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Don't get my wrong, I have a 110 V8 and love it. But why would you go from td5 to v8, a chipped td5 is just as fast and makes good noises with double the fuel economy.

Hi, I have a 1988 110 V8 and have had troubles with my heater ever since I got it but now it's hot it's more of a problem, heater blows hot with the fan off and on cold or any other combination apart from fan on where is obviously even worse. First problem is that with the fan off at speed it...

Haven't had a chance to test myself and also don't know how to. I mean compared to another 110 of the same year I drove the brakes are far worse on mine. The other thing is the garage said I should just do it myself, I have done a fair amount to the car myself and they have no gain by telling me...

Hi all, Recently had my brakes failed and I quickly got a local garage to put a new master cylinder on and that fixed it but they explained my brakes were so crap due to the servo being on its way out. So I want to replace it but can't work out which one it is, or if it matters (type 80 or...

Again, recently cleaned and tested but I'll have another look.

Thanks, recently have changed it for a fresh pipe so not that unfortunately

Hi all, Got a bit of a strange thing happening, after my last problem I completely redid the loom and rebuilt the hotwire system and got it running nicely. But at first it seemed perfect but a couple little wierd things have started happening. First is a stalling problem, normally when...

25 mpg on carbs?!? Magic car, tbh probs helped by the marginally less crap aero of a rangie compared to a 110. It's got a new cam going in but I went for a mild performance cam, some say that will help mpg, some say it will make it worse. I suppose imma find out (my guess is that it does little...

Just thought I'd throw mine in the mix for a laugh. 1988 110 3.5 V8 twin sus 750 r16 latitude cross Cruising at arround 60 on long drives and trying to drive efficienly (less breaking, slowing at lights earlier and drafting) 16.1mpg..... is by best for a full tank, average is arround 15...

For a wierd reason, no idea when or why, it already had efi heads on, wasn't expecting that tbh.

I have the correct tune resistor in (470 ohm) but yeah I really think it's a vacuum leak tbh, just hoping I wasn't going to have to pull it all apart again.....

Hi, Im in dire need of some advice. Over the past few days I've been converting my 1988 3.5 110 to hotwire efi, off of a early 90s 3.9 disco. I've now finished everything up and the moment came to starting it, and first issue the fuel pump wouldn't run, after a bid of looking, relay was fine but...

On a similar ish note, if I was to go efi I assume hotwire is definitely the way to go, found a really nice flapper setup for £100 locally or a not as nice but okay 14cux hotwire setup off a rrc for £250 (everything I need apart from gaskets for both). Worth going for the hotwire I'm guessing...

That sounds like a familiar plan haha, same engine, location and vehicle as I'm planning, distance isn't far off too. What sort of things did you do as prep for the engine? Or didn't bother. Also was that running on twin sus or efi. If carbs did you go off and get them tuned?

Yeah I don't plan on going on lpg, I know it can be great but I've just hear one too many stories about general reliability issues as well as the long term effects on the engine. I would say I am good at driving decently economical but probably could do more, especially drafting. I currently get...

Yeah thanks Henry, I completely agree im just not experienced enough to know which cams will move the torque and power significantly up the rev range. So So are saying the h200 would do that? They call it a (sports torque cam still).

Someone else recommended me after a long chat to get a kent h200 as its a manual and can use the revs. Would this be a little much for a 3.5?

Yeah I like the sound of the h180, and yes while I'm still on carbs atm, will change to efi eventually, I'm going for a rolling road tune after, timing and needles sorted etc.

Tbh when I get to that stage in a few years I plan on doing a built twin turbo 4.0, forged pistons, pair of T25 little turbos and tonnes of midrange torque. Can't wait ( and yes that's in a few years when I don't have to worry about mpg anymore )

Thats the long term plan, but atm I'm happy with the 3.5 and can't really afford a good condition 3.9. and I know the " i want better fuel consumption" and more power sounds silly but remember at the moment I've got crap fuel consumption because I have to have a heavy foot with such a worn cam...