The creepy coupe

Yes all the little cover's, to be honest the engine could have done with being an inch lower. I could have crammed it all in, but wanted to have room to get to anything easily as the header tank and fuel filter is all under there. And is easy to get to from the rear cover, without taking the gearbox cover up (as it normally has a discovery rear seat over the top of it) The triangularly bit on the gearbox cover is for the gear lever movement. I could have also shortened the R380 gear lever, but still would have ended up having to making a tunnel for the gear arm. So left it all standard as possible, for ease of replacement. MPG wise, on a run with four people and camping stuff filled to the roof. it'll still do 24mpg.

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Originally Posted by buffaroo

MPG wise, on a run with four people and camping stuff filled to the roof. it'll still do 24mpg.

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You've gotta be happy with that, especially with the size and weight of an aerodynamic 101!! ;)
As for room under the cover, yeah... about that. You're going to be struggling to see the floor with mine!!! :D. I set it up on timber resting across the front springs.. Using the hoist I was able to set the sump up at the same distance from the front axle as the bump stop clearance. Then as the third leaf went in it gave me 15mm clearance again... which happened to be 20 mm below the engine cover.
At some point I'll find a Tdi powered 101 to test drive, as Im curious to see how they go. There is a Td5 powered one over here in Melbourne too.. Sadly tho the owner is not on here. One of the ones I looked at originally was Tdi powered, but not as straight as the one I ended up buying.. :)

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Originally Posted by Sitec

There is a Td5 powered one over here in Melbourne too. Sadly tho the owner is not on here.

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He is not on the forum but he does read it.

Yeah the tdi is kind of wider in the bottom than the V8 due to the pump, so that bit was tight fit. Im happy with the performance after tweaking the pump a little and fitting the biggest intercooler that would fit in front of the rad. At the moment im running just on the rear prop, as ive put in a 4.7 diff in. The old 3.9/LT95 would give me 60mph at 3000 revs, were as the tdi does 60mph at just under 3,500 rev's. This is with the normal disco 1.2 ratio R230. I knew there could be a trade off gearing wise. Obviously the speedo's not reading correctly anymore, but im finding it easier keeping up with traffic at reduced rev's. It feel's more like my old 110 now to drive gearing wise. It was a bit hectic fitting the engine at my friends place, he helped me with the lifting etc. But then kind of left me to it, I tried to make as much up before i got there. I'd already made new rad/intercooler mounts up, that needed tweaking a little. The gearbox mount's i made on the spot out of 6mm steel, due to them being longer etc.

I wanted an awning for camping, and looked at all the normal type's. But decided in the end due to costs and seeing nothing i liked to make my own. The frame is made from ten pieces of 20x20 box that slots together, attaches to the side of the land rover by slotting into land rover hood staples. Then the canvas zips onto it. Takes 5 minutes or less to put up.

Finally got around to putting the 4.7 diff in the front axle, now getting 60mph at just over 3000 revs. Its all feeling a lot smoother now. Changed the leaking steering damper at the same time.

4.7's transform a 101. I was told that a V8 wouldn't pull them, but they do, and well! :) Ran 3.5's in mine briefly with the V8... before the diesel went in.. That was amusing! :D

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Originally Posted by buffaroo

This is true. After the summer was over i gutted the inside, not a lot of structure under the tongue and groove wood.

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But you found a dog inside! :D

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Originally Posted by Sitec

4.7's transform a 101. I was told that a V8 wouldn't pull them, but they do, and well! :) Ran 3.5's in mine briefly with the V8... before the diesel went in.. That was amusing! :D

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What are you running in your's now Simon 4.7's ?

Hi again. No, I'm still running 3.54's. I was originally going to run 4.7's but once I saw that the gears in a 1.222:1 transfer case were wider than those in the 1.003:1, I thought I'd use a 1.222:1 box, with a one piece Ashcroft cross in the center diff. It also gave me the option of up gearing if needed... Needless to say, it doesn't..!! Mine cruises happily at 60mph and 70mph, and will get up to 85/90mph... All starts to get a little scary at these speeds tho!! :D! I'm also getting 11.5 litres per 100km which I believe to be around 24/25mpg.. :)