Chassis and engine advice

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Al2O3 said:
It's not going to be more. When new out of the factory it was capable of producing 111bhp. I reckon I did a reasonable job of rebuilding it, but it's not going to be as good as new, which is why I said if I was lucky I might be somewhere close to 111bhp. I'm very happy with the way it's settling in though, so whatever it's producing will do me. :)
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I've got a very young but old 110. 48 k on it although it's a 97 300tdi. She's definitely more fruity with what I've done so far and once I've done the Intercooler and turbo he'll be ticking along lovely.
 
Coffeelandy said:
Nah you've got it all wrong. Throw the buggers about a bit and they'll be all bruised and twnderised for the slaughterman. Lovely.
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I wasn't aiming to slaughter them. Slaughter cattle don't fetch any money. I was aiming to sell them for top dollar for breeding.

And transport stress is a major cause of poor eating quality in beef, as is slaughter stress. We used to shoot em in the yard for our own consumption, they never knew a thing about it.
 
Turboman said:
I wasn't aiming to slaughter them. Slaughter cattle don't fetch any money. I was aiming to sell them for top dollar for breeding.

And transport stress is a major cause of poor eating quality in beef, as is slaughter stress. We used to shoot em in the yard for our own consumption, they never knew a thing about it.
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I quite often remotely lower the trailer gate and do a high speed hand brake turn. Then I don't even have to stop to let them out as the centrifugal force flings them all over the yard. It's saves quite a bit of time.
 
Coffeelandy said:
I quite often remotely lower the trailer gate and do a high speed hand brake turn. Then I don't even have to stop to let them out as the centrifugal force flings them all over the yard. It's saves quite a bit of time.
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Try and adjust to civvy street.
Being a stockman is different to being a marine.
A stockman tries to reduce stress on the target species at all times.
A marine tries to increase stress on the target species at all times. Simples! ;):)
 
Turboman said:
Try and adjust to civvy street.
Being a stockman is different to being a marine.
A stockman tries to reduce stress on the target species at all times.
A marine tries to increase stress on the target species at all times. Simples! ;):)
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I just love eating the blighters. Am I allowed to make a massive pie out of one of your cows Mate?
 
A friend of mine blew his engine with a K&N filter on a 300 tdi on his way back from a Morocco trip. Apparently the K&N filters are not very efficient at filtering out dust which caused the problem. I am a believer in leaving things standard as much as possible. That's how they were designed and for a purpose. If you want a 4x4 Defender enjoy it for what it is. If you want something faster than get something that has been designed for it.. My 200tdi will go anywhere a V8 will go. I wouldn't want to go fast in my Defender. If I wanted to go quickly I would use the Mercedes, but it doesn't put so much of a smile on my face.
 
Coffeelandy said:
I just love eating the blighters. Am I allowed to make a massive pie out of one of your cows Mate?
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No need to stress em before eating them, it ruins the meat quality.

Got some beef in the freezer at the farm, you are welcome to a few bits if you collect. You can sell me some sheets of ash at the same time.

I will be down week after next for five days.
 
Turboman said:
No need to stress em before eating them, it ruins the meat quality.

Got some beef in the freezer at the farm, you are welcome to a few bits if you collect. You can sell me some sheets of ash at the same time.

I will be down week after next for five days.
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I forgot about the Ash Mate what size do you need again? If you're driving from Norfolk I'm en route back to the farm just off a38.
 
Coffeelandy said:
I forgot about the Ash Mate what size do you need again? If you're driving from Norfolk I'm en route back to the farm just off a38.
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Couple of biggish sheets, will measure it tomorrow, It could be in two sections a side, I can cut them straight and butt join when I glue onto the ply.

I am coming from Cambs, but only away for five days, and I have to do a TB test, a tax return, and see a lot of people. And I will be going straight down the A30.
So if you want meat, you will have to collect. The wood I can deal with by courier, and mail you a cheque.
Or, if you want, you could meet me on the A30 on the Friday, and I will hand over the meat.
 
Turboman said:
Couple of biggish sheets, will measure it tomorrow, It could be in two sections a side, I can cut them straight and butt join when I glue onto the ply.

I am coming from Cambs, but only away for five days, and I have to do a TB test, a tax return, and see a lot of people. And I will be going straight down the A30.
So if you want meat, you will have to collect. The wood I can deal with by courier, and mail you a cheque.
Or, if you want, you could meet me on the A30 on the Friday, and I will hand over the meat.
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Hmm Meat,Wood and two men meeting in a layby? What were they thinking.
 
