landrover disco conversions

[stevy]

g'day lads, i have a 1991 3 door v8 3.5 manual.
i have been thinking of whacking in a new motor, perhaps a chevy, no idea, are there any company's in perth who would do this work for me
cheers.

[abaddonxi]

Sorry only read the title -

Are you converting a Discovery into a Land Rover?:p:p:p

Cheers
Simon

[RonMcGr]

g'day lads, i have a 1991 3 door v8 3.5 manual.
i have been thinking of whacking in a new motor, perhaps a chevy, no idea, are there any company's in perth who would do this work for me
cheers.

Is it really worth it?
Why not buy a 3.9V8 and stick in it?

Far less trouble and it will bolt straight in.
That old Discovery must be in excellent condition if you want to waste large sums of money on it :D

[stevy]

Is it really worth it?
Why not buy a 3.9V8 and stick in it?

Far less trouble and it will bolt straight in.
That old Discovery must be in excellent condition if you want to waste large sums of money on it :D
well, i bumped a bloke the other day, he had an old range rover with a a new chevy in it, all up, $10k. so i figured, well why not as i cant buy anything worthwhile for that amount and my disco is in great shape, only done 160 000k's.
why chevy? a lot less expensive than a disco motor.

[loanrangie]

well, i bumped a bloke the other day, he had an old range rover with a a new chevy in it, all up, $10k. so i figured, well why not as i cant buy anything worthwhile for that amount and my disco is in great shape, only done 160 000k's.
why chevy? a lot less expensive than a disco motor.

Remember though that an old rangie has a lot less electrics to worry about and less adrs to comply with, at 160k the 3.5 is only just run in.

[rovercare]

Is it really worth it?
Why not buy a 3.9V8 and stick in it?

Far less trouble and it will bolt straight in.
That old Discovery must be in excellent condition if you want to waste large sums of money on it :D

Because 3.9's are gutless

Most who poo poo, conversion have never had or done one

Loanrangie is right though 160k is nuffink

Shame your not in Vic, I've even got a chev to LT77 bellhousing in need of a home

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-tutorials/52373-350-95-disco.html

[stevy]

Because 3.9's are gutless

Most who poo poo, conversion have never had or done one

Loanrangie is right though 160k is nuffink

Shame your not in Vic, I've even got a chev to LT77 bellhousing in need of a home

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-tutorials/52373-350-95-disco.html

dont get me wrong, my disco is in good nik, motor starts with firs flick, runs well, just thought i'd have some fun with a conversion, turns out the chevy motor is cast iron and therefor too heavy for the disco, making it problematic.

[RonMcGr]

well, i bumped a bloke the other day, he had an old range rover with a a new chevy in it, all up, $10k. so i figured, well why not as i cant buy anything worthwhile for that amount and my disco is in great shape, only done 160 000k's.
why chevy? a lot less expensive than a disco motor.

You could do a hell of a lot to a Rover V8 for less than ten grand, and blow away the bloke with the "Chevy". :D

Weight is an important factor to the handling of any vehicle, so don't listen to any idiot that says a heavy chev V8 is the way to go.

Suggest you start a new thread asking for advice on hotting up a Rover V8. The "Bowler Wildcat" is a rover V8 block, drilled and stroked to 5 litres with TVR (I think) heads. It is one very powerful machine :D

[jmkoffice]

You could do a hell of a lot to a Rover V8 for less than ten grand, and blow away the bloke with the "Chevy". :D

Weight is an important factor to the handling of any vehicle, so don't listen to any idiot that says a heavy chev V8 is the way to go.

Suggest you start a new thread asking for advice on hotting up a Rover V8. The "Bowler Wildcat" is a rover V8 block, drilled and stroked to 5 litres with TVR (I think) heads. It is one very powerful machine :D
Agree, the Chev would have been a carburetted job, whereas the Rover V8 engine management can be modified together with all the other improvements to gain power.

[rovercare]

You could do a hell of a lot to a Rover V8 for less than ten grand, and blow away the bloke with the "Chevy". :D

Weight is an important factor to the handling of any vehicle, so don't listen to any idiot that says a heavy chev V8 is the way to go.

Suggest you start a new thread asking for advice on hotting up a Rover V8. The "Bowler Wildcat" is a rover V8 block, drilled and stroked to 5 litres with TVR (I think) heads. It is one very powerful machine :D

I wrote a big spiel but who cares, Like I said, have any of you useless baggers done an engine conversion in your life??

Ever built a big cube rover motor?? ever compared costs and results?? ever compared seat of your pants, in regards to handling AND power to both??

I love how people gain an internet education or even a textbook education, they all critiscise and "know" all the details, but very few have real life experience;)

Someone quote this for me please, Ron has me on an ignore list like a poor little school girl:D

[rovercare]

Agree, the Chev would have been a carburetted job, whereas the Rover V8 engine management can be modified together with all the other improvements to gain power.

LT1 chevs are cheap as chips, let me know how to modify Lucas flapper injection to get correct A/F ratios on a larger cube rover motor? it'd be much appreciated by HEAPS of people exactly how you did it??

Or was it a 14CUX? maybe used unichip, well there goes near 2k once its tuned, thats the cost of an LT1 if your good;)

[RonMcGr]

Agree, the Chev would have been a carburetted job, whereas the Rover V8 engine management can be modified together with all the other improvements to gain power.

Very true :D
Why any idiot would not mod the standard motor is beyond me. I guess ignorance and those with little knowledge on engines, would.

