V8 into a series

Toying with idea of banging in a V8 into a series whats involved?

I figured Adaptor plate, flywheel re drilling for clutch - do I need to chop out battery box?

Ta

my battery is in its original position.you will need to cut out a section of the bulkhead and move it rearwards.

What are you going to run it through? Standard box? They're fine, if it's a good un'. If it's ropey to start with you'll just shred it.

You can marry the V8 zorst to the Series pipe with a flexi hose.

Weren't there someone on here with an adapter ring an orl'?

floor pans on the bulkhead need doctoring , i would'nt run the exhuast through into the original rear sections (causes a lot of over heating problems)
the a good gearbox would take the strain but the axles/diff on the back wont.
much better to get a 4 speed rrc box for it change to permanate 4x4 (spreads the power over both axles)

buckshot said:

the a good gearbox would take the strain but the axles/diff on the back wont.
much better to get a 4 speed rrc box for it change to permanate 4x4 (spreads the power over both axles)

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A Salisbury rear axle should be O.K. in 2WD. Normal series front axles are not ideal for use in a permanent 4WD system because they don't have C.V. joints. I'm not sure whether it would make much difference in practice. I once limped home in front wheel drive in my SIII and it did feel a bit lumpy going around tight corners.

buckshot said:

i would'nt run the exhuast through into the original rear sections (causes a lot of over heating problems)

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Mine dun't.

buckshot said:

good gearbox would take the strain but the axles/diff on the back wont.

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Mine does.

In my experience busting a rear half shaft on a Rover axle happens when giving it serious abuse off road and it will be in 4WD then anyway, so I don't see that a permanent 4WD transmission would make that much difference to rear half shaft breakages anyway.

bigchap said:

my battery is in its original position.you will need to cut out a section of the bulkhead and move it rearwards.

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Ok to show a couple of pictures of engine bay?

Ta

does the v8 conversion create problems for the classic car status, tax and mot exemption?

Josh Y said:

does the v8 conversion create problems for the classic car status, tax and mot exemption?

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You'd best head over to the intro thread then figure out this thread is over a decade old!!

And bang, you find yourself in a minefield. Check on the DVLA web site as there is a points system based around parts of the vehicle, axles, chassis suspension and so on. I cannot remember how it works now but if you get the wrong number of points it basically ends up on a Q plate. Thinking about it I think chassis modification is a big no no.

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Doesn't mean that everyone gives a monkeys about the DVLA, I mean look on eBay at all those series landys on coils.

I think you will find that changing the engine does not count for much on the DVLA score board , maybe one point . They are more concerned about changing suspension , chassis and other stuff . People put all sorts of engines into Land Rovers and don’t need to run on Q plates . V8 Series Land Rovers are two a penny .