Coffeelandy said:
Hmm Meat,Wood and two men meeting in a layby? What were they thinking.
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Not as dodgy as when the BSE ban was on.

When we used to kill a bullock, I used to meet customers at the roadside, and hand over the boxes of British beef on the bone! :D

If yer bringing yer landy, we could have a coffee too.
 
mikescuba said:
A friend of mine blew his engine with a K&N filter on a 300 tdi on his way back from a Morocco trip. Apparently the K&N filters are not very efficient at filtering out dust which caused the problem. I am a believer in leaving things standard as much as possible. That's how they were designed and for a purpose. If you want a 4x4 Defender enjoy it for what it is. If you want something faster than get something that has been designed for it.. My 200tdi will go anywhere a V8 will go. I wouldn't want to go fast in my Defender. If I wanted to go quickly I would use the Mercedes, but it doesn't put so much of a smile on my face.
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I've decided to keep it simple and drop a 3.5 rover v8 in, then I'll get it bored if I decide I want more power, truthfully I want the v roar and want it to have decent power driving about, I'm not to fussed about fuel economy as its log converted, this way I get to keep my overdrive and lt77 gearbox and it shouldn't be a hard job for me as I'm buying a galved chassis.

If I had my time again I would have purchased a 200tdi or td5 but didn't have the cash at the time and I'm too attached now.
 
I've decided to keep it simple and drop a 3.5 rover v8 in, then I'll get it bored if I decide I want more power, truthfully I want the v roar and want it to have decent power driving about.....

My thoughts too if I find a decent donor! If properly set up I found the 3.5 & 3.9 RV8 more than adequate for my needs.....obviously not for everyone: "If you go rover v8 you will be disappointed in the power" ......well I wasn't! My 3.5 converted to 3.9 efi gave out about 150bhp (ported heads, Kent cam) and it easily reached a ton and cruised happily at 80. That's good enough for me in a Landy.
The big 'if' is finding a decent 3.5 now; any originals will need likely a rebuild. Ideally I'd like an original factory job rather than a conversion.....looking at silly money nowadays, my last one 10 years ago - factory spec 3.5 - cost me 3K !
Good luck.
 
capo said:
I've decided to keep it simple and drop a 3.5 rover v8 in, then I'll get it bored if I decide I want more power, truthfully I want the v roar and want it to have decent power driving about.....

My thoughts too if I find a decent donor! If properly set up I found the 3.5 & 3.9 RV8 more than adequate for my needs.....obviously not for everyone: "If you go rover v8 you will be disappointed in the power" ......well I wasn't! My 3.5 converted to 3.9 efi gave out about 150bhp (ported heads, Kent cam) and it easily reached a ton and cruised happily at 80. That's good enough for me in a Landy.
The big 'if' is finding a decent 3.5 now; any originals will need likely a rebuild. Ideally I'd like an original factory job rather than a conversion.....looking at silly money nowadays, my last one 10 years ago - factory spec 3.5 - cost me 3K !
Good luck.
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Thank you, I've found a reconditioned one out of a stag on eBay, I'm a little skeptical about buying an engine and not seeing it run first however that's a risk I think I'm going to take, by the pictures it looks like a decent engine going to have a friend who's a specialist look at it before I buy, I'll put a link up later when I can access eBay.
 
capo said:
I've decided to keep it simple and drop a 3.5 rover v8 in, then I'll get it bored if I decide I want more power, truthfully I want the v roar and want it to have decent power driving about.....

My thoughts too if I find a decent donor! If properly set up I found the 3.5 & 3.9 RV8 more than adequate for my needs.....obviously not for everyone: "If you go rover v8 you will be disappointed in the power" ......well I wasn't! My 3.5 converted to 3.9 efi gave out about 150bhp (ported heads, Kent cam) and it easily reached a ton and cruised happily at 80. That's good enough for me in a Landy.
The big 'if' is finding a decent 3.5 now; any originals will need likely a rebuild. Ideally I'd like an original factory job rather than a conversion.....looking at silly money nowadays, my last one 10 years ago - factory spec 3.5 - cost me 3K !
Good luck.
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Good choice. You will enjoy that! :)
 
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