There is someone in this group, thankfully on my "Ignore list", who would qualify :D

Cheers,

[rovercare]

Very true :D
Why any idiot would not mod the standard motor is beyond me. I guess ignorance and those with little knowledge on engines, would.

There is someone in this group, thankfully on my "Ignore list", who would qualify :D

Cheers,

See:D

[trobbo]

I once fitted a chev into my RR and wouldn't do it again. The conversion was easy enough and i did it im my garage of a couple of days. The RR was pre injection so I didn't have any of EFI issues however the donk was too heavy for the vehicle and caused it to understeer.

I don't profess to know the weight difference on an LS1 however.

[RonMcGr]

I once fitted a chev into my RR and wouldn't do it again. The conversion was easy enough and i did it im my garage of a couple of days. The RR was pre injection so I didn't have any of EFI issues however the donk was too heavy for the vehicle and caused it to understeer.

I don't profess to know the weight difference on an LS1 however.

You get peanuts who drop chev engines into Jaguars, then find out the error of there ways, along with there wasted money, when they take it for a run on the highway :D

Too light in the front. Jaguars have very heavy engines and are built to carry them. :D

[cartm58]

Someone quote this for me please, Ron has me on an ignore list like a poor little school girl:D

You said please, so l am happy to quote you, reward for good manners

[rovercare]

Someone quote this for me please, Ron has me on an ignore list like a poor little school girl:D

You said please, so l am happy to quote you, reward for good manners

But you were meant to quote the rest of it:(

Oh well, h'll have got curious enough to turn the ignore off for a moment, to read whats written:D

[RonMcGr]

Someone quote this for me please, Ron has me on an ignore list like a poor little school girl:D

You said please, so l am happy to quote you, reward for good manners

Eh???

No you are not :eek:
Where did you get that from?

[HAK]

Is it really worth it?
Why not buy a 3.9V8 and stick in it?

Far less trouble and it will bolt straight in.
That old Discovery must be in excellent condition if you want to waste large sums of money on it :D


On the same token you could by an Olden V8 5.7 computer box and all out of the latter model commodores for like $4500

At the work shop dads got a crap old 40 series crusier the guy who owns it has paid $6500 for spanker 350 Chev from states food for thought rebuilding a Rover motor no dout would be a whole lot more what are chances of picking a 3.9 in good nick

[sclarke]

What an argument over what to put in???? Chill guys....:)

Chevs are a great strong motor and easy to convert..... ive had one in a Volvo and Jag.

Rover V8's very nice... but not cheap to build... and the HP gains from a 4.6 is not that impressive.. Mind you i'm putting a 3.9 in my county...

Hemi with 727 auto.... mmmmm Now we are talking and not much heavier than a Tdi. Lighter than an Isuzu

my 30c

[stevy]

Very true :D
Why any idiot would not mod the standard motor is beyond me. I guess ignorance and those with little knowledge on engines, would.

There is someone in this group, thankfully on my "Ignore list", who would qualify :D

Cheers,
lads, u have lost me here, apart from the internal bickering...and the discussion on the pros and cons, in my opening thread i asked if anyone knew of a firm in perth who would take on the work.:)
can anyone point me in the direction of perhaps modding my v8i 3.5 as i cant seem to find a company in perth with the will, perhaps i am looking in the wrong place ie. landrover workshops.

[sclarke]

lads, u have lost me here, apart from the internal bickering...and the discussion on the pros and cons, in my opening thread i asked if anyone knew of a firm in perth who would take on the work.:)
can anyone point me in the direction of perhaps modding my v8i 3.5 as i cant seem to find a company in perth with the will, perhaps i am looking in the wrong place ie. landrover workshops.

Forgeting the internal arguments....

LEts find you a mechanic in WA that can convert your car to your wants

Steve

[stevy]

You could do a hell of a lot to a Rover V8 for less than ten grand, and blow away the bloke with the "Chevy". :D

Weight is an important factor to the handling of any vehicle, so don't listen to any idiot that says a heavy chev V8 is the way to go.

Suggest you start a new thread asking for advice on hotting up a Rover V8. The "Bowler Wildcat" is a rover V8 block, drilled and stroked to 5 litres with TVR (I think) heads. It is one very powerful machine :D

err, hmm, 50k plus:(

[RonMcGr]

lads, u have lost me here, apart from the internal bickering...and the discussion on the pros and cons, in my opening thread i asked if anyone knew of a firm in perth who would take on the work.:)
can anyone point me in the direction of perhaps modding my v8i 3.5 as i cant seem to find a company in perth with the will, perhaps i am looking in the wrong place ie. landrover workshops.

Mate there is no "internal bickering" as you say.

It is a simply mathematics and common sense.
Lumping a Land Rover with a GM motor is far more expensive than modding the original.!!

Try:

BEECHBORO 4X4 (http://home.iprimus.com.au/gryphon64/)

or Land Rover Owners Club of Western Australia (Inc) (http://www.lrocwa.org.au/lrocwa/)

for advice.

Google is your friend.

[stevy]

Mate there is no "internal bickering" as you say.

It is a simply mathematics and common sense.
Lumping a Land Rover with a GM motor is far more expensive than modding the original.!!

Try:

BEECHBORO 4X4 (http://home.iprimus.com.au/gryphon64/)

or Land Rover Owners Club of Western Australia (Inc) (http://www.lrocwa.org.au/lrocwa/)

for advice.

Google is your friend.

hmm, beechboro 4by4 arnt answering emails, might just swing past them.
also, i think you are mistaken about a chevy being more expensive than a land rover upgrade, quite the opposite, the chevy motors are cheap as chips now.