Ford 250 crossflow in s3 109

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Originally Posted by dero

I had a ford top loader box in mine . Conversion from[ Mark's 4wd adapters ] ? it was a fair while ago .
It was bullet proof , but could be quite heavy on fuel .

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If it's lighter on fuel than the d1 v8 auto it won't bother me hahaha
Was there much room at the front end for the fan?
Or did you push it back to fit the box in?
And did you engineer it or buy it built?
Cheers

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Originally Posted by mick88

The 250 Falcon donk is a good puller and performs well in a Landy, they have a stroke of just under four inches.
To complete the conversion I think a diff upgrade to 3.54's would be necessary.
There were a couple of Series 109's at Cooma that had the Ford 250 ci in them, one was fitted with a 2V head.
The later cross flow motor engine would be a good choice and they were a very good engine conversion in the early Land Cruisers too.
There are adaptor plate kits about for them, just a bit harder to find than the more common Holden conversions.
My neighbor has a Series 2A 109 with a Ford engine, it's either a 200 or 250.
One thing with the Ford/Falcon six cylinder engine conversion is that the oil filter fouls on the chassis, so you either need to modify the chassis
to allow room for the Z9 oil filter, or use the short oil filter which I think was used on the early Fairlane's (? Z516).
I am not familiar with the Falcon flywheel dimensions, but I imagine they would be large enough to accept a Land Rover 9.5" Series 3 clutch assembly.

Cheers, Mick.

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IIRC, a Z89A is the short version of a Z9. These are fitted to Rover V8s

The transfer case sat in the original position ,I cut a little bit out of the front cross member & filled it with a piece of angle iron .
Not sure if I moved the radiator support panel forward [ possibly ]
The cut out in the front cross member may have been to allow the radiator to move forward .
Like I said , it was a long time ago .

There is a wreck with a ford in it down the back here you can have for the conversion if you want it.

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Originally Posted by 123rover50

There is a wreck with a ford in it down the back here you can have for the conversion if you want it.

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Id love it but can't spend any more coin on my LR habit at the moment. The wife's over it hahaha nah just had a baby and the discos fuel bill takes up most of my play money haha and I'm in victoria also maybe one day thanks for the offer

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Originally Posted by 123rover50

There is a wreck with a ford in it down the back here you can have for the conversion if you want it.

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Originally Posted by LRJim

Id love it but can't spend any more coin on my LR habit at the moment. The wife's over it hahaha nah just had a baby and the discos fuel bill takes up most of my play money haha and I'm in victoria also maybe one day thanks for the offer

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What box is behind it Keith ?

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Originally Posted by pop058

What box is behind it Keith ?

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Phew, just walked down for a look.
First, its not a crossflow Ford as both manifolds are on the RHS.
Second, the gearbox is gone but it has a cast alloy adapter with Dellows cast on it. Still has the clutch and pressure plate. I assume it was a series box behind it.

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Originally Posted by djam1

Slant 6 Valiant worked well preferably with a 2A box

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Well, anything that handles a Slant should handle a 250. Mind you..... I'd be wary of any large capacity six in front of a Series driveline.

I imagine a Series vehicle with a Slant, carefully driven, would crawl silkily over just about anything. Oh what a lovely engine it was......