Thread: 1974 Series 3 SWB

The last vicroads regs I read were "no more than a 30% horsepower increase on an engine capacity of 3 litres or less". Over 3 litres (standard donk) you can go a greater hp increase. Cannot recall exact number.
There is a lot of other criteria with it, no chassis mods etc.


Cheers, Mick.

Originally Posted by chaybra

I may be wrong, but I thought the period modification rule had a limit on horsepower increase, I looked at getting a 161 in and the power increase was within 5hp (over) the limit...could just be a vic thing, also...how can they accurately tell, depends on the roadworthy guy and how good of a talker you are.

I was talking about SLOw and them accepting a Holden engine as a period mod. In Vic as far as registering one goes, if it has had the engine number of the Holden engine registered with VicRoads previously - it only used to take a phone call or visit to get an engine number changed - didn't matter what you stuck in it - then it can be re registered with that engine without issue.

If VicRoads only have a record of the original LR engine, then a full Engineers certificate is now required to get a Holden engine registered in one regardless of HP increase. The rule about a 30% power increase without a certificate from an Engineer relates to a power increase of the factory engine only.

Take the 2.6 Ltr 6 cylinder I'm doin up. Factory HP was 72... That means I can work the engine to produce 93.6 legally without an engineers certificate.

I'm hoping to get around 100 so it technically won't be legal, but how will they know? I doubt anyone testing a series Landie with an original engine - be it a 4 or 6 is going to come back from a test drive and say 'That's too powerful!'

The laws are there to stop people turboing or supercharging standard modern engines that can net big HP gains without approval.

Beautiful Landy Chad, so where did you go in Tas?

Originally Posted by Chad79

Thanks Neil, that is something I will definitely look into.

I had noticed that section of the forum previously, but was concerned that the holden conversation may have made me ineligible.

Having had a closer look tonight, I see that 'period modifications' are acceptable. I assume the holden conversion would be considered a period modification?

Chad,

Hello again.

SLOW doesn't get too anal about alien engines in the trucks. Probably half the membership have Holden engines or something else powering their vehicles. Obviously, we think having an original and well ticking Rover engine under the bonnet would be nice - and from a heritage point of view that would be the ideal. However, we are pretty realistic about these things.

Re SLOW itself - you might like to try us out. If you look at the site under trips for February and AGM you will see that we are having a meeting at Buccan (The Ho Hars abode) that will give participants a chance to explore the subtleties of servicing a Series Land Rover, run their vehicles onto a hoist for a checkup and otherwise have a yarn with a bunch of folks whose mechanical expertise ranges from ultra-full bottle to enthusiastic novices.

On another topic - if your planned trip to the Apple Isle is still ahead of you then I would suggest you take advantage of contacting a number of AULRO folks who call the place home if you haven't done so already. Also, in a former life I found myself a ratepayer there for several years and would be happy to offer a few insights into options that might be appealing.

Cheers,

Neil

Acting Secretary SLOW Inc.

The Landy story continues..... The Reunion

Finally, after what seemed like an entirety, we were boarding a plane bound for Launceston to collect our Landy and embark on our lap of Tassie. For the better part of the next 3 weeks we would be getting to enjoy the all that Tasmania had to offer, courtesy of our series 3 land rover. We were pumped.

However, on the flight down I began to worry. I thought, what if the Landy turned out to be a lemon and the holiday was ruined by constant mechanical drama or worse, it prematurely ended our holiday. For what reason, other than possibly stupidity, could I not have had this thought process until then, sitting on the plane. On route to THE holiday.

My wife must have seen the panic in my eyes and asked my concerns. Her response to the above was simple - if the Landy doesn't make it, we can just hire a car and continue our journey. Wow. What a woman (NB. I made a mental note to remind her of this statement on the off chance we ended up broken down on the side of the road in Tassie somewhere...).

With the pre-game nerves out of the way it was time to collect our truck before checking into our accommodation. Roller door lifted and, still there. There was not as much oil on the ground as I had anticipated. The old girl had dropped some coolant though. I spent some time investigating the source of all of the leaks to ensure there was nothing too serious, checked fluid levels and we were set to be on our way.. SUCCESS. Fired first time - win! We were off to fuel up and find our accommodation.

We checked in to our cottage which gave me the opportunity to give the steering box adjustment bolt a tighten and give the Landy a thorough looking over. Fluid levels. Check. Tyre pressures. Check. Battery voltage. Check. Switch functions. Mostly check (Heater fan no go). Gauge function. Check. General visual inspection. Check. On the whole pretty good. We might just make this trip after all.

Concerns allayed.

With the sun beginning to disappear we headed out for a look about Launceston. After a good look around town we grabbed a couple of drinks and a feed from a great little bar called Alchemy before retiring for the evening ready to start our adventure in the morning.

Launceston snaps -

Launceston Landy


Launceston Monkey


Launceston


Launceston hydration

Originally Posted by MrLandy

Beautiful Landy Chad, so where did you go in Tas?

We started in Launceston and fairly well did a lap. Clockwise. I'll trying to chip away at our trip write up piece by piece. However, deciphering some of my chicken scratch notes from our trip is not without its difficulties....

Originally Posted by S3ute

Chad,

Hello again.

SLOW doesn't get too anal about alien engines in the trucks. Probably half the membership have Holden engines or something else powering their vehicles. Obviously, we think having an original and well ticking Rover engine under the bonnet would be nice - and from a heritage point of view that would be the ideal. However, we are pretty realistic about these things.

Re SLOW itself - you might like to try us out. If you look at the site under trips for February and AGM you will see that we are having a meeting at Buccan (The Ho Hars abode) that will give participants a chance to explore the subtleties of servicing a Series Land Rover, run their vehicles onto a hoist for a checkup and otherwise have a yarn with a bunch of folks whose mechanical expertise ranges from ultra-full bottle to enthusiastic novices.

On another topic - if your planned trip to the Apple Isle is still ahead of you then I would suggest you take advantage of contacting a number of AULRO folks who call the place home if you haven't done so already. Also, in a former life I found myself a ratepayer there for several years and would be happy to offer a few insights into options that might be appealing.

Cheers,

Neil

Acting Secretary SLOW Inc.

Thanks Neil.

I signed up today.

I can't access the trips section at the moment, but when I do I'll definitely check it out. The meeting sounds like something I would enjoy.

Thanks for the invitation.

Regarding Tassie - we did go and we are already planning another trip to go back.

Hi Chad, Welcome to Landy ownership. You are most welcome to come to our AGM as Neil has invited you to. Has he given you the address yet? If not I will PM it too you