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What V8?
bigant:
not knocking the rover engine if looked after they are an amazing little unit the problem comes when you have had a nonce who dosnt know how to look after one mess it up inside and things for you :( also the landy drive chain dosnt like large bhp.
parts for yank engines are pretty easy to get in the uk now. is a decent import scene esp for the more poplour engines like a small block chevy.
parts are i found cheaper than the same one for a rover.
we use http://www.realsteel.co.uk/ for most of our shiny bits *have had several large muscle cars as well as many rover v8 powered things* and i can recommend them as having excellent service and stuff :)
am currently plotting a flathead V8 powered series 1 :)
Range Rover Blues:
Incarnations of the Buick/GM V8 stayed in production into the 1980s. It's a very versatile engine, runs well on LPG and if looked after is a good engine. It's often poor maintenacne that lets them down.
Buy comparing like-for-like, how would a well-used small block Yank moter stack up against a used Rover V8? If you Rover V8 you can get the powertrain all in one peice and chuck it in.
So how much time do you want to spend getting that bit to work is the question.
bigant:
well as i said grabbing a rusty blazer you get the whole drive chain and used rover vs used small block chevy isnt really a contest. more power and reliability a much tougher engine and parts are cheaper for the chevy. and you dont have to spend
littlepow:
--- Quote from: Drift on August 31, 2010, 21:16:48 ---A V8 4.2 Supercharged Disco possibly :dance:
http://www.macsport4x4.com/page17.html
Did get stuck when out with us in the snow though :-$
A tad to powerful
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Do like that - but it does look like it's outside my budget :(
Drift:
36k in modifications including the engine I believe :shock:
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