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Yes, that might be helpful... North Wales, but willing to move if a very good opportunity were to be offered. Yes, exactly. And Im almost certainly worse at it than you! I used to blame it on a lack of tools (i.e. not having the snazy electric...

You can have a Rover V8 rebuilt to any specification you like. They were installed in TVRs with displacements of 5.0L and well over 300hp (I dont remember the numbers exactly). The standard carby 3.5 came as mild as 135hp, and 155 with EFI, or...

So - a few of me may have seen my previous threads/posts - Ill be the first to admit that Im not a great at fixing cars, particularly when things go wrong (e.g. rusty nuts, other peoples questionable electrical repairs, etc). Im not too bad when...

Yes yes, Ive been dealing with another project, which I hope to finnish soon (and then sell) so then I'll be back to faffing around with the disco.

Its a 3.9, I dont think they ever came with a flapper, did they? Its got what I assumed was a maf sensor, looks like a black plastic rectangle on a metal cylinder; like this -...

Might be a stupid question - his mine a "hotwire" ecu? I think I know what the problem might be, and I think someone might have suggested it already, and one of the garages it went to may have ballsed it up since then. I bet its the wire from the...

It was on sand.... And I had All Terrain tyres, and a locked center diff. He had road tyres and a Haldex AWD system. Its amazing what you learn when you decide you can be arsed to read. Yeah, Im thinking more of doing a longer trip to somewhere...

Another thing has just sprung to mind, Ive only ever driven, and heard reports from people who drive in the UK. How does the fuel consumption of the V8 and the 300tdi compare when driving offroad? Either low-range, technical driving, when I guess...

Thanks - Id happily say that my standard V8 manual is a lot quicker than an alive tuning 190hp TD5 defender 110, I know because Ive tested it, drag racing on a beach. Both with KO2 AT tyres, although mine was on 235/70r16 and the 110 had...

Yeah, Im quite happy to change the turbo, Id just like to know how much boost/power I can expect the engine to cope with. If Im going to hate driving it because its got no power, no matter what mods I do, then Ill stick with the V8, and see if...

This was my thought exactly when I bought the V8, especially when at the time it was almost £600 cheaper to insure the V8 than in was the diesel, and there was an LPG station near me, and at the tipe petrol was 104.9p/L because covid. But within...

Okay, answering my own question, but Id still appreciate peoples best guesses as to an actual BHP figure. So heres what to do - Get a standard 300tdi, and make sure its in good condition, fresh coolant, of the correct type, mixed in the correct...

Ive got a discovery. But theyre all basically the same, and the 1970 RRC had 135hp, which is more than any standard diesel defender ever had. Its all about driving them conservatively. Probably so many defenders crashed because people bought them...

No, but occasional heavy towing on steep hills, etc. Also obviously being quicker than your mates is also cool.

Thats double what I got from the V8. What breaks on the 300tdi if its pushed too hard? Presumably the headgasket? Or does it run out of fuelpump and run too lean and melt a piston? And how hard has it got to be pushed to do that?

Sounds good, I took a standard 300tdi for a testdrive, coming from a 3.9 V8 manual and it was unbelievably bad, but then having looked into it further, its probably easier to get a 300tdi to make 180hp than it is to get the V8 to do 25mpg!

Have you any guess as to how much power its making in this state of tune? How does it compare to a standard TDI and/or a standard 3.9 V8? Also just my 2p as a mechanical engineering student (so not actually qualified) - Some here seem confused...

Can do, pm me your whatsapp or a link to your facebook or something. Also open to selling them both if youd be keen on that

I think Ill have 2

1.) I dont really want a defender 2.) I dont have £17,000 Ill have a look at my manual one soon just in case I need to pinch a few bits, then Ill let you know. I paid £555.55 for it, and about £100 for delivery (got it from the same town the...

So having owned a 3.9 V8 Discovery 1 for a while, and having fed it petrol every 300 miles (if Im lucky) and having had its electronics completely break, I went and had a look for a 300tdi instead. I found one not too far from me, and went to...

A truck cab with a hicap tub is much more useful than a disco without any seats in it. If I had a hicap Id make some kind of demountable camper, although probably not the traditional kind that looks like a caravan dropped from a helicopter with...

I did, its ever so slightly too short, without tilting/sliding the front seat. Also it means turning a 7 seater into a 2 seater without gaining much versatility. I had planned on putting drawers under the 6th and 7th seats permenantly, with some...

Shh we dont talk about that Its not just the sleeping room, Im quite happy with a ground tent most of the time, and when Im not, I can make do with the rear seats or whatever. This thread became quite theoretical and pointless a very long time...

Ive not got a computer right now, just a mobile phone, and its a 300+ page document. Also, Im thoroughly of the D1 superiority disposition. I really like my disco, as much as it tries to bankrupt me. Its just not quite big enough, if it had a few...

Bobtails dont need an IVA iirc, because you are allowed to modify the chassis outside the wheelbase. Or at least that was the case last time I checked. Whats wrong with a defender? Everyone whos ever been in one knows. Theres no shoulder room...

Okay - V8 D1 owner here. Mines a 3.9 manual, but anyway. Power - excellent. Will blow any 300tdi out of the water, even a modified one, and even if you fill your boot with lead. And it makes more torque than a 300tdi, and the clutch is much...

Ohh how I wish you were correct. See other thread "its still broken" I wish I hadnt bought that one, specifically because its the 3.9 V8. At the time, petrol was £1.04/L because covid. Then petrol went through the roof, and it was costing me...

Yeah - Im trying to avoid needing an IVA, partially because its quite complex and expensive, but mostly because it means that Ill need a Q-plate, and itll never be tax exempt. And as someone pointed out quite a while ago, its much more difficult...

I just had a brainwave, although Im sure its probably not a good one. So the original idea of trying to fit a disco body on a defender chassis wont work because its like trying to fit a lego brick on a mechano set, the bits dont match, and to...