Early range rover engine swap,

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Originally Posted by Vern

Will admit you would need a hoist. Used to take me about 3hrs to get the body off my LSE. We did this with my bro in laws disco, body off onto new chassis in a day, no having to lift engines and gearboxes in and out, and no measuring and welding.

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Same year Disco to Disco swaps is one thing, early RRC to later D1 chassis is a whole another thing. LSE's don't come in a huge range of year models either. Oh and I'll say it again, measuring and welding is quick if you're even moderately clever with tools.

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Originally Posted by 87County

still illegal verny, we'll draw up a roster to call in on visiting day :)

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Amazing how many are out there like this.

I would much prefer a 20 year newer chassis

I know a guy with a 300tdi conversion in a Range Rover. He is very pleased with it. When he started work on the conversion I asked why he didn't go Isuzu 4BDt. He said he wished to keep it all Rover.

I have seen a number of engine swaps into RR's. Among them Falcon 4.0 SOHC inline six, Chrysler Hemi 6 265, Buick 350, P76, Chev, Chrysler, Ford small block V8's. Yes, those inline sixes do fit with quite a bit of room left over. The Hemi 265 was a delightful drive. Fast, responsive. It had a Quadrajet four barrel carb and the split cast iron headers from CM Valiant plus a mild higher end camshaft. The Buick 350 was the alum head big valve high performance option. It was a bit of a rocket ship. I didn't get to drive any of the others. The Falcon 6 version was offered for sale at an auction of general goods and looked to have been well used. In horse terms, ridden hard and put away wet.

I’ve always thought V6 out of late model commodore with its auto would be a nice conversion. Shorter and less weight than LS1 but would still go well[emoji16]