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  1. 11th October 2011, 09:10 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by PAT303 View Post
    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
    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    Might be meant to be, but I doubt if that one would help do anything except increase drag.

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    As pat says, they work.......ugly......but work
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    Quote Originally Posted by iPom View Post
    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...
    If it's fitted as a spoiler, it's not pointless, once he hits 466 miles per hour it offer .0006g's of downforce
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  3. 11th October 2011, 09:15 PM #33
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    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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  4. 11th October 2011, 09:16 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by rovercare View Post
    If it's fitted as a spoiler, it's not pointless, once he hits 466 miles per hour it offer .0006g's of downforce
    PMSL...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beckford View Post
    Do all those dials, switches and lights work?

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

    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. 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

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    I bet that guy called VDO and said "I'll have two of everything" (and 5 oil temp guages)
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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave_S View Post
    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.
    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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  9. 12th October 2011, 06:58 AM #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave_S View Post
    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.
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by PAT303 View Post
    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
    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.
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