Thread: how do you rate 6 cyl series rover engine

Originally Posted by justinc

Hi Pat,
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

JC i've had two series models with 3.54 diffs and they totally transform the on road performance and short of rock hopping handle off-road work just as well.I also have had two O/Drives and they were ok as long as you could handle the screach. Pat

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

for use in the landrover I rate the rover 6 somewhere between "boat anchor" and "AP target"

but Id still rather have that than any of the holden donks in a rover.

They are a good engine but you have to remember they have a very long stroke so high revs are a killer,that is why they go for years in saloons and not so long in LR's. Pat

Originally Posted by justinc

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 practised conversion. If I had an 88" thats what would be immediately fitted, and some disc brakes to make it stop

JC

There is exactly that conversion in an 88 in the LROC-S, imported from Dublin when the owner emigrated (damn boat people mucking up good Landies )

There is no reason that you couldn't turbo the 5 bearing crank 2.3 litre (as they called it then) to make it a sort of 200TDi and fit the Ashcroft 5 speed adapter to the series gearbox. That conversion could be acceptable as it was possible in 1978.

Diana

you could turbo the 2.25 diesel but urm only if you want to see if you can make the combustion chamber be at one with the piston crown.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

you could turbo the 2.25 diesel but urm only if you want to see if you can make the combustion chamber be at one with the piston crown.

Yeah another one of those toxic smelly old diesels off the road!

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Similar marketing needs resulted in the Falcon Six in the Cortina and the Chrysler Hemi Six in the Centura, and the OHC BMC six in the Marina. These three totally changed the concept of understeer. Anything that came before them had only mild understeer in comparison. The Marina 6 in my opinion was bloody dangerous.

They put a 265 in the Marina as well, great idea eh??????

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Yeah another one of those toxic smelly old diesels off the road!

toxic.?.

ok heavy concentrations of the emissions of a diesel might be a contributor to lung cancer (but if your a smoker your going to get that anyway) tell you what....

I'll lock you in a small poorly ventilated room with the landrover of your choice without hooking the exhaust up to external porting.

what are you going to choose? something diesel or something petrol?

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

toxic.?.

ok heavy concentrations of the emissions of a diesel might be a contributor to lung cancer (but if your a smoker your going to get that anyway) tell you what....

I'll lock you in a small poorly ventilated room with the landrover of your choice without hooking the exhaust up to external porting.

what are you going to choose? something diesel or something petrol?

LPG