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Disco-Ron:
I have a played with 300 disco, and i am (madly) toying with the idea of buying a 90...... i have found one that ticks all the boxes....... but it's a v8, now then,. dare i ask what sort of mpg i could expect from a v8 manual, its totally standard.... and left the factory as such..... the mileage is low, very low for its age, and it seems to be in good condition, on a decent chassis too!!

If anyone can talk me out of it, it'd be quite usefull, as i already moan enough about my current truck, but this would potentially replace the disco........

V8MoneyPit:
My old 110 V8 would do about 15mpg to and from work. On a run we managed over 20mpg. This level require mostly motorway use, but would include some surprisingly high speeds.

It was a breathed on 3.5 with 4 SU carbs, Piper cam, modded heads and Janspeed headers. So I would expect you to achieve at least this with a low mileage standard example.

Still quite scary figures when you are used to a 300tdi, but the sound is worth every penny  :D

jay2578:
lpg? halves the running costs, just the tank takes up a fair bit of space

littlepow:
very light right foot required!

Sabo:
Hi

This is what I did:
Took a 2.5na out of my 110 and put in a 3.5su V8 and added a gas system with headers and a nice sounding bigger bore exhaust and MSD ignition so it would always fire up, souded beautiful, had it in there for about 3 years but now it's in a crate!
Didn't like water, so now it's got a 200tdi in it, really liked the V8 but in my mind it's not meant for a landrover that you take offroad, they do work well but like I found out they don't like the water and they drink fuel - even on gas.  Gas - an additional cost to get it fitted - most insurers will ask for a garage certificate to say it's been fitted and is safe, I fitted my own!
In saying this I do sometimes miss the roar af the V8 but then I look at how many times I fill up!
My 3.5 didn't feel powerful enough for the 110, heard 3.9 have a tendancy to overheat and damage heads and if you go higher I presume you would get less MPG.
Personally I wouldn't go for it, sit back and keep searching unless you transfer your disco engine etc into the 90.

Dave

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