Thread: Engine change

The tooling for the E6 rover engine used here in SA from '80 to '85 did come from Aus. Some design changes were made and then produced locally. This engine was also fitted in the Rover SD, Triumph and Austin Marina cars with good success.

The Santana 4spd gearbox in this period of Land Rover was designed to withstand the torque of the ADE 236 engine. This diesel engine was manufactured here under license from Perkins, thus a Perkins 4.236 engine. This application in the Land Rover had 3.54 diffs.

The 2.6 OHV 6cyl rover engine (E6), refered to locally as R6, was very successful in the 3/4 ton land Rover except that the major user was the military, and they over revved the motors over long distances, resulting in head gasket failures, giving it an unwarranted bad reputation. A good 82Kw and 202 Nm, and free revving and the LR could often reach 140kph, on the clock.

Some 5000 of these Land Rovers were built here with an estimated 400 being diesel.

Originally Posted by JPC

Jakes, I know the ceremonial/revue 88s are still in use, though have recently been replaced with specially kitted out 90s, so the 88s should come up for auction soon. There are also some series Landies with the commando units, on paper, and they are now also being collected for auction.

Ciao

Keep me updated if you can?

Plenty guys would love to know when the CF / Kommando stuff is sold off. I'd like to be in the front of the queue...