Thread: Out there idea - engine conv.

I have seen a White Classic RR in Packanham about 2 years ago with the Comodore 3.8V6 badges on the side and he was pulling away from me in my AU ute up the first big hill on Gembrook rd.

I also have a Mate that had a 92 Hilux that had a VP manual 3.8 put in it after the 2.8 N/A diesel blew up and was cheaper to do the conversion than to replace the diesel.

It went really well with the low diesel gearing but constantly had over heating but he ended up sorting it out with a comodore 5.0ltr radiator and a reverse direction fan off a fork lift and a spacer that he turned up to mount it off one of the idler pulleys.

It was quite cheap to run and Cam used to thrash the crap out of it and it seemed to love it.

I'd imagine that if you fitted 4.11:1 diff gears it would be fine but with 3.54's I think it would be a bit sluggish.

Originally Posted by Dougal

Since when was 30mpg on the highway impressive for a car?
My diesel rangerover does that, but is almost twice the weight, pushes about twice the air and drives 3 times as many diffs.

Our AUIII Falcon gets 33mpg at 108 to 118 kph WITH!! air con on!
Believe me, I am impressed. Never had a ford do that before.

Originally Posted by mcrover

I have seen a White Classic RR in Packanham about 2 years ago with the Comodore 3.8V6 badges on the side and he was pulling away from me in my AU ute up the first big hill on Gembrook rd.

The gearing must have been altered.
Given the power of a commode V6, it should be a slug.
Maybe he had a ten speed gearbox in it

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

The gearing must have been altered.
Given the power of a commode V6, it should be a slug.
Maybe he had a ten speed gearbox in it

Are you taking the **** or having an atemt of humor Ron?

As stated, I was driving behind him at the time so I dont know anything about the drive line, he had stopped next to me at the set of lights near BP on the way into Packy and thats how I saw the badges and It deffinatly wasnt a rover V8 in it by the sound of the exaust note.

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

Joel,

A VN V6 puts out 127Kw @ 4,800rpm and 288Nm @ 3200rpm.
Lets compare that to my thirsty and not so powerfull Disco V8. 134kW @ 4750rpm and 304Nm @ 2600rpm.

Cheers

Max. torque at 2600 & 3200 rpm has little to do with getting off the mark. Check the torque curve for output from 800rpm to 1500-2000rpm. This is what you are using off the mark and accelerating to cruising speed.

Joel, what will they be using to mate a ZF with a 200TDI since the parts arent available here ? can the 300 flexplate etc be used ?

Originally Posted by RonMcGr

Our AUIII Falcon gets 33mpg at 108 to 118 kph WITH!! air con on!
Believe me, I am impressed. Never had a ford do that before.

My late model Falcon ute does 18-19mpg around town, and never better than 24mpg on highway light laden, and 21 fully laden. Waste of time and breath complaining to the Ford dealer. They plug their computer into the diagnostic socket and say it has been averaging 11l./100ks, and my log book says 14+l./100ks. There are no leaks. I once told the service manager that if 11l./100ks was true then I would not be in his office chewing his ear. Other Falcon owners tell me much the same figures. When their sales dept. 'phone me to ask if I am interested in updating, I tell them I own two Falcons, the first and the last. Then wait for the reaction.

I had an old VN for years, mine ran gas, its was the most abused car I ever had, It had 1 service in 6 years, She was straight gas and the oil just never seem to get dirty, would take a liter every 1000 km, that was her service!, the autos are far better then anything Ford has on offer, and they certianly do go like cat shot in the bum from the mark, is it worth the hassle at the end of the day to mess with tried and proven rover components that are designed for there intended job, only thing that scares me is wieght of the Fender, the little v6s struggle under load and thats were the Ford inline always had it.
But one further testament to the strenght of the set up, we had to drive all the way out in the back of woop woop past West Wyalong to pick up my old Clydesdale horse, now he tipped the scales at 900 kilo, the float is 800 kilo, we did the hole trip using the old VN which I thought would leave its guts all over the road somewhere but she bloody well did it, never missed a beat, never got hot, the auto survived, was sad to pension her off but the body couldnt keep up. Its all personal preferance, you will do what you think is right