Rangie with commodore engine

[Thonger]

Have spotted one with a 3.8 lt holden motor in it, running dual fuel.
Any thoughts

[RaginRover]

I would give it a miss but I am a Rover purest like that.

Check the mod plate and then check that the engine numbers match the
rego. Call your prospective insurance company to ask about how much it will cost with the mods to insure.

But think about working on it down the track, it will be harder to know exactly what is going on with a conversion that you didn;t do yourself. But hey there are heaps of rