Thread: The Big one (caution - Long Post)

I had bar treads on a spare set of rims for an old suzuki, they were better than fancy fat mudders in a lot of terrain but they were shocking on bitumen. Partly because they were cross ply, so I had a set of HT radials on another set of rims. I couldn't keep it in a straight line at 110K on the bar treads.

put some picks up cos you asked.

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Goodyear x-tra grips, they look the part and they sound cool. Scares the bejesus out of hatchback drivers. I dont know how available they are now but i will also be looking for a set of 7.50 x 16's. The piccy below shows the tread pattern of the spare one on my old girl.

a few observations re the little 4 cylinder.
My uncle had a Series III from new. Two things made this capable of 140km/h+ top speed. A Fairey overdrive and ditching the crappy stock exhaust manifold and exhaust system. Back in those days, Rick Perry in Melbourne made headers for all the available 4WD's, including Landies 2.25 litre engine. Those with a 2" free flow system + the overdrive made all the difference.

Originally Posted by WilliamB

S3 Booster?

Yes - an overdrive would be good - need to find one tho - I can get the diffs immediately - overdrive a bit trickier.

I agree with the above regarding keeping origional - I would keep the origional parts.

2a gearbox noisy, not really stuffed doesn't like changing int 2nd from 3rd without a crunch.

Constrained by money and running cost and a love of seriesLRs.

That is because it is non-synchro. Gears 1 & 2 on the 2A are both non-synchro 3 & 4 are synchro. You will have to practise your gear changing. The IIA gear box is just about indestructable and I would go with that. Can be a bit noisey but there are additives you can put in. Unless you have heaps of metal shaving in there I would just be re-freshing the box. That is new seals and gaskets. Same as the engine, this started life as a diesel engine and was petrolised, different head and pistons etc and is much more reliable motor than the 6 cyl.

Originally Posted by Mick-Kelly

The more landies the merrier. I keep looking at this series one on e-bay. its very cheap. And the dogs would love to sleep under it in the back yard. Problem is I would have to aswell.

I used to live out west Qld and rated the winter evenings accordingly (when the Missus was crankey) as I dog night, 2 dog night etc.........the colder it got I just added an extra dog to the bed roll, kept me warm and the doggies appreciated it