Thread: Engine Swap Discovery 1

Mate your grey 95 v8 disco. is it a 5 door? Did you purchase it from an AJ in townsville? If so, read on if not disregard this post.

I sold one when I (well I bought and sold a few up in townsville) that pretty much fits that description when I got up there. I know its a long shot but if youve only had it for 3 years thats about when he would have sold it to post out of townsville.

The easy way to spot it if it is mine is to look under the bottom of the back of the center cubby, if you happen to find a length of blue extension cord under there thats been cut off + tucked up (was put there to run a fridge + charge a battery) go crawl under the vehicle and have a very very close look at the top of the rear diff you might find a blanked off air fitting on the diff..

you guessed it thats an ARB difflock that I put in as when we bought the vehicle It had a stuffed rear diff and I managed to pick up a couple of ARB'd diffs at cheaper than I could get a proper rover diff. We didnt fit the air or anything else as at the time we were doing up vehicles we were purchasing cheap from AJ's that had wrecked them and were posting out then selling them back to the new arrivals for a tidy profit.

Originally Posted by Disco Stew

G'day

I have a 95 V8i Disco that has recently decided to blow a head gasket or crack a head (I haven't had it looked at as yet as local Landy expert very busy). I have only had this beast for three years the first of, which was great. However now that it has done approx 180,000 km it has been very temperamental. I would like to keep the old girl as it looks good in Niagra (gunmetal grey) but I'm not sure about spending money on the 3.9 currently fitted.

I have noticed on the web a place named Marks 4wd Adaptors who seem to specialise in making adaptor kits to fit Holden and Chev V8s, Chev and Buick V6s. Whilst I'm sure these engines are all good I am a die hard Ford fan and as such was wondering if anyone had knowledge of fitting a Ford Windsor or a OHC inline 6 into a Disco. At a guess I would assume the inline 6 is to long to fit in the engine bay which would be a pity as I already have a low mileage one sitting in my garage.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

put it this way if it fits a range rover classic it fits a disco! apart for body panels however the doors fit :P