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Now that is very observant.... I'm duly impressed. That's exactly where the picture was taken - my Brother in Law lives nearby and the photo opportunity was too good to miss!

Fair enough. I must be imagining that mine is keeping up with modern traffic in the hills then. Point taken.

Nearly all low comp Defenders I have seen are running like a bag of sh*te and are very disappointing I agree.

Nope. Mine's an 8.13 on Stombergs and it goes fine. Easily up with modern traffic off the lights, pulls up hills well and tows a trailer just fine. It certainly wasn't running like that when I got it but even so the dealer who sold it to me was rather proud of how well it ran compared to...

Probably 8.13 cr then. Not the quickest ever made but should go just fine and keep up with modern traffic if running properly. Your engine was probably originally on Stromberg carbs. The needles specified for the SU carbs on a post 1985 engine will not be quite correct for that engine.

http://www.v8register.net/FilesV8/V8 engine number reference R7 30.11.07.pdf If your engine hasn't been messed with that might give you a clue as to the compression ratio. That said, whatever the CR your engine should go better than you describe. The restrictor plates which James describes...

All right... one more post then: That's *exactly* what I'm saying. I really am done now :)

Okay - this is my last post on this one because it's just hijacking the thread but I feel you are missing the point. Of *course* new tech is always going to beat old tech but engineering is all about design objectives. Something designed for maximum power decades ago can still produce more...

We seem to be on different wavelengths this evening, James :) I use a lathe every day. I also weld with gas very regularly. It has things to offer which MIG cant match... not least the ability to produce a good weld when access requires a wide latitude with the torch angle, producing a good...

We'll have to disagree on that one then. I'd say that on all fronts tech *can* be better but it depends what tech is aiming for. I'd also say that I disagree most strongly with people who blame the old designs for their own lack of competence. Engines with distributor contacts and...

Lets also hear it for the many Technical Colleges we have in this country. I get to see an awful lot of p*ss poor welds in my job but you rarely see anything other than competence from someone who has been to a "Tech" and learned to do it properly.

Gas welding is the biz :) Once you learn to do it properly *and* learn to control the distortion then you can tackle stuff which just leaves everything else in its wake! I do a lot of TIG which is superb for fine quality work but nothing will ever replace the versatility and ability of oxy...

No, that's probably because the engine wasn't set up correctly :D

Depends what you mean by better. If you mean more efficient then yes, it will. If you mean lower emissions then yes it will. If you mean more powerful then not neccesarily. It *can* be more powerful but factory fitted efi, good as it is, isn't just designed for power. Since very few people...

You can tune a carb to throw in more fuel but that will just make the thing go worse because the mixture will be too rich. I'd go for tuning a carb to produce the stoichiometric ratio with correct progression enrichment and leave it at that. If more performance is required then a fixed venturi...

It's true that the fuel injected Range Rover produces more power than the Stromberg carburated Range Rover. But are those two engines identical other than the carburettors? I accept that I worded my original post quite loosely, however I still maintain that putting carbs on a "factory...

Go on - I'm interested: I should clarify when I carelessly said "fitted to road going vehicles" that I meant factory original fuel injection and by that I mean that you can usually get more power with carburettors than you can with factory original fuel injection. I didn't neccesarily mean...

I'd beg to differ: Rover knew what they were doing with the original set up and fitting the aftermarket filters to an otherwise standard engine will only make it go worse, mainly but not only because the standard needles aren't callibrated for that setup It will sound more dramatic with those...

Should be fine at that sort of mileage but you might need to make sure that it is designed for it's current set up... ie: has it got the correct compression ratio, does it have any restrictor plates in the manifold? I live in the Malvern Hills and mine pulls up to the highest point (Wyche...

Most carb V8s are running pretty badly now because it's so long since they left the factory. It needn't be that way though: Mine is an early 110 on Strombergs and it is completely standard in every way. It runs very smoothly with no hesitation and it pulls strongly. Standard V8s keep up with...