Thread: Stage 1 V8, My dream landy?

That looks very, very, nice Warrick! I probably, (definitely), paid too much for the car, but in time it will be forgotten and not matter!

Out of curiosity, are you running the stock high ratio in the transfer, or a higher ratio too let the 3.9 stretch its legs?

Cheers,

Mine is a 3.9 and it's still running the standard high ratio, I can go down to 30kmh in 4th and it just pulls away. My old 110 had a 3.9 in it running 0.996 high range gears and was far better on the highway with no real disadvantage anywhere.

And it's (almost) home



Cheers,

What a beautiful vehicle! Stage Ones really are the crucial elements of a male duck's urinogenital system.

I'm sure that you'll have plenty of fun with this Stage One. Great stuff.

John

Hmm, a V8 in a Defender,, it’s how they should be.
A nice buy Tim, looking forward to seeing how you do with this

Originally Posted by Chops

Hmm, a V8 in a Defender,, it’s how they should be.
A nice buy Tim, looking forward to seeing how you do with this

I’m trying to convince my Boss to join up here and post about his upcoming build. His Brother was driving my Bosses Tdi powered D1 a month or so ago and cooked it, so he’s scrapped the vehicle (fully loaded with all the nice gear which he’s kept some and sold other bits) but has just bought a Defender (not sure what year) with a knackered engine and box and is about to order a crate V8 from the states to go in it. Will all be engineered, not sure on box or driveline yet, but yes, V8’s in Defenders good...

Drove mine up to Cape Reinga 2 weeks ago 2200km, 300l gas, big grin. 3.9 std range rover transfer gearing , had to fill up with 91 up the top end, that made a few things like turning off the engine cringe worthy.
Highway cruisings fine but I hate being pushed along in windy hilly sections, no brakes no steering no handling, prefer to hook second or third and trundle around at a comfortable speed up hill theres plenty of power down hills a different story
Noisy input bearing dripping gearbox yeah we have that to , wish mine looked that flash instead of the multi coloured panales I have

Time to do a few odd jobs on the Stage 1 so it at least stands some sort of chance of passing a pit inspection! On the list of jobs to do is:

Change the brake booster for a working one
Change the black fluid, I mean brake fluid
Sort of the springs rubbing on the chassis
Put some electricity in the battery
Clean the gearbox so I can see where the many leaks are coming from
Put some coolant in the coolant system, (it only has water by the looks of it
Re run the plug wires so they aren't directly contacting metal
Remove the domestic (TPS) wiring
Check all the other fluids etc

Brake fluid in all it's manky glory:



The PO fitted parabolics and they are rubbing on the chassis at the front mount (of the front axle). It looked like the front bush had collapsed, but on inspection it is fine, so I may need to "adjust" the curve of the outer spring.



Also the U bolts for the springs just don't look right? Should they be a bit heavier?



The engine has a intermittent hesitation problem, sometimes mild, sometimes severe. It feels like fuel starvation, there is not backfiring etc, and is mostly present at light throttle. I've changed the fuel pump, but can't find the secondary filter? I do not have faith in the quality of parts fitted to the ignition system, but I'd prefer to rule out the fuel system first.

Cheers, Tim