Paid for the v8 to go into berther today
Gonna pick it up next week
Can't wait now all I need is a gearbox, a pair of axles, power steering kit, new springs and so on and so on
The gearbox is easy to I'd first where is the clutch slave cylinder
If it's drivers side of the box and pointing vertical it's a s2 clutch
If it's pasangers side mounted horizontal then it's a s3 clutch
But the gear box it's self may not be what the clutch indicates
If the gearbox has...
I'm in agreement for a change
Stick in a 200tdi as that will give good mpg with good torgue
But also fit a 5 speed lt77 gearbox with either the series transfer box or upgrade the axles as this will give good mph
Why are you bringing great bog race engines into a land rover forum
We started with the difference between v8 and NORMAL deisels
Yes race deisels rev high but can you a: get hold of a race engine and b: will it fit into a s3
We are all getting a bit off track here
Power output and top speed are 2 different things
The reason an f1 will 200mph is because the rev seven bells ps ****e out of them
What you gotta think about is it dosnt matter what engine you put on a series gearbox at 3000rpm you will get exactly the same mph
Ok a v8 will rev higher than a...
V8 has bigger brakes because of the increased power
If the drums are for wide shoes then keep wide shos in there if you start putting the wrong shoe in the drum then the shoes me not sit correctly and they might shift and jam up
Unlike most brake shoes the landy didn't have a shoe retaining...
Becarefull that you don't over rate the brakes
Yes the bigger drums and wiser shoes will give better stoping but what might happen is everytime you hit the brakes you may lock up all the wheels and start sliding
Was the s2 military or anything ? I got a late s2 ambulance and that has wide shoes...
Right your first mistake is to think big engine big speed
The only way to make ANY vehicle go faster is by altering gear ratios and tyre size
Becouse 5000 revs is the same in any engine ok a big v8 will rev higher but unless you wanna be screaming the nuts of it as you drive you will still only...
Is it with in 12inch of a suspension mount ?
I see what you mean about them not being tub mounts so ok yes your right there
But any root with a perscribed area is a fail as long as it's outside that then yes I should pass but advice
As far as I can see the brackets he failed are the tub mounting point and yes these will fail I should know I used to do mot
There are 2 reasons why they fail
1 they are within 12inch of a suspension point
2 they are a structural mounting point for the body
If you go to vosa and apeal they sent...
Best bet is just go to a good autofacters and get one from them
It probably be lucus or something
Will be better quality than britpart but cheap than gen
whats probally gonna happen is the truck will be off the road for a year and i will give up me fishing for the same time and concentrate on fixing up the truck
so will be rebuild the engine first mate that to a gearbox
strip the front body and bulk head off and get engine and box fitted with...