Re: 6.2 V8 diesel

I think they are referring to a mini as in mini puller as apposed to a big
tractor puller
but what a site in a real mini, perhaps it would fit in a Cooper between the
two fuel tanks !!!!!

Rich

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> > welder and Rolls-Royce 33ltr twin-supercharged Griffon V12. It WILL fit,
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> > tell you, it Will it WILL!! (Might need a halfshaft upgrade, though!)
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> > Badger.
>
> Someone here claims to have put one in a mini
>
> http://de.geocities.com/smecking/tractors/Vampire.htm
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>

"Mr.Nice." <markvarleyphoto@*nospam*softhome.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 17:48:26 -0000, "Huw"
> <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> Is it not the point of having an old land rover with a very silly engine
>>> in
>>> it, and the doing of the conversion, which every one likes about the
>>> landy,
>>> the fact of continual tinkerability with one of very few vehicles which
>>> you
>>> can still do this with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> Rich
>>>
>>>
>>
>>But you can do, or attempt to do this with any vehicle. Frankly attempting
>>to install a 6.2 diesel in a Land Rover is just plain childish. Just not
>>sensible. But then, it seems this a fantasists topic and I am just a
>>boring
>>down-to-earth kind of guy who prefers the 'doable' to the sublime.
>>
>>Huw
>
> the only difference between the xublime and the doable is cash and
> determination in varying quantities.
>

Common sense must come into it somewhere. Probably a lack of it allows the
start, but not the completion, of various dubious projects. Some of the
engines mentioned in this string weigh nearly as much as the Land Rover less
an engine and some of the engines only rev to 2000 or so. If anyone wants
one of these then they can already buy them installed in an application
which is designed for them or for which they are designed....... heavy
trucks, tractors, locomotives and such like.
If you must have a 400hp 14litre engine then you can buy an old artic
tractor unit with one installed for less than a grand and have all the fun
you like with the potential for all the tinkering you like while it is all
doable.

Huw

"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>I think they are referring to a mini as in mini puller as apposed to a big
> tractor puller
> but what a site in a real mini, perhaps it would fit in a Cooper between the
> two fuel tanks !!!!!
>
> Rich
>

A friend of mines got a Rolls-Royce Griffon running on methanol, estimated at about 4000hp,
in a tractor that sounds awesome


Not quite landrover material I think

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Andy

SWB Series 2a ( dressed as a 3) "Bruce"
It's big, it's mean it's really, really green

Hi all, well my Meteor sound great without any manifolds straight out of the
heads flames as well ))) got and old SIII 88 going to try and fit it for
a laugh see how much of the drive train I can blow in one go !!!!!!!!!
Going to sit in a trailer to drive it or I will have to add about 4 feet in
the chassis somewhere..

Rich

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> "Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >I think they are referring to a mini as in mini puller as apposed to a
big
> > tractor puller
> > but what a site in a real mini, perhaps it would fit in a Cooper between
the
> > two fuel tanks !!!!!
> >
> > Rich
> >
>
> A friend of mines got a Rolls-Royce Griffon running on methanol, estimated
at about 4000hp,
> in a tractor that sounds awesome
>
>
> Not quite landrover material I think
>
> --
> Andy
>
> SWB Series 2a ( dressed as a 3) "Bruce"
> It's big, it's mean it's really, really green
>
>
>

> If you must have a 400hp 14litre engine then you can buy an old artic
> tractor unit with one installed for less than a grand .........

If you find any units with 14 litre Cummins in for less than a grand, let me
know!
(The engine alone is selling for about £2000 for export, running or not!)

Are yes you are quite right but that truck would be just a truck ordinary
old truck where a land rover is a land rover which has a different engine or
transmision etc and I think this is why the series land rovers are so
desirable as boys get older their toys get bigger and more expensive..


A Land Rover is just a larger version of Mechano with the addition of power
tools to put the toy together..


> Common sense must come into it somewhere. Probably a lack of it allows the
> start, but not the completion, of various dubious projects. Some of the
> engines mentioned in this string weigh nearly as much as the Land Rover
less
> an engine and some of the engines only rev to 2000 or so. If anyone wants
> one of these then they can already buy them installed in an application
> which is designed for them or for which they are designed....... heavy
> trucks, tractors, locomotives and such like.

