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Ok people as you may already now I have a 3.5L V8 efi engine with extractors and a mandrel bent exhaust high flow muffler yada yada.
I WANT MORE POWER........ I DONT WANNA CHANGE THE ENGINE (unless its a straight swap, one in one out)........
What would people reccomend I do next.............. if anything.........
You see I will have all the suspension stuff sorted as soon as i get the rovertym arms, and the slotted bushes from Sam (thanks MATE ).
So i need to make plan for something to do next or else I will get bored.........
lose some weight. take out things you don't need (seats, carpet, inside panels and trim, stereo, aircon, etc...) improves accelerating, braking, climbing, descending, cruising... awesome mod!
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Well I dont wanna lose any more weight.............. But yeah I might ket rid of everything except the driver seat and pedals and steering wheel........... Mount the seat on a custome chassis mount....GOOD IDEA thanks mate
in all seriousness, ensuring your engine is breathing well is important... perhaps K&N style filter...
pull your heads off and give them a bit of a cleanup, the cast is not real neat....
then a new cam which is cheap
then aftermarket ECU
etc. etc....
There are so many things you can do... But you need money..
I got the K& N Airlfilter.........and am gonna be purchasin a rANGIE sPARE SNORKEL soon hopefully.
I have been findin interest in changin the cam as most of them increase torque at lower revs......perfect 4 wheelin, as you know the Range rovers Peak HP is set pretty high in the rev range I would like to lower it abit
Can some one please detail me alittle bit On what is involved in changin the cam It sounds like fun (keeps me occupied for a week.... I am a slow worker ) and also on what cams are the best for what usage ? ? ?
Cheers Boys & Girls &.......LandyMan ...............
Ow b4 I do anything, I would like to get info on the cost the purchase a 4.6 rover engine ? As they have around 165Kw thats afair bit more than what I currently have.
I can then sell my old donk for peanuts (better than gettin nuthin back) and correct me if I am wrong but the 4.6 will bolt straight in on my Auto Gearbox.................
Also I can buy the 4.6 and have it on the stand and do the modifications and tuning and then fit it and fine tune it...................hmmmm sounds like fun If it is a easy fit then I might not spend the cash on my 3.5 cause i willl only lose it when I change it over.
I'm assuming it's your dd dude so don't spend too much on it. Stick to the usual intake/ exhaust mods and complimentary cam work and you'll have a donk with more torque, power and a nice sound for sensible $. It'll be a bit more efficient too (but rangies ar already cheap to run )
If that ain't enough get a head job/ stroke it etc. Then do the same for your motor
Save your $ for important shite like women and booze
Well i am gonna look further into the cams there is so many different ones...... What do you guy recomend and any number on a good supplier around the Gold Coast ? ? ?
Chiptorque at Nerang do custom chips...........may be able to set to give more bottom end
Not sure where your gunna use the extra ponnies.........You should make good viewing first time out Can I come and Photograph the rollover for the other forumites
YEAH I TRY to get in incar film set up so when I roll the vehicle down a sheer 60degrees 10.2km slope you can catch glimse of the 12678 times the car rolls.
I have spoke with chiptorque and I have herd from people saying that the replacment chips arnt all that good ? ? ? Were as the complet Haltech ECU thingy is ment to be pretty good, but for the price a different cam sounds like the way to go
DQ wrote:Chiptorque at Nerang do custom chips...........may be able to set to give more bottom end
Not sure where your gunna use the extra ponnies.........You should make good viewing first time out Can I come and Photograph the rollover for the other forumites
All that extra low down torque is bound to dramatically increase my COG
For my 3.9, a bit of port and polishing as well as a decent cam did the trick. I have yet to fit extractors, but with the later style manifold set-up, I haven't really botherd to go ahead with it. The manifolds on the EFI Rangies are pretty bloody good anyway and have plenty of room to breathe I reckon!!
I know a bloke in the Rangie Club whop has had a Uni-Chip fitted to his Rangie and found this improved performance out of sight. For about $1200 I think these are available and I'm not sure who does one down your way, but worth looking into. Much cheaper than the 4.6 option.
My 3.9 goes well and I ain't toucking it. Done 262,000 kms on the bottom end and still comes uptrumps with a compression test!!! Needs an oil change soon I suppose (been a tight arse and have let it lapsed for a while).
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FARK looks like back to the cam idea........
