficult than a Rover V8.
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You'd have to goto a referee and make it all legit but if the engine is stock, has cats etc it'll probably be fine. Also depends on where you live since some county's don't require smog
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I'm confident that it could pass emissions in states that use the OBDII plug scan because it shows no codes. It has the Cats, O2s, and EVAP hooked up now. I'll look into emissions more, but it seems to be different on a state by state basis.