Thread: making a Series 3 more driveable??

Originally Posted by Jimmy

I've got an ex army series 3. Whilst I want to keep it original I also want to drive it a far bit and hence want to "soften" it just a little. Are there any little tricks to making this happen? Obviously it is a landrover so its always going to be a truck, but I was thinking an after market power steering box and maybe an over drive, but any other ideas would be great - maybe differen shockies, carby, etc etc?? (as cheap as possible)

At present it already has a holden conversion which really only lets me get to 80-90km/per/hr before she screams.

Sounds like it might have been a bit of a sloppy install. None/few of the army fitted holdens seemed to be done "nicely" See if you can tidy it up somehow.

Mines a 73 SWB s3 with a 186. I added a toro overdrive, and it sounds better at over 50 km/h however the top speed hasn't really changed. I got 91 km/h without OD, and 94 km/h with.

Mind you - my engine is tired too.

It's maths, Phoenix. Gearing changes torque but not power (power = torque x rpm. Use a gear to increase RPM by 25% and you also decrease torque by 25%). So adding overdrive only moves the RPM down, to a more economical point It would only give increased speed if gearing was the limit - and in reality it's lack of power and lack of aerodynamics. You'd get more speed out of removing the roof, folding the window flat and fitting a cover over the unused seats and load space - like a 30's sports car. Just add leather helmet and goggles.