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this pic probably
shows better how far the gearbox needs to go back, the full length of the engine and rad i imagine
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Hi Phill
well at first i did start off thinking that was a good idea because there would be no need to alter the front and rear propshaft, that is what sent me off down the chevy V8 route as the chevy gearbox will bolt straight up to the transfer box simples a couple of engine mountings and we...
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ouch indeed went with a bang one of the cam followers ricocheted around the workshop, serve pain in the wallet ahead i think :rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes:
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i think the L322 idea is just me pondering i dont think im going to trip over one going cheap, well not my sort of cheap lol
ive been and fetched an autobox from a 4.6 P38 i have a 4.6 block and heads under the bench somewhere but no induction for it
if i can find a thor set up i could...
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well the TC and ABS dident go off at speed so i guess i will have to investigate it ,
in other news i have found a cheap autobox with transfer on it so i can bolt it to one of my blocks and use it to mock and check its all going to fit in ok, so that removes the need to strip the P38 for the...
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oh for sure im getting to like it, its like driving a comfy arm chair around and i may as well try and fix it before i pull the drive train out as it would be much harder then but probably not necessary as i guess i wont be using the traction control or abs
i have even found myself looking for...
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now its behaving like a range rover lol i got lights up on the dashboard
the ABS and TC are probably linked to each other, how does the traction control work ? does it use the abs pulse count and when it sees one wheel going faster than the others apply the brake on that wheel so as the...
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i wont be doing it , it was just idle ponderings
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just out of curiosity how much similarity do you think there is between a disco 2 door and a p38 door shape wise ?
doable ?
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yes i can imagine they do that i will try to resist
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one thing i havent worked out yet , when i put it into low range the display says "select neutral" even though im driving about in low it selects all the gears whys it saying select neutral ?
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they dont like p38's they are defender through and through lol
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not scrap, re purpose, but i am finding it quite nice to drive about so plans might change :rolleyes:
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the valves and pipes are still in that box but the compressor is missing, i will get some pics on thursday
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if i do dismantle it you can have first dibs on the interior as long as you fetch it, they dont seem to fetch much on ebay so its foc apart from your fuel which wont be insignificant lol