Thread: My 2.25L series 2a gets EFI and a Supercharger!

the easy way to do what your after since you dont offroad much is go and get yourself a disco/deefer/rangie axles set and slide those under the series by means of replacing the suspension mounting bits on the disco/deefer/rangie axles with the ones from the series. (assuming you want to keep the leafs.

this gets rid of the requirement to fit a non standard Tcase, gives you the brakes you want and since your faffing with the suspension lets you setup the parabolics in one shot.

the 200tdi derated a little will comfortabley push it around with the 3.54 gears in the diff and wont kill the gearbox if you're carefull with the noisey pedal in the lower gears.

Hi BlackKnight,
Yeah I'd like to keep the leafys. Your idea sounds good, what's the standard ratio in the Salisburys that I have? (all I know is that they're Salisburys, I would imagine they're standard - whatever that was...)
Also, would I be able to keep my prop-shafts or would that require customs?

The main reason I was thinking the above was that it can all be done in small and (relatively) cheap installments while keeping the car on the road.

Cheers, Lachy

Hi SeriesKid,

The standard diff on a 2A should be 4.7, Defender and other later ones are 3.54 I believe. Problem with this change is that your low range changes as well so if you need a "low" low for 4wding then you lose it.

You probably only have a Salisbury in the back and the front would be a standard Rover. Have a look at the shapes and length of the nose to be certain. This should be the same as a Defender I think but that would be worth looking into more or asking someone who knows for sure . The Salisbury is longer than a Rover diff so if you change from one to the other there are changes in propshaft required.

TimJ.

what he said.

Hmm, I might keep with the overdriven t-case, or even swap the Fairey for a Roverdrive. Anyone here got a Roverdrive? I think their internal gears are helical rather than straight-cut like the Fairey.
This would keep my low-range, whilst not often required, does get used a little.
Plus, I want anything I do to be "easily" reversible.

it doesnt get much easier than cutting the mounts off of a dead series axle and welding them to the disco/deefer/rangie ones. all of about 14/17 bolts and 2 pipe fittings to swap them back to the original stuff.

you might consider the 4.11 diff ratio. which the series box will happily push and the 200tdi is equally happy with.

Hi Serieskid,

Just wondering as well what you are going to do with the parts you have for fuel injecting (throttle body, injectors,ECU). If you want to sell them could you PM me a price as I might be interested.

TimJ.

Hi Tim, the ecu and injectors went back to my mate who I got them from, as I hadn't paid him yet, I think he was going to eBay them. I'll give him a call to see if he still has them. As for the throttle body, I was having issues finding a simple EFI throttle body to use. All the little jap ones had crap coming out everywhere, ended up just grabbing an AU falcon one from the wreckers just as a starting point, but its way to big to use (1/4 throttle would be equal wide-open-throttle for the Landy engine). Best bet for throttle body might just be to use your Landy carby (with the guts ripped out), and fit a Throttle-Position sensor to it... It would look nice and stock