Santana Land Rover in Spain made a 6 cylinder version of the Land Rover 4 cylinder.
Now that would have been a good motor.
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Santana Land Rover in Spain made a 6 cylinder version of the Land Rover 4 cylinder.
Now that would have been a good motor.
Diana
I have often dream t of those if they were as good as the 4 they would have been the Ducks Guts.
Not too many engines you could overheat until they seized go for a walk come back fill them up with water and drive them for years without issue.
There was a Bedford 330 Cu diesel that could handle it though lol
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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies
Looks the the P5 had a hand brake problem.
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Originally Posted by Olive Drab
IMHE - yes - I've had a couple of ex-mil ser3s and they didn't give any trouble at all.... and flexible as bro, (felt like you could pull away in 4th from just about any slow speed)....
by the way - the Holden conversions had a reputation for destroying series gearboxes and there were problems with engine oil pickup in steep conditions, but never having had one maybe others can tell the stories
Just thought i would throw this in,in the days when the series 3 was new,my father had a few at work.They got a few six cylinder models,and they didnt like them.I think the main problem was fuel consumption,not much more power than the 4 cyl,and a few engine probs,i think burnt valves
It wasnt long after this.....you guessed it they went to Tojos:(
The Rover engines in the series vehicles were the main reason that Land Cruiser got the market share it does today.Quote:
Originally Posted by scarry
I have said it before and I'll say it again - set up correctly the 186 Holden engine out performs the Rover engines. Even the Rover engines had to modify their sumps for use in the Land Rover and that is why in the LROCS in the 1960's and 1970's when these series cars were new or recently released from Government service we fitted up the Holden engines to work efficiently in the Land Rover. There were float level changes and particular Holden sumps like the HT Holden that had the bulge in the middle so maintained its oil pressure whether it was going up hill or down dale. There were particular inlet manifolds and particular cams and fuel ecconomy of over 20 MPG was common.
However if Land Rover had not been taken over by the British Leyland debacle and we had received the Stage One like we wanted in the 1970's and the County by the end of the decade. (All of which was possible.) Land Rover would not be in 4WD tail end charlie place it finds itself today.
And yes I have owned Land Rovers throughout the entire period from 1973 to the present day, so I am talking from a point of knowledge. And importantly the Land Rovers I have owned and driven as daily drivers through that period have included all the Land Rover petrol engines, excluding the 3.9 and the 2.5 litre, but none of the diesels. I have also owned daily driver Land Rovers with 161, 186, 202 and 253 Holden engines and 4.4 and 5 litre P76 V8's.
I still appreciate an original spec series Land Rover.
Hi Pat,Quote:
Originally Posted by PAT303
A bit OT,
Just fitted a 200Tdi into a 2a 109 with rangie 3.5:1 diffs. The owner is over the moon and I must admit it is the nicest 2a to drive on the road that I have driven...(If only the bodywork etc was as exciting as the running gear :(, but that is next on the list)
JC
That P5 Rover car is, amongst others of it's era like the Jags of the day, the epitome of British car body design in my opinion. It oozes style, opulence and substance combined with a certain aloofness.
JustinQuote:
Originally Posted by justinc
I think that (or the Tdi 300) is a very acceptable modern solution to the re-powering of Series Land Rovers. Unfortunately, while red Holden 6 cyl conversions are acceptable as "period engine replacements" for NSW Historic Conditional Registration, the 200Tdi is not.
Diana
Hi Diana,
It is a pity isn't it? After all, its essentially the same block as a series3 2.25 petrol/ diesel engine, :)
It SHOULD be a more widely practiced conversion. If I had an 88" thats what would be immediately fitted:D, and some disc brakes to make it stop:o
JC