If I remember correctly the engine was designed for the Austin Kimberly, and only fitted later to the Marina.
John
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If I remember correctly the engine was designed for the Austin Kimberly, and only fitted later to the Marina.
John
Ah yes the old X6 kimberley. ..😮😬
Jc
Are we really talking mph and not kph? my knuckles turn white in the 109 at 80kph! Particularly when someone pulls out in front of me a bit quick.
Cheers,
D
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Originally Posted by Dark61
Yep! Miles per hour ;)
The original data said a cruising speed of 80mph (131kph) :)
Scary isn't it!
Cheers, Mick.
I'd be reciting the 23rd Psalm that's for sure!
Cheers,
D
Hello from Mpumalanga.
Colleagues of mine over here speak relatively enthusiastically about the R6 motor. Less so about the rest of the vehicle.
Cheers,
My poor understanding of the reason the R6 didn't go local was that the Army was probably the main (or most significant) buyer of Series 3 vehicles and wanted to switch to an all diesel fleet. Hence the Isuzu. Plus the rural four wheel drive market was heavily swinging to diesels as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by mick88
Cheers,
I think that is correct. At the time we are talking about (late Series 3) the perceived market for Landrover was the utility 4x4, not the lifestyle 4x4, and by then this market was predominantly diesel, with Landrover having led the way to diesel from the late fifties. And they would have known that the V8 was coming anyway. So why develop a special engine installation for this market? The only reason South Africa used this engine was that sanctions cut them off from the V8. Import restrictions could possibly have had the same effect in Australia, but there was little in the way of import restrictions on four wheel drives at the time. If it had been available earlier, it may well have been viable instead of the 2.6 Rover engine in the Army S3s.Quote:
Originally Posted by S3ute
John
E6 was developed in Australia, same engineers heavily involved with it that was involved with 110 military range. Tis a great engine built on the cheep.
the Austin version was a 2200 with the same bore size.
I had 2 MK2 so they didn't have twin carbs. I had spoken to some OLD guys that had webber and triple su fed cars.
2200 crank runs smaller bearings, works out that a chev bearing fits the 2600 and allows a 2200 auto crank. the sa rover rear main housing allows a 2.6--4.4 flywheel and Kimberly/holden starter. maybe.
There is 2 version of the X8 oil filter-both mounted on the sump[gearbox].
one of mine had un machined casting on the block for the cheeper conventional oil filter, engineering had planned for a separate /gearbox sump version for FWD .Late model 4 cyl E series blocks also had P76 oil filter position on the block as they got ready for marina replacement. a worked 1750 had similar Kwatts to a 2.6,but it was better on fuel.Tourque was a silly amount for the 2.6 combined with 3.9 final drive. I often over used for recoveries towing a car float with the wide ratio 3 speed.At 500 rpm like a 4X4 with a low range.
19MPH per 1000 . piston speeds at highway running broke rings hammered valves. cheep holden radiator and a small plastic fan with no cowling, small exhaust system that ran hot and burnt the car.
Im Owned lots of P76 6 cyl. most had been on the last legs and not enough block metal to rebuild or cracked head.
the manual transmission could easily do 28-35 MPG and made similar power to a 186. shame the dealers sold lots of automatics to pensioners that got 16-18 mpg-similar to a hard driven V8.
Leyland OZ had developed built and tested 90 degree 3300 V6, based on the buick. that would have been better than the of the shelf stage 1 from Europe.
My plan was to buy a 2.6 109 and fit a Leyland E6. but then I worked for a holden dealer that had EFI holden 6 then started to sell Nissan great 6. then I worked at Moorebank,,,,,,I also owner a few mitubishi cars that if had lasted on LPG would have been better.
I was at auction in Sydney that sold SA built SD1 E6.twin carb, power steer better water pump and cheeper starter motor. didn't bid>>>>>>
I think that a petrol landrover could have sold well in OZ.in the 90,s .dad had 2 diesel rodeo at a bargin price on rural diesel, lot of my neighbours had F150, patrol and landcruiser on LPG. my mates dads had 2.25 petrol 88 as diesel was too hard to maintain for a small rural farm.