BMW Powered Defender Review 

Nothing like a V8 for sound but the M57 will produce more torque and get double the fuel economy, and they don’t sound bad either

It was discovered after this was recorded that an injector was misfiring, good spot!

Agree

Sounds mean with the misfire though. Lopey

Uses the throttle module from the M57 engine, much easier than trying to integrate the Land Rover one

Sorry for the late reply, still going strong! Gearing gets tiresome on the motorway, due another video on it soon fingers crossed

@@hardshoulder4829 many thanks!

It's the predecessor, the Grenadier is supposed to use the B57 3.0 turbo diesel, produced from 2015 onwards

@@hardshoulder4829 Oh is see, is the B57 basically the M57 with an alloy block or is it more complicated than that?

It seems pretty similar in terms of setup, but with an updated variable geometry turbo and as you say an alloy block, but I don't know a great deal about the B57 in truth

@@hardshoulder4829 thanks

Gearbox is the factory fitted Defender gearbox, gear ratios feel a bit odd coupled to the M57 but it works well enough

Plate to fit my automatic transmission

Would it be a bad idea to use the bmw auto box im starting a very similar project next year also with 35" tyres Unfortunately I can't find adapter

@@rayjones3473 how did it work?

Well I used the m57 engine but I had to get a adapter plate to fit m57n for the zf8hp70 gearbox because its the only gearbox I can find that you can buy a transmission controller/ turbo lamik It's still a ongoing project tbh

Cheer up mate