Yes some of these engines are probably a bit extream for land rovers but
untill someone does something and gets it reliable how can things advance
and how can others compete !!!!!

Rich

> If you must have a 400hp 14litre engine then you can buy an old artic
> tractor unit with one installed for less than a grand and have all the fun
> you like with the potential for all the tinkering you like while it is all
> doable.
>
> Huw
>
>

"Dave Liquorice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Naw you want a *REAL* engine. 7,780hp per cylinder, 14 cylinder
> straight has a capcity of 25,480l and produces 108,920hp and 5,608,312
> lb/ft at 102rpm only uses 1,660 gallons per hour.
>
> http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
>
> Bit big for yer average landie though. B-)
>
> --
Now then Dave, you're advertising a nasty foreign engine there - probably a
Danish designed B&W or one of those Sulzer jobbies from Switzerland - and
likely built by the Japs or Koreans.

What you REALLY need is a Doxford 76J4 opposed piston uniflow scavenge 4
cylinder 2 stroke crosshead diesel engine, with 4 cylinders, 760mm bore,
common rail HP fuel injection (designed in the 1930s- so don't get too
excited about current adverts for common rail now!). This was built by the
Canny Lads in Sunderland and was the finest British engine EVER.
Put a British engine in a Landy.
Mind you you might need to modify the bonnet at little, and the gear ratios
would need changing to cope with the 98 rpm MCR.
Handy to be able to climb into the crankcase to change a bearing, and with
the opposed piston design you don't have to worry about head gaskets
blowing, as there ain't none!

For those who can't quite imagine the Doxford, there was a double acting
opposed piston design built by Harland & Wolff which had 3 pistons in each
cylinder! This made the Doxford seem simple.
Shucks, I'm getting all nostalgic.

Steve Maloney
'84 110 V8
Durban

"SimonJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> If you must have a 400hp 14litre engine then you can buy an old artic
>> tractor unit with one installed for less than a grand .........
>
> If you find any units with 14 litre Cummins in for less than a grand, let
> me
> know!
> (The engine alone is selling for about £2000 for export, running or not!)
>
>

Old Ford FW30 tractors used to go for a song not long ago. Well maybe you
can get 10 litre engines for around a grand. In fact I know of several
tractor units in running condition that have been bought for little more at
auction. No one wants them after a point, except for breaking.

Huw

"Steve Maloney" <kit&[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Dave Liquorice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>
>> Naw you want a *REAL* engine. 7,780hp per cylinder, 14 cylinder
>> straight has a capcity of 25,480l and produces 108,920hp and 5,608,312
>> lb/ft at 102rpm only uses 1,660 gallons per hour.
>>
>> http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/
>>
>> Bit big for yer average landie though. B-)
>>
>> --
> Now then Dave, you're advertising a nasty foreign engine there - probably
> a
> Danish designed B&W or one of those Sulzer jobbies from Switzerland - and
> likely built by the Japs or Koreans.
>
> What you REALLY need is a Doxford 76J4 opposed piston uniflow scavenge 4
> cylinder 2 stroke crosshead diesel engine, with 4 cylinders, 760mm bore,
> common rail HP fuel injection (designed in the 1930s- so don't get too
> excited about current adverts for common rail now!). This was built by the
> Canny Lads in Sunderland and was the finest British engine EVER.
> Put a British engine in a Landy.
> Mind you you might need to modify the bonnet at little, and the gear
> ratios
> would need changing to cope with the 98 rpm MCR.
> Handy to be able to climb into the crankcase to change a bearing, and with
> the opposed piston design you don't have to worry about head gaskets
> blowing, as there ain't none!
>
> For those who can't quite imagine the Doxford, there was a double acting
> opposed piston design built by Harland & Wolff which had 3 pistons in each
> cylinder! This made the Doxford seem simple.
> Shucks, I'm getting all nostalgic.
>

Yeah, but Steve, triple up your Doxford to 3 cranks and then you are getting
close to the real finest british engine, the Napier Deltic!!
Badger. Grinning.