My Rig

[Bravado440]

So after lurking for sometime and absorbing all the great ideas and information on the forum. I've finally gotten around to posting some pics and info on my truck.

I have a 1995 4.6 P38 HSE that I bought at end of 2016 to replace my series 1 Disco that was stolen.
I had owned the truck for less than a week when a head gasket let go and I had to send it back to the dealer to be repaired. Skip to 3 months later and I finally got it back, but I've battled overheating issues up until now (touch wood).
I purchased the P38 with the vision of using it as an expedition/ off road vehicle to take the family away on camping weekends.

Here's what I've done so far.
- Replaced the radiator with quality? (aftermarket/expensive) one.
- Re-positioned the thermostat to the top of the engine and upgraded to high-flow type (with information collected for this forum)
- Made a "Sputnik" from copper (also from this forum)
- Replaced the original viscus fan with a dual electric fan from a Falcon or Commodore (I don't remember which)
- Sourced a set of off road steel rims and tires. BMW spare tire from X5
- LED day time running lights
- LED fog lights
- DIY snorkel
- DIY Steel headlight guards
- DIY rock sliders with tree bars
- DIY rear bumper guard
- DIY front reovery hooks
- Cargo net tie downs in luggage space


Still to come
- Rear wheel carrier
- Dual battery setup with inverter
- Winch bar
- Underbody protection diff guards etc.

Some photos
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Before

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After

[zzsteve]

Nice!
Sorry to hear of the theft of your D1, but nice to know they are worth stealing ;)
Can we see close-up of your DIY recovery hooks and snorkel pls?
Cheers,
Steve

[rar110]

Nice job.

Any more detail on the snorkel? I’ve sometimes had thoughts of doing similar to the L322.

[prelude]

nice job!

I have been pondering the cooling of my P38 so I am interested in these subjects:

- Re-positioned the thermostat to the top of the engine and upgraded to high-flow type (with information collected for this forum)
- Made a "Sputnik" from copper (also from this forum)
- Replaced the original viscus fan with a dual electric fan from a Falcon or Commodore (I don't remember which)

Do you have any links to threads and/or pics? I was under the impression that it was hard to beat the airflow of the viscous unit...

Cheers,
-P

[TheTree]

Nice work mate !!

I see you have a couple of shackles on the front, are they attached to proper recovery points?

Steve

[TheTree]

nice job!

I have been pondering the cooling of my P38 so I am interested in these subjects:

- Re-positioned the thermostat to the top of the engine and upgraded to high-flow type (with information collected for this forum)
- Made a "Sputnik" from copper (also from this forum)
- Replaced the original viscus fan with a dual electric fan from a Falcon or Commodore (I don't remember which)

Do you have any links to threads and/or pics? I was under the impression that it was hard to beat the airflow of the viscous unit...

Cheers,
-P

The "sputnik" mod can only be done on the GEMS engines because the THOR has a different inlet manifold.

I experimented with different electric fans but despite fitting the biggest I could find it was unable to keep the engine cool under high load and offroad conditions. Others may have a different experiences though

Steve

[Bravado440]

nice job!

I have been pondering the cooling of my P38 so I am interested in these subjects:

- Re-positioned the thermostat to the top of the engine and upgraded to high-flow type (with information collected for this forum)
- Made a "Sputnik" from copper (also from this forum)
- Replaced the original viscus fan with a dual electric fan from a Falcon or Commodore (I don't remember which)

Do you have any links to threads and/or pics? I was under the impression that it was hard to beat the airflow of the viscous unit...

Cheers,
-P

The information that I used mostly came from these two links

Aluminium high capacity radiator (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/p38a-range-rover/254952-aluminium-high-capacity-radiator.html)
This is where to find out about the thermostat relocation

Electric fan conversion (with pics) (http://www.rangerovers.net/forum/8-range-rover-classic/30346-electric-fan-conversion-pics.html)
This is the info about the fan conversion.

While I was diagnosing as solving my overheating issues, I noticed that it often started as the truck was stationary. I decided that it would be more beneficial to have electric fans that could run full blast without relying high engine revs. Plus a little more horse power is always nice.

[Bravado440]

nice job!

I have been pondering the cooling of my P38 so I am interested in these subjects:

- Re-positioned the thermostat to the top of the engine and upgraded to high-flow type (with information collected for this forum)
- Made a "Sputnik" from copper (also from this forum)
- Replaced the original viscus fan with a dual electric fan from a Falcon or Commodore (I don't remember which)

Do you have any links to threads and/or pics? I was under the impression that it was hard to beat the airflow of the viscous unit...

Cheers,
-P
The information that I used mostly came from these two links

Aluminium high capacity radiator (https://www.aulro.com/afvb/p38a-range-rover/254952-aluminium-high-capacity-radiator.html)
This is where to find out about the thermostat relocation

Electric fan conversion (with pics) (http://www.rangerovers.net/forum/8-range-rover-classic/30346-electric-fan-conversion-pics.html)
This is the info about the fan conversion.

While I was diagnosing as solving my overheating issues, I noticed that it often started as the truck was stationary. I decided that it would be more beneficial to have electric fans that could run full blast without relying high engine revs. Plus a little more horse power is always nice.

[Bravado440]

Nice job.

Any more detail on the snorkel? I’ve sometimes had thoughts of doing similar to the L322.

I will shoot out after work tomorrow night and grab some pics

[Bravado440]

Nice work mate !!

I see you have a couple of shackles on the front, are they attached to proper recovery points?

Steve

Hi Steve,
I made these, though I did use slightly thicker steel.
P38 Recovery Points (http://www.rangerovers.net/outfitting/recoverypoints/P38%20Recovery%20Points.html)

[Bravado440]

Nice!
Sorry to hear of the theft of your D1, but nice to know they are worth stealing ;)
Can we see close-up of your DIY recovery hooks and snorkel pls?
Cheers,
SteveAs requested I've added some photos of the snorkel.
I'll be making some modifications to the way the hat sits, I'm not happy with the amount of water in the air filter box. I hope that making the hat more vertical, it should reduce the amount of water entering the snorkel.
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[Keithy P38]

All snorkels let water in when it belts with rain. Even my rear facing one does (and the head is tapered).

The way I overcame it on mine was to put a sock over the head so water runs down the sock and away, rather than being sucked into the air box. I haven’t had a problem since.

Cheers
Keithy

[Bravado440]

All snorkels let water in when it belts with rain. Even my rear facing one does (and the head is tapered).

The way I overcame it on mine was to put a sock over the head so water runs down the sock and away, rather than being sucked into the air box. I haven’t had a problem since.

Cheers
KeithyThanks for the info Keithy, I have seen these for sale but had wondered if they were any good.

[Keithy P38]

Mine’s not a Terrafirma one, it’s 4” custom stainless steel ;-)

Personally I think the Terrafirma ones are ugly and pathetically small in diameter.

Unless of course you’re talking about the K&N socks that go over the snorkel head. I can’t comment on them. I literally have a sock (holeproof explorer work sock) over my snorkel head!


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/p38a-range-rover/141173d1528750712-my-rig-a0b1ad1c-6c8c-4f9d-aeee-b27e704fa21f.jpg


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=141175&d=1528751569


Cheers
Keithy