addicted to v8's

Ouch.

£200?!?!

Blimey, portals as well... after you finish there isn't going to be much series left!

chassis, steering and suspension will all be original which means I keep my tax exemption points wise


Nah £290 not bad really. Blower was refurbed by UK blowers and then never fitted as the guy went down a different route



Series wasn't exactly great when I got it tbh, lot of bodges! It'll still look like one anyway jut one on some serious roids

Hi, love v8s too, get my v8 kicks in this, my 58 morris minor, had a v8 init for about 28 years, going 3.9 this year and also got the use of my mates v8 cobra. The gearbox has broke in swb s2 this week so may v8 4speed zf it.

Hi, got this to work now.

How about a nice video of that running? Four SUs?! Whats that like?

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Hi, got this to work now.

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Yes we want plenty more pics of that baby, and as said a vid
And some spec ,
is it home made chassis ,
space frame
beefed up original
You must drag it with them 4 carbs
etc

As far as Land Rovers and Jaguars go, they only interest me if they're a V8 petrol.

Modern ones anyway

Six RR V8s plus a four year affair with a Lexus LS. Suppose I might be...

But I have a one cylinder, 49cc 2-stroke van, so that shows I can stop any time I like!

Just dumped the centre box in favour of a stainless straight replacement.

Now i get that nice V8 growl when you stomp on the loud pedal

I think a video is in order so we can hear it!!!

I have just found this thread, can I join please?

I first went in this which got me hooked



So I bought this



Then I moved away from home, so bought this



I sold the gold one

I had this for my wedding



Diesel but still V8.

Then started rebuilding my Blue one so took this engine out



Then bought this and swapped the engine



Now taking that engine back out



Because I bought this one to go in



So I have 3 V8's, all 3.5 2 are EFI 1 is carb, I am rebuilding the Rangy then going to build a CCV Triler. That takes care of 2, the 3rd I will do a full rebuild on, teach myself how to, and have a spare on the shelf

Got to love v8's

I have just added to the collection, a 1997 Discovery XS V8i Auto for £430

stutab said:

I have just added to the collection, a 1997 Discovery XS V8i Auto for £430

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Saw it on eBay - looks very nice in that blue mate well done!

Yep. Went to see it yesterday. Needs passenger sill and drivers A pillar welding. New fuel line and maybe new front springs and shocks. The tax and insurance will be more than the cost of making it 100%

recovering addict, sold my 5.9 magnum dodge ram and daily driver duty's have been taken up by a td5 disco. Still have this in the garage awaiting completion not a land rover but its heart was donated by one.



jon

Nice V8! What size is it? 3.5/3.9/4.2/4.6 or something bigger and more exciting?

nothing to exciting at the moment just a good 3.5 with hotwire efi once its fully on the road will be looking to build a 'hotter' 3.9 providing the rest of the conversion holds up! so far only had it up the road(private track ) a couple of times seems to go pretty well 950kg + short gearing + lsd + v8 torque = thick black 11's and plenty of

jon

Sounds epic!

Got any video of it running? We likes the noise.

Not tempted to go straight to 4.6? Or are you looking at keeping it sensible with just a nice 3.9?

no videos yet but as soon as the td5 is fully sorted will be getting back to working on this will have to get some then. it has a bit of a strange exhaust set up duel pipes with no balance section and the main straights are square stainless to save space under the floor pan gives it a really raspy aggressive note.
I did think about going to a 4.6 but was put off by having to use gems or thor as I wanted efi. I just don't know enough about the systems to get it working standalone. in hindsight I would have just stuck a nice big weber on a 4.6 block and been done with it would have been a lot easier but wheres the fun in that and I think even a relatively mild 3.9 pushing 200-220 will be a big ask for the diff just have to see how it goes.

jon