"However didn't you get the P38 as the Disco was going to cost too much to fix?"
Yeah, whats your point!:tease: Disco was going to cost a lot, and still wouldn't do the things we wanted. We've comfortably taken 5 Adults to the snow with gear 3 times, went camping and much easier to fit stuff in. Besides I always wanted a P38. I feel the car suits us better than the disco did. Rightio back to the task.
Marks's make the adaptors to mate chev to ZF ~$600. Engine mounts can't be hugely different from the ones they make for the classic (frame width is the same) only concerned about the drop, as the P38's Rails seem to be higher.
Ron, not planning on using the GEMS ecu at all as I this want the benefits of the excelent delco system. Immobilisation can be bypassed. Thats the benefit of the early model, there's no CAN bus to worry about. Delco ECU is easily programmed from a PC with downloadable engine maps for different purposes. There are so many different configurations of this motor, from F Trucks to Corvettes, same motor just different ancilliaries.
Simon, Bloody LR decided to put the diffs on the left :mad:, which means a super strong LT230 won't fit without huge mods.
This is the IDea So far:
(AUG) 1. Initial research (this is now)
(OCT) 2. Start contacting various companies about costs etc.
(NOV) 3. Cooling off period (is it worth it - sleep on it)
(DEC) 4. If motor isn't just drop in I will try to find a bent P38 chassis and use that for fabrication of mounts ancillaries etc.
5. Purchase Gearbox, source motor, replace morse chain and viscous.
(JAN) 6. Mount all physical components in test chassis.
7. Start interface Looms (where to mount ECU etc)
8. Motor gearbox etc into car
9. Finish Wiring (need faultmate, eflive software)
10. Exhaust
Whose your daddy, A P38 with an LS1. Put foot down :blush: and....
11. Repair blown diff
12. Repair blown tranfer box
13. Repair broken axle
Thats it Job done :D
