Thread: who's got a v8 110?

well mines a 1984 modded to 4.0L and stage 1 cam from bruce davis landys.
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The V8 Land Rover was invented with Australia in mind - the increased distances we travel mean that power makes a real difference. I've got a 1985 110 stroked to 4.3L and running on LPG. I'm not driving it yet - still needs a minor tidy for registration. I'm driving a 1981 Stage 1 V8 3.5. I get 25l/100km (about 12MPG) around town - and much as I love it, that's starting to hurt the pocket. I think LPG makes a lot of sense in these trucks. I would have thought you could hold your head high even with the diesel crowd, Jasper110, with your truck running such an environmentally friendly fuel; unless they're all running on straight chip oil.As for the often-quoted diesel torque advantage, when it comes down to it the total torque output is not really any better than the petrol (compare the Isuzu 3.9 with the Rover 3.5) but the top-end power is lacking unless you have a computer running your engine and a blower getting extra air in. What they do better is fuel economy, and LPG seems the obvious counter-attack.

You'll find a strong following here for any engine ever put in a Land Rover and proportional to numbers fitted, I'd say there's strongest support for the Isuzu 3.9 fitted here to Stage 1's and early 110's in place of the Rover pre-TDi diesels. But even their most enthusiastic supporters admit they lack power at 100km/hr. Clearly the TD5's do more than our naturally aspirated and carburettered V8s with a lot less fuel, but I for one don't have the money to live in that company and I wouldn't know where to start if it played up.

Steve

i also run lpg and at the weekend on a camping trip managed to get 14.9mpg (thats on mixed roads) at the priced for lpg over here, it works out at a cost equivilent of 35 mpg (petrol 2.4 x more than lpg per ltr).
i admit that i love the sound of the v8 and it's even better when from the outside!
the one thing that does annoy sometimes is the lack of power in mine (it's an early low compression engine), and that s one of the reasons for writing here, you guys seem far more innovative with your landies (not just the v8's but the total vehicle as well),maybe its because you can use them as 'god' intended!

Yep the old V8 110s are good old bus`s, but after owning a V8, 200tdi and a TD5 110, they are showing their age. If I ever owned a V8 110 it would have to be 4.0lt+, the 3.5 just does`nt cut it. Mine was high comp 3.5 with a bit bigger cam, it drove well but no where as well as the TD5 especially at highway speeds. I did a 110 swap a couple of weeks ago with a V8 110 for a couple of hours, it was good fun to drive one again with the noise, but it was also nice to give it back and get in my TD5.

The 200 tdi was a great offroad engine, but very slow on the road.

I even managed to get 20 mpg out of our V8 on a trip from Paris back to the UK, sitting on 100ks, driving economically at cruising speeds it was`nt to bad, but dive it any other way and it just wanted to drink.