Reply With QuoteAre you sure thats not the Holden straight 6 instead of the V6????Originally Posted by nobbydoldrums
Fossicker
This topic has probably been visited many times before, but has anyone had experience with or knows of anyone who has fitted a commodore v6 into a Series III? I see castlemain rod shop has a conversion kit and it got me thinking. Any ideas on transmission options with this?
Cheers,
Darren.
Swaggie
Are you sure thats not the Holden straight 6 instead of the V6????
Cheers
Slunnie
~ Discovery II Td5 ~ Discovery 3dr V8 ~ Series IIa 6cyl ute ~ Series II V8 ute ~
YarnMaster
By their website, it appears that its for the straight 6.
Fossicker
ahhh my mistake, I read this under their "one off" conversions.
From reading some older posts here it seems a consensus that a buick v6 (vn commodore etc) would make a terrible conversion choice.
I guess the other option would be a ford 6 - any thoughts on how these compare with a holden straight 6 in front of a series box? Either way I'll be doing a high speed transfer case mod.
Swaggie
Id be more inclined to use a ford 6 if you had to swap engines , The ford 6 is a grunty motor compared to a just holden together 6
The holden motor has a habbit of throwing a leg out of bed if run at the legal speed limit with the landy gearing
And there is nothing wrong with a healthy 2 1/4 litre 4cyl engine in a landy
Master
A guy who was showing his series 3 at the Mt Gravatt 50th had one fitted. I didn't ask much about it sorry wasn't a real land rover if you have to do that in my book, but someone had the time and cash to do it.
AT REST
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And there is nothing wrong with a healthy 2 1/4 litre 4cyl engine in a landy
X2, why bother with all the mods when the std 2.25s are fine to use or rebuild?
years ago in the dark ages it was considered to be a cheap mod, but this is no longer true, AND there are shortcomings with the Holden donks, including carburation and lack of oil pickup in really steep country and gearbox unsuitability
Swaggie
because not everybody thinks that the 2.25 is good enough. Yeah, they make the vehicle move.... but thats about it.
Cheers
Slunnie
~ Discovery II Td5 ~ Discovery 3dr V8 ~ Series IIa 6cyl ute ~ Series II V8 ute ~
Swaggie
The 3800 V6 would be a excellent conversion, light, compact, simple and relaible, and a good torque spread. Not mention, plenty of them about and cheap. The Series III driveline could be the weak link.
URSUSMAJOR
ChatterBox
SupporterExactly!
The v6 would be a great swap in to a rover, we looked at this for my mates SIII SWB using the v6 and t700 adapted to a land rover transfercase, the good points are heaps of grunt, good low down torque, reliable and hard to kill, spares are available everywhere, cheap as chips, very ecomonical for a 6 and they handle getting wet ok too. I picked up a decent motor for 250 complete with everything, very cheap compared to other options, i reallly dont see how a 2.25 could even come close to the v6 in any way at all.
even better would be v6 with twin turbo setup(common on street commodores forum) its not that hard to do and not that expensive, run that with the t700 adapter to the lt95 transfercase and you would have a beast!
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