What would you do

**Slunnie** · 23rd January 2016, 11:26 AM

I think it's important to understand that cars have to be a decision made from the heart, not the head, so I would keep the Rangie and sort the motor.

Personally, I'd buy a reconditioned motor from a LR specialist and swap it over myself.

**Barefoot Dave** · 24th January 2016, 11:28 AM

If the engine its original (matching numbers) go the rebuild route. Restore to original and the rrc will appreciate in value at the same rate the i35 will depreciate!

**Meccles** · 24th January 2016, 04:36 PM

The 3.5 is an easy engine to rebuild by any decent engine reconditioner. And you could give it better compression heads cam etc so it makes a bit more power. No need to TOP hat these engines.

**Baggy** · 25th January 2016, 04:19 PM

Hi All,

I've checked with a mechanic that has done some work on a Discovery "1" I owned a number of years ago.

He's quoted $3.9K to rebuild engine with me supplying all parts....that does include machining the heads and crankshaft.

He won't give it a guarantee (once rebuilt) as I've supplied parts that are to him an unknown quantity. .......

To me that's seems expensive ........

Rok_Dr has sent me some names of several repairers in Perth (Thanks again) whom will come back to me with cost on rebuilding a 3.5 V8 engine.

We'll see what they come back with .........

Cheers

Baggy

**Blknight.aus** · 25th January 2016, 07:07 PM

for that money if you dropped of your complete engine you should get a crated completely rebuilt ready to drop in engine.

you dont need any super special landrover secret handshake knowing engine builder to do a 3.5V8 the only engine simpler to rebuild is the 2.25

**DoubleChevron** · 25th January 2016, 08:35 PM

if money is short .... just find a strong 3.9 for a couple of hundred and stick in there.... Not a lot of labour and throw the 3.5 in the back of the shed .... It can always be rebuilt in the future if you want

Just put some oil down the plug holes and roll it over a few times!

seeya,
Shane L.

**gavinwibrow** · 25th January 2016, 09:15 PM

If I don't get a response from Joe Woods soon to take it away, there will be a RRC 93 chassis with runner 3.9 available in Beeliar (Dave Dover said over 12 months ago that it was in pretty good nick then). My friend of a friend is getting very impatient to get it moved out of his back yard.

**DoubleChevron** · 25th January 2016, 09:37 PM

I had a strong 3.5 carby ... and now a couple of 3.9's on LPG. With the timing cranked around to about 12degrees on gas .... the 3.9 way outperform the wheezy 3.5 in every way.... It's the way I'd go

Just grab a 3.9 from a disco ... If you do well, you might get an R380 bolted to it to fit as well

seeya,
Shane L.

**Rok_Dr** · 25th January 2016, 10:34 PM

For any labour intensive work (eg engine rebuilds

) I always get the mechanic to supply the parts as if the part fails then the rectification is at their cost. Most mechanics I've used are happy to use parts you supply but if they fail it's at your cost to replace, which I think is fair. Further leaving it all the the mechanic avoids a round robin of finger pointing as to whether the part or the workmanship was at fault.

If money is tight then go the route suggested by Shane.

Cheers

Steve

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