Thread: Looking for engine conversion ideas for a series 3

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Regard s Philip A

Dents are only cosmetic. Fixing them only makes you then worry about where the next one is going to form. If it gets that bad just swap the entire panel with a less bendt one.

Well mine didn't need chassis mods, the engine brackets make use of the old land rover engine mounting points and sit square over the old points. The holden to rover engine mounts don't quite sit over each other square, no big deal but something to be aware of when you think of the torque reaction.

The reliability of EFI in holden, I wouldn't think you would have much to worry about and the amount of black motors around, parts would be everywhere. The only thing I'd suggest is make sure of the engine to begin with, rebuild the thing if you have to so no5 piston doesn't try to leave the party early.

The Ford crossflow has a mountain of torque and somewhat slower than the holden. By no means a lesser engine, you just don't want a vehicle that travels any slower.

I noticed the stuff in the for sale section about the V8. You'll need to be mindful the rover diff isn't that strong, you might remember not so long back I snapped the pinion nut off mine, however the thing you need to really watch is axles and hub members. They wear faster the more power they are told to 'cope' with, I'm onto my second set and I've only had it three years but then you know [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

Not saying it's out, just saying they are slow. The brother in laws daihatsu diesel is good bumping and bashing in the scrub but on the beach, can get out and walk faster than it. Be okay with turbo....just. They are just so irritatingly slow !

You did say you had a 327 sitting waiting for a home. Don't like the idea of the fuel cost, though they say big motors can give better fuel consumption than smaller ones as they don't need to work as hard. It might work out okay.

The engineer might baulk at the 327 but you can put the disc brakes front and drums on the rear off a later model onto your existing diff without need to change master cylinders, which should reduce the concern. I know 'cos a friend of mine did that in a series 1, the brakes not the 327, kept the 4 cylinder but did some crazy stuff to it... real crazy stuff so it was about as bad. It's registered, he's now not, went a bit too well. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

The only other thing I can suggest at the moment is don't rush into it if you can.

Good luck and talk to you when I get back.

whats this about no5 piston on the holden engines.

I have often thought that a Mitsubishi 2.6 four cylinder would be a good replacement for a Landy 4 cylinder, and probably a six.
Not too much power to break things but enough not to be a slug.
But probably nobody does an adaptor.
Regard s Philip A

Ford crossflow & C4 !!!! easy as conversion and easy on the driveline!! Also cheap to pick up an old falcon!!!! 8)

Originally posted by DEFENDERZOOK
whats this about no5 piston on the holden engines.

Cutting down a five chapters into a few paragraphs.

All about heat dissipation and cooling efficiency. This is the best way I can explain it without sounding "Duh!"

On the holdens the water in and out are mounted on the front and because they are a relatively long block they have trouble maintaining a stable temperature throughout the block. So 5 and 6 cylinders normally run warmer than say 1 and 2 because of the distance from the radiator (shorter water loop back so always run cooler).

Now if someone boils a holden, the temerature of the water passing 5 and 6 cyl will be superheated whereas 1 and 2 are just hot. That extra heat fatigues everything until it can't cope and bang, rods hangin' out the sump. Which is why my first one died, the clown before me had clogged the radiator up with a period of using muddy dam water, poor matainence (looked like every christmas oil changes) and the wiring for the temp sender wasn't wired up anyway. Time bomb.

So with the holden you gotta be sure the cooling is up to it... being a 5 core radiator in a series it's good so long as it's clean and the thermostat works. I can't boil mine and yeah I've tried just to see if I could, gets to 95ºC (which aint that hot for a Holden) and stays there.

hmm...interesting....thanks.

i never noticed that...never really seen under a holden bonnet.

Originally posted by DEFENDERZOOK
whats this about no5 piston on the holden engines.

There is a widely held belief that 202s break the top off no 5 piston, some poeple say no3, I'm here to tell you thats not correct, they break them off all 6 some times more than one at time.