Inappropriate or Pointless Land Rover Modifications...

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Originally Posted by PAT303

No he's not,my ex L322 had a spoiler on the rear upper door to divert air down the rear body to blow the dirt away and it works very well. Pat

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

Might be meant to be, but I doubt if that one would help do anything except increase drag.

John

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As pat says, they work.......ugly......but work

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Originally Posted by iPom

Right I'm going to be pedantic now...That is a spoiler on the roof to create downforce not a 'Dust deflector/Thingymyjig' on the back door......Pointless...

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If it's fitted as a spoiler, it's not pointless, once he hits 466 miles per hour it offer .0006g's of downforce:D

Seriously that spoiler on that TDi is not there to deflect dust or anything else....It is there because the owner is a complete to$$er and thinks it looks good. In the UK and Europe there are thousands of vehicle owners doing the same thing....Barryboys.co.uk • Index page

Pointless mod......:)

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Originally Posted by rovercare

If it's fitted as a spoiler, it's not pointless, once he hits 466 miles per hour it offer .0006g's of downforce:D

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PMSL...:D

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Originally Posted by Beckford

Do all those dials, switches and lights work?

Are they connected to the original Lucas wiring or has it been re-wired?

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The guy I bought it off had the vehicle totally refurbed, he was a truckie & it even had ( I got rid of it) a pyrometer, so add that to the useless list as it's a petrol Chev.
The holes were where he had 3 fuel guages:eek:. He had 3 fuel tanks, 3 guages & 3 pumps - no kidding..but sold them off prior to me getting it, & yes, all work.

Another pic of the dash- as some on here were interested;)

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/10/869.jpg

I bet that guy called VDO and said "I'll have two of everything" (and 5 oil temp guages) :D

No doubt I'll be shouted down, but I always thought that putting a Holden six in a Series Land Rover was both inappropriate and pointless, for several reasons on both counts. It's way too late to start listing them - just putting it out there.

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Originally Posted by Dave_S

No doubt I'll be shouted down, but I always thought that putting a Holden six in a Series Land Rover was both inappropriate and pointless, for several reasons on both counts. It's way too late to start listing them - just putting it out there.

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Yes you will be. I guess you've never had to be back to 2nd gear to get up a hill on the highway with a Rover 6 that a Holden engine would go up in top. I guess you've never had to change burned valves in a Rover 6 or had to pay the cost of reconditioning a Rover engine. On second thought a Holden Engine in a Land Rover is about as pointless as an Isuzu engine in a Land Rover.

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Originally Posted by Dave_S

No doubt I'll be shouted down, but I always thought that putting a Holden six in a Series Land Rover was both inappropriate and pointless, for several reasons on both counts. It's way too late to start listing them - just putting it out there.

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One of my relatives done this years & years ago, as he hated working the original diesel engine.

Still owns the Landrover, however it is in the not currently going category.

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Originally Posted by PAT303

No he's not,my ex L322 had a spoiler on the rear upper door to divert air down the rear body to blow the dirt away and it works very well. Pat

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My old 4wd (not a landrover) had a thin piece of aluminium above the back electric window to keep the dust off.

I took it off, in an attempt to improve it's 16 L /100 fuel economy. Not sure it made any difference.