Supercharger on a 4.6 in a classic

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Originally Posted by DaveS3

One of my mates runs a D2 4lt in his rangie with maybe an Eaton charger and it F***** flies!!! It has about 200kw at the rears.

It is also inter cooled and runs ~8-10psi.

He has had trouble in the past with the tensioner and it kept throwing the belt off.

It has also killed an auto, he now runs a R380 but no idea how long it will last.

I love the power this car makes, it is incredible but it has had $$$ invested in it.

Gen3 probably would be cheaper as these motors are getting cheap. Mafless tune and your at 280kw at the fly, loads of power.

Goodluck with your choice.

Dave.

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Dave, do you have any pics of the D2??? I looked at getting a supercharger added to my D2 earlier this year but other than the incredible cost they could not fit it without major bonnet mods.

Ive got an Eaton M90 waiting for a good 3.9-4.0-4.6 to throw on top of when my 3.9 dies one day in my 1990 rangie

thinking of running it straight gas so won't need computer at all

thinking this might be a reliable setup

thoughts?

Camo

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Originally Posted by walker

Dave, do you have any pics of the D2??? I looked at getting a supercharger added to my D2 earlier this year but other than the incredible cost they could not fit it without major bonnet mods.

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I think he means his mate has a 4l OUT OF a D2 in his RANGIE;)

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Originally Posted by Camo

Ive got an Eaton M90 waiting for a good 3.9-4.0-4.6 to throw on top of when my 3.9 dies one day in my 1990 rangie

thinking of running it straight gas so won't need computer at all

thinking this might be a reliable setup

thoughts?

Camo

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Depends on who's thoughts you want to listen to:D

lol driving a car in Victoria in summer without an air conditioner you will regret it

people think Melbourne doesnt get hot in summer they are dreaming

l live in Perth since 2003 and they still rabbit on like Melbourne in the Artic compared to Perth, l don't see much real difference in temperature except Perth has very strong bright sun light compared to Melbourne

I would not remove air conditioning for a super charger

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Originally Posted by cartm58

lol driving a car in Victoria in summer without an air conditioner you will regret it

people think Melbourne doesnt get hot in summer they are dreaming

l live in Perth since 2003 and they still rabbit on like Melbourne in the Artic compared to Perth, l don't see much real difference in temperature except Perth has very strong bright sun light compared to Melbourne

I would not remove air conditioning for a super charger

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None of my vehicles have air con, and even when I owned ones that did I only ever used it for demisting:D

But I'm in country vic, I'd rather leave the city than have air con:angel:

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Depends on who's thoughts you want to listen to

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I guess so.. you either love LPG or hate it..same with superchargers

Prolly best to talk to someone who knows supercharging with LPG aye

Camo

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Originally Posted by rovercare

I think he means his mate has a 4l OUT OF a D2 in his RANGIE;)

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Yes Adam this is correct - the car is just a 87 4dr RR.

Well, RPI Engineering in UK do not like Eatons on Rover V8s.
They claim the fuel distribution is all wrong and it causes premature failure. Have a look on their site.
They may have a point, looking at the setup that uses the bottom bit of the injection manifold.
I reckon you could cut up an old carby manifold and it would work, but it would be a lot of (expensive) work, especially if you had to fit bosses for injectors.

I have investigated fitting a Gen 111. It is pretty easy but expensive AFAIK. The Chev small block trans and engine mount adaptors fit, plus an adaptor from GEN111 to small block engine mounts.
It will be expensive to get a rear sump and the correct exhausts from the states, as the commodore is front sump, and you cannot cut and shut as it is fibre reinforced aluminium.
The BIG cost is in making a ZF live . Apparently a mob in Melbourne will do it for about 8K. I got this second hand from Bruce Davis Via a friend who had him build a 5 litre and had a lesser (3K) upgrade.
Regards Philip A

Some great insights - reckon that I'll stick with the current set up, as it's cost me the least out of any LR I have had over the last 6 months.

Im reference to the climate, I was really looking at a 6 mnth swap out - aircon in summer / S/c in the winter, and repeat.

The 4.6 conversion was in the order of the $8K mark and only had 10,000 rebuilt k's on it.

Love it. Will stick with it.