Hi all - the engine in my 2012 LR4 was damaged beyond repair by a tow truck driver. I was able to file an insurance claim and received a buyout, but I am really missing my Landy! There is so much to love about these trucks (payload, towing, offroad abilities) but that engine was always problematic. Timing chain, cooling crossovers, coils, etc just ran up a significant bill for a vehicle that only had 140,000 miles on it.

So - I'm wondering if anyone has found a crate engine that can be worked into these vehicles? I've seen the levelsperformance parts/approach, but that is not really what I am looking for. I'm looking for a more straight forward engine swap or engine/transmission swap that would bring greater reliability and lower maintenance costs to the truck. The Chevy LS engines or Ford Coyote would seem to be the obvious choices, but I just haven't found much on them and Rovers.

If anyone has ideas or has found a niche provider please let us all know. This platform with a more reliable and inexpensive-to-repair engine would be a great match! If I knew I could drop a rock solid powertrain into it I'd jump back into another 2012-2016 LR4 and be all smiles!!

 

I think it's one of those projects where I's probably easier to just put a Yaris body shell on top of like an S10 pickup frame with the LS in it. I've actually seen a mud racer that was like an old pickup frame (perhaps a Toyota) with a Tercel body shell on top. It was pretty Tutuapp 9Apps Showbox funny.

 

This same question gets asked over and over again on the Jaguar forums, with enquiries for fitting LS engines in the newer 5 litre cars and the answer's always going to be the same. Anything can be done with a massive budget, so how badly are you in love with the Disco chassis because the integration would be an equally massive undertaking. Everything in these truck is integrated and changing the power-train would require changing out every bit of the electrics from nose to tail as well has significant mechanical modification.

Unless you have an infinite budget, there's like many more options for off road vehicles, you many even consider the original Defender 110 already fitted with LS or diesel engines as those trucks are far simpler and more basic than the tech heavy Discoverys.

 

Does Land Rover sell 5 liter V8 crate motors? or even a long block?