Testament Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 3.9/4.0/4.6 landrover motor with a trubo or something is neccesary or a 27L RR tank motor works pretty good too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtailfred Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 If you're gunna throw a V8 at it, at least make it a performant one: 1uzfett. Keeping it 6 cyl would be sweet, then you've got RB30DET and friends to choose from, along with the 2JZ and who knows what else. Before you do any of that though, throw a decent hg on it and 10psi and you might be happy with it as is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thousand Dollar Supercar Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I will give the Rover 6 a bit more of a chance, because it's by far the cheapest and easiest way to get the car mobile. I was speaking to a guy in Whangarei this week who has a Rover 6 for sale for cheap. Do I bung a new gasket on mine and cross my fingers, or buy his and take the head off it and have it tested, or buy his and try to swap out my whole motor for his one so I don't have to separate his block and head? I was reading up on the Rover V8 and although it would be the easiest engine transplant, My research indicates it's not the world's best motor either. As someone else on here concluded, there are weaknesses and snags to just about all the various iterations of the engine. An old 3500 V8 motor would be likely to gargle me down the road at a less-than-rapid pace (while still chewing down the fuel), thanks to camshaft wear, timing chain stretch, leaking headgaskets etc. But I doubt I could convince Mr Certification Man that I could keep the 2600's standard brakes due to the lazy performance of my limping V8. Interesting fact - The Rover V8, based off a '60s Buick design, is still being made. You can buy crate motors made from brand new strengthened blocks. The antique pushrod misery within will battle onward to all of about 5500rpm and produce a couple of hundred horsepowers, but less power for more money than if you didn't insist on going with a dinosaur engine. Inefficient motors tend to sound the best, but I don't know what's the best balance of cost vs reliability for this car in the medium term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 10psi on the factory rover 2.6? you have to be kidding fred. if you got a late model injected engine from a disco/rangie it wouldn't be so bad. alot of the reason they use so much gas is that they are in 4wd vehicles that weigh well over 2 tons. on the reality front, if you can go and hear the engine running (and it's ok) it's probably better to take the whole thing and not dismantle it. rebuilding stuff is one of the key areas of introducing failures (statistically proven fact by the aviation industry 50 years ago) so if it works ok and meets requirements best not the touch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtailfred Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Your head is fine, just get it fixed up (that valve), and assemble it properly using a good gasket, unlike the last guy, and you'll be sweet. If you do go crazy (wait, you already are) and get a whole nother engine, then don't take it apart first, leave the good seal intact at least at first... Just fix the head and reassemble properly Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thousand Dollar Supercar Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 10psi on the factory rover 2.6? you have to be kidding fred. Fred never kids about boost. Your head is fine, just get it fixed up (that valve) Cylinder Head Man said that valve is OK, and the compression on that cylinder didn't really disagree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtailfred Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I'm surprised that it was soft down one side! But if you took it to the guy I think you did, I trust him. And the valve, hmmm, if he took it out to give that diagnosis, sure, otherwise, hmmmm. Still, again, I trust him! I rofled at your sheepers quote and the subsequent head man quote. Not sure if you heard, but I roasted my ute engine royally. You should come round and check it out when I get it over here. Currently in Howick. The thing with OEM boost levels, such as 10psi, is that they don't stress the engine much more than stock, except thermally. You DO get much more torque/power, though, which is a nice freebee in most cases. Right, back to trying to figure out where my number 2 piston ended up... Fred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 Much approved good work bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyfive Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Agree, good work man! Enjoy reading your nicely written projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTERUS Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Your sentence structure and grammar pleases me. I thoroughly enjoy reading your posts, keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thousand Dollar Supercar Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Your sentance structure and grammar pleases me. Your misspelling of 'sentence' makes me die a little bit inside. Obsession with this stuff is an unfortunate affliction, kind of like the compulsion to blindly buy sick puppy cars and pretend they're awesome when I should be putting bullets in them. Somebody cure me please. Or not. I've mounted those cheesy air filters but they're not fitting properly yet. All the factory air intake stuff is gone and I'm having to find another place to mount the air horns, which are getting a repaint while they're out. I'll take photos of the engine bay once it's all done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTERUS Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Haha you dork, I can sympathise because i used to own land rovers What company do you work for now? For some reason I keep thinking you have something to do with electrickery, how far off am i? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thousand Dollar Supercar Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I am a Field Service Engineer (i.e. technician) for APC-by-Schneider-Electric, who make "Network Critical Physical Infrastructure" (i.e. stuff for server rooms excluding the actual computers). My area is UPSs (power conditioning and battery backup) and the management/monitoring toys. So yes I have something to do with electrickery. It makes real good party conversation. Here's my work ute in Whangarei: http://www.axys.co.nz/ben/whangareistation_s.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTERUS Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Oooer, i'm going to find out who set up the UPS in a pak n save here, because it doesn't work haha and i have to be there to shut down scales so they can work on it. Man, if i'd known you fiddle that gear we could/will swap work stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Some seatbelt places can replace just the webbing material and they have a variety of colours.. I'm fairly sure that Panorama Auto in Wellington can do that.. That fails just replace both front ones with Black.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feathersword Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Agree, good work man! Enjoy reading your nicely written projects. Probably some of the best writing on the site, but you seriously pick the weirdest/awesomest/gross cars to buy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thousand Dollar Supercar Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 ..you seriously pick the weirdest/awesomest/gross cars to buy... That's part of what's interesting about old cars / this forum. Nowdays car makers have arrived at the 'right' answers for every aspect of car design and there won't be any more weird / unique / whimsical stuff. It's the intention behind some designs that makes them cool or interesting, e.g. our 1980s Jap car will be awesome if we write "Turbo!" on and fit a talking digital dash from the future / our muscle car will rule if we just turn it up to eleven / I think we can win if only we introduce Supershift/pneumatic suspension/four wheel steering/inboard brakes/the rotary/popup headlights/elliptic steering wheels/electric seat bolsters/super pursuit mode / our Italian car is fantastico because you see, we make-a her so sporty in these blindly optimistic ways (but fundamentally fail at most other aspects of car design, then go home early for pizza..) Look, new signature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feathersword Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Happy to provide you with a signature, completely agree, and glad you took it as it was meant - a compliment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaMpylobacter Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 shit yes! also, you [poor bastard, I can imagine the dread you felt when that happened. happy motoring. looking forwad to seeing this in the flesh sometime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegoose Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Some seatbelt places can replace just the webbing material and they have a variety of colours.. I'm fairly sure that Panorama Auto in Wellington can do that..That fails just replace both front ones with Black.. i can do this, tis quite easy this doesn't really help though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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