Thread: 351W EFI into Classic Rangie

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Wow what a great job, very interesting reading. Just for info C4 to series gearbox I think was made by Seaton's engineering, I think they may have been in Perth but dont if still going. I did similar (early 90's) 302w and C4 made fit my self wasnt lucky enough to have CNC so was fun, cut n shut C4 out shaft to landy g/box shalf welded with weldall rods (no probs ). Anyway how hard was the wiring harness to sort? I have a P76 V8 I want to fuel inject using Ford or Holden equip what you think?

Thanks g2landyman,
Yeah I did talk to Seatons about an adapter for small block onto the ZF before I discovered that the ZF couldn't take it anyway. Wiring is pretty easy for me, I've done lots of em.
You could certainly use 5.0 Mustang/Falcon gear with ease and, you could run it without any form of electronic tuning if you desired.

Thanks for that. I think I will have a crack at that with the ford puter, was worries about having to tune Gm one.
In you pictures of the harnesses was one ford one Land rover? I didnt quite get your meaning.
regards G2

Sorry Landyman, I don't get what you don't get? Do you mean on the first page?
I showed the stock harness, then the stock harness compared to the Ford harness, then the Ford harness with all the excess ABS wiring stripped out.

Righto, I found some dodgy wiring on the engine harness caused by some asswipe who fitted LPG to the previous engine it was on, so I just replaced it with an unmolested one. While I had the upper off I decided to go further and take the lower off and fit the GT40 intake while I was at it...





See the clearance problems with this taller intake...





Could almost be confused with a 3.9!?



The PCV moves to the back of the intake so had to make this plug and weld it in from inside the rocker cover...



I ground down this bolt boss and counterbored for a cap screw...



Haven't got a mill so I kept drilling incrementally to 0.5mm from the head diameter then modded a drill bit for the final cut with flat base for the head of the bolt...



Couldn't get a 5/16" x 135mm cap screw so I welded an 8mm stainless cap screw to a 5/16" bolt thread...



Gettin there. See the butchery of firewall lip behind the intake? This will be cleaned up later..



Had to cut this brace off the bonnet for clearance. I think I can move it side ways to clear the T-body and weld it back on...



Had a hell of a time trying to find the Fuel reg vac line which uses a really big barb on the intake side.. I had to borrow this one with a view to replacing it. Thanks BPT!



And this curved one(which is too short here) on the underside is also unobtainable!? This setup draws large amounts of oil into the intake.
I have now blocked it off and I'm using a catch can instead.



It's on there!...



To drive it's noticeable better with far less throttle required to achieve the same speed. It's got that distinct whistle that these intakes tend to make too. I've got some ally tubing to make a new inlet tube too.
The TPS is rubbing on the bonnet so I'm going to have to educate it slightly

Time for an update.
I may have mentioned the Hughes built 4R70w trans was shifting a little too hard, chirping mostly the two front tyres but sometimes 3 or all four tyres!
I let Hughes know and they sent me a complete new valve body and a new 1-2 accumulator, EPC solenoid, gaskets an filter free of charge!?
I installed it tonight and it's much better. Shifts are quick and firm without being uncomfortable. I also have plenty of adjustment left with the optishift if I want to change how it shifts. There's also a dual map switch which I'll hook up via the ZFHP26 Falcon shifter when I move it to the manual shift posi.
As for the engine. I've got an F4 roller short block coming so I'm going to build that up with other bits I've got.

That's very good service on Hughes's part. YouTube video of it in action needed me thinks!