Thread: Motor Transplant

Why don't you move house?

I was going down to Cairns in the S11 the other day, I stopped and offered an old swaggy walking near Mt Carbine, a lift to Cairns but he said, "Thanks mate, but I'm in a hurry!"

Cheers Rod

My S3 is the same
Does 0 to 60 sometimes
Phil

Originally Posted by gelveigh

Living on a major road, the pick-up speed of the landie is slower than a snail.

...she will have to have an engine transplant. Who has done it? What motor fits? Any problems to be aware of? Thanking in advance!!! Gavs.

Scroll down the forum lists a little bit further and you will find "Other Powered Land Rovers". Have a good read and you will see what others have done.

Some thoughts on trying to make a Series go faster:

1. Is your current engine in good condition and in good tune? Check compression; valve clearances; spark advance and use the best petrol, which is Premium Unleaded. It should not be that slow off the mark, if it is in good condition.
2. How much weight is the vehicle carrying? I can notice the difference in my Disco with just one passenger. Get rid of everything you can do without.
3. Check the brake drag by raising all wheels and adjusting the shoes so that there is no drag.
4. A more powerful engine is all very well, but top speed will be limited by the differential ratio; so higher ratio diffs; or an over-drive; or higher ratio transfer box gears will need to be fitted.
5. Inflate the tyres to the highest recommended pressure to decrease rolling resistance.
6. A more powerful engine will severely test the Rover gearbox, especially in 2nd and 3rd with the throttle wide open and can ultimately lead to main-shaft failure. Alternative gearboxes really need to be considered.
7. Fitting a supercharger to the original engine, strikes me as a very good way to increase the horses without changing much at all.

Most of the above will improve fuel economy as well,

Cheers Charlie

Originally Posted by Phil B

My S3 is the same
Does 0 to 60 sometimes
Phil

My ears are still ringing from the last time Ralph did 60mph

There is a lot you can do to the original series engines both 4 cyl and 6 cyl.

• Having the car properly tuned is always first.
• Fitting extractors is a good second step.
• re-timing the camshaft to the equivalent car engine is another.
• then you start getting creative.

The worry about going fast is the question: "are you going to be able to stop"?

I suspect there may be something wrong with the engine or tuning, sure they are a bit slow off the mark, but it should get up to speed quicker than what you describe.
I have a standard engine petrol 2a with 3.5 diffs and quite easily jump off at the lights with most modern manual cars, the taller diffs give longer legs for gear changes and quite frequently I am ahead of the mix without trying.
I do not rev the car hard, and change gears when it feels right, I don't want to blow it up!
it will sit on 110 happily and probably does 120kph, if pushed, wind resistance is a killer when driving a box!
my engine has valve seats to suit unleaded, nothing else, but it is timed correctly and looked after, just did another oil change and the engine might have done 2000 kms if that.