There were several hundred Ford V6's fitted, similar weight to the Land
Rover 4 pot and top end around 500 rpm above the slugs engine. It was
probably the best alternative engine for the Series vehicles
It is a vehicle with a huge engine bay that would fit just about anything in
it with little bodywork mods. Perkins diesels were another good favourite
but the larger powered ones only had low revs at the top end. You needed
the o.d. and swap the diffs (pumpkins) with those from a Rover 60 to give a
higher speed. Using 7.50 tyres with the bigger radius instead of 600's was
another common thing.
I was quite involved myself at one time.
Guy R Day
----- Original Message -----
From: WeslakeMonza1330@aol.com
To: grday@btinternet.com ; peter@nosimport.com ; spridgets@autox.team.net
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Orvis Landy
Too much boost in relation to the CR will kill anything. I didn't know
anyone ever put Ford V6s into Landies. Guys down the road from me are
heavily into them, mostly SWB and one had a Perkins in it. Seems like just
about anything can be swapped into anything.
Weslake-Monza 1330
In a message dated 17/10/2010 07:48:12 GMT Daylight Time,
grday@btinternet.com writes:
Yes, they can. Have you seen the result of doing that to the 1960's Land
Rover 4 cyl, two and a quarter engine? It didn't kindly to being
modified!
Heads were rather suspect, valves and piston tops would melt and gaskets
blew much too easily. The later 1980's engine was better but still ran at
a
low boost pressure.
The O.D. was easily fitted through the gearbox power take off hole and
would
work in every gear. It didn't do anything other than lower the
acceleration
rate but it did raise the mpg by 2%. One of the problems with a Land
Rover
was the gearing and aerodynamics of a brick. You could reach maximum revs
after a 5 mile run up and still only be doing 60 odd mph. You rated the
speed by the vibration of the spare wheel on the hood and the distance the
front door tops flapped out from the bodywork.
The most effective mod was to replace the engine. Most people went for
the
Rover V8 but that could eat gearboxes and drive-shafts for fun. The 3
litre
Ford V6 from a Transit or Capri (etc) wasn't too bad and Steve Parker
LandRovers did a nice kit for this, including a new nearside manifold.
This
changed the Land Rover into a vehicle that would accelerate but still give
you a good useable low end. It took 2 hours off the journey from
Manchester
to Exeter (250 miles). The top speed wasn't that much better but you
could
get up there within half a mile or so.
Guy R Day
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