Rags Rover LS1 & ZF

**cal415** · 18th October 2011, 01:59 PM

what the fuel usage like in it? i havnt driven mine on road enough to get an idea what it will be like for long trips, but it certainly chews it up on the beach, but not as much as the old 4.4 or 3.5....

rags67 · 18th October 2011, 02:46 PM

its good compared to a rover v8 i tend to drive it a bit hard (i like to take off from the lights flat out) the tank holds aprox 100lt and gets around 700ks but if driven slower i would say around 800ks

**cal415** · 18th October 2011, 03:06 PM

Wow, thats pretty bloody good compared to my old 3.5(350km from a tank) or 4.4(400-450 from a tank) i think the tank is about 80L

rags67 · 19th October 2011, 06:35 AM

yes i am very impressed its like 14l/100ks when you think about it a commodore gets like 8/100ks.theres nothing like modern electrics.it ticks all the boxes

**rangieman** · 19th October 2011, 09:43 AM

Originally Posted by rags67

its good compared to a rover v8 i tend to drive it a bit hard (i like to take off from the lights flat out) the tank holds aprox 100lt and gets around 700ks but if driven slower i would say around 800ks

Pitty the zf cant handle that sort of driving

rags67 · 22nd January 2012, 02:39 PM

WELL HERE WE ARE ITS BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR SOME TIME NOW ITS DONE APROX 30K NOW MAINLY ON ROAD AND TOWING THE TRAILER . I AM VERY HAPPY I AM GOING 4WD SHORTLY JUST HOPE I DONT BREAK ANYTHING

**PSI250** · 22nd January 2012, 07:57 PM

just make sure you get some pics of it in action!!

**banarcus** · 23rd January 2012, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by rags67

WELL HERE WE ARE ITS BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR SOME TIME NOW ITS DONE APROX 30K NOW MAINLY ON ROAD AND TOWING THE TRAILER . I AM VERY HAPPY I AM GOING 4WD SHORTLY JUST HOPE I DONT BREAK ANYTHING

Hey rags, can you tell me what was done to your zf when you say you had it beefed up? Send me an answer via PM if you wish. I'm looking at doing an LS1 conversion on my disco 2 and looking at every possible option for mine. I hope you don't break anything either

Also, are you running a electronic ZF or hydro? I'll need a separate tranny controlller if I stick with mine..

rags67 · 23rd February 2013, 05:22 AM

well its been a while but now i am getting ready to do cliffhanger with only 10 weeks to go the car is in bits again.i decided to do away with the zf that served me very well with no probs using it as a work car and weekend toy .but now i am doing some big power upgrades it was time to spend the big $ so a full reco 4l80e strengthened & manulised gq tailshafts and defender salsbury diff with dana 60 r&p 4.11 .the ls1 motor now has a big cam lifters pushrods roller rockers h/d valve springs and i am now looking for a top mount supercharger but the same old thing i am running out of money fast.at the moment the motor is back in diff in but waiting on the trans to be finished.with only 10 week to go im getting a bit worried

rags67 · 12th March 2013, 02:30 AM

well now the 4l80 is in and the marks adaptor went in well but it is very long i had to cut out the crossmember thet goes at the rear of the seat mount.the next thing to do is make a tailshaft adaptor that will let me run the nissan tailshaft.the only prob so far is the front propshaft clearance i cant use the nissan.i have tryed lifting motor & box higher but it still hits the side of the trans.the only way out is to use the solid rangie front shaft if everything goes well i should be driving it by the weekend

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