Dunsfold request for help on Overfinch 2nd Gen EAS upgrade
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Jayridium
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I am presuming Overfinch don't have any records to share? I hope they get something, as I like the idea of third party modifiers like Overfinch becoming part of the official canonnical LR Heritage.
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At that age?! You might get lucky. Give them a ring!
Overfinch will look for you but cost £50 last time I looked and as far as I can make out it would just be the build sheet chosen at original order, As I have them I have not bothered.
I have seen mention that they really aren't much help with their older "original" conversions. To me they only seem to do bling these days, and have lost their way a bit from what they originally started.
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Amen to that brother, I was discussing my upcoming range rover project with one of my mates when it was just early stage nebulous ideas, and I was saying that "a company called Overfinch used to fit small block chevys into Range Rovers in the eighties", their reply was "Wait, aren't Overfinch just a bling shop, like Kahn?"
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Maybe not now.
Get that £xxx,xxx+ ready guys
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Maybe they have found a route to go back to why they started
J
Maybe not now.
Get that £xxx,xxx+ ready guys
.Maybe they have found a route to go back to why they started
J
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Might also be worth checking with LR Special Vehicles.
But did original customers order from Overfinch, or via LR. If LR then the car would have gone to Overfinch, but LRSV might have records of the extras. They certainly had the build sheet for my 1998 autobiography.
But did original customers order from Overfinch, or via LR. If LR then the car would have gone to Overfinch, but LRSV might have records of the extras. They certainly had the build sheet for my 1998 autobiography.
I would say There are no records at LR, it’s not a LRSV when it leaves the factory, unless it is. Then the owner says to overfinch what the required options are wanted.
My original paperwork shows the person that ordered got a rebate on the 4.6 Thor engine. Looking at the paperwork it was delivery miles and the rebate was £1500
.So LR would have records of the build as in keys,EKA, radio. But final spec no
.J
Damn, I lost contact with one of the old Bordon instructors, he worked at Overfinch. He told us about how they built a prototype for the P38 that would kneele the inside wheels on a corner because the EAS couldn't pump up the outside one quickly enough to stop bodyroll. Worked mostly fine, but if a road got too twisty it'd run out of air.
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No, it didn't. They wanted to make a P38 handle better than a 2 and a half ton brick on stilts so tried to adapt the system to compensate for body roll. Ultimately they shelved the concept because it just couldn't do what they wanted.
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That's liquid, not gas. Messes the off-road capability. If I am looking for speed on motorways I use the Jag. If I want rough roads, towing or hauling stuff about I use the Rangie. Much more versatile car - just as they designed it to be. Going round tracks or going fast isn't its thing.
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+1 ^^^^^^^
