Thread: landrover disco conversions

Originally Posted by jmkoffice

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
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

Cheers,

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

Very true
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

Cheers,

See

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

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

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

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

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

Originally Posted by cartm58

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

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

Originally Posted by cartm58

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

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

Eh???

No you are not
Where did you get that from?

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

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