Thread: landrover disco conversions

Sorry only read the title -

Are you converting a Discovery into a Land Rover?

Cheers
Simon

Originally Posted by 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.

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

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

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

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.

Originally Posted by stevy

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.

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

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

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-t...-95-disco.html

Originally Posted by rovercare

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-t...-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.

Originally Posted by stevy

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".

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

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

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".

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

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.