Hi James,

Overlanding on motorbikes has taught me how little you really need to pack, the 90 feels pretty spacious compared to a bike. In a 4x4 or on a motobike I use lightweight camping gear (apart from roof tent on LR) carry a good tool kit, but fairly basic spares, replace consumables before I leave, you cant pack spares to cover every eventuality, but sensible spares tailered to the known weak areas of your vehicle are the way to go.

if i remember correctly the 90 fully loaded (fuel/water etc) before our WAfrica trip was ~2300kg (Max load 2550kg with HD pack) this makes a big difference, reduces rolling resistance in sand etc which helped our fuel economy.

The 300Tdi engine, much as I like it, is barely adequate in a Defender 90, especially for Dune bashing, let alone in a 110/130/Discovery 2, the Td5 IMO is the worst engine LR have made since the 2.6 6 cyl. If you are going diesel I wouldnt put anything in under 3 litres, the D2 is a heavy beast and even the (stock) 4.0 V8 is underpowered IMO.

Tacr2man, thats an interesting conversion on the 110, the BMW/Merc 6 cyl diesels have always been a great engine, I always fail to understand LR's narrow mindedness with keeping their diesel engines under the 2.5 litre tax limit and making several generations of underpowered vehicles.

If only LR would build a non CRD 3/3.5 litre 5/6 cylinder diesel, thats bomb proof for ROW/overlanders

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Grif

'11 KTM 450 EXC
'09 Suzuki DR650
'00 Discovery Series 2 V8
'95 Defender 90 300 Tdi Overlander
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