Thread: The 85 Classic

Originally Posted by flagg

holy moly that is massive! are you going to have to mod the bonnet to fit?

If I've measured correctly it'll sit level with the top of the stock radiator. Should be zero body mods.

The dogs thinking "If you can round up sheep with that thing I'm out of business!"

Originally Posted by workingonit

The dogs thinking "If you can round up sheep with that thing I'm out of business!"

He only gets to herd people and cats. He loves it.

Originally Posted by Dougal

Stumbled across a 300tdi soft-dash auto today with no registration.

The devil on my shoulder won't shut-up about it.

The devil on my shoulder has won. Time to find a salvage trailer.

This is getting ridiculous.

"The Banana" on the left. 300tdi soft-dash auto.
The Rover towing it. 4BD1T with Isuzu 5 speed.
"New Brian" (family guy reference) on the right, 3.9 V8 auto with EAS.


Thread on "The Banana" here: The Banana. 300tdi soft-dash.

This may have been covered and I missed it but how do you find the NVH levels?
Do you reckon the benefits of running Isuzu 5 speed outweigh the fiddle to fit it, compared to running an LT95 say?
Getting ideas

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

This may have been covered and I missed it but how do you find the NVH levels?
Do you reckon the benefits of running Isuzu 5 speed outweigh the fiddle to fit it, compared to running an LT95 say?
Getting ideas

The NVH is very good for what it is. At idle it's the same as the 300tdi I have here. I can't yet compare road speed as the 300tdi isn't road-legal and has some other issues to work through.

It's quiet enough that I can hear the tyres over the engine at 100km/h. I have a reasonable amount of sound-proofing but it's old and with plenty of gaps. Turbo whistle dominates at higher load.
I do have some transferbox noise which I suspect is the input bearings and is most noticable in 4th at ~70km/h and a vibration at ~65km/h in all gears which I know is the transfer intermediate shaft (roller bearing version, thrusts are worn).
None of that is the engine though. I've never driven a vehicle with the LT95. Those I've ridden in were long enough ago that I can't recall the noise.

The gear spread in the Isuzu 5 speed means it is used as a four speed plus creeper. I would very much like to install the Isuzu MXA 6 speed gearbox. But it's a major project with no immediate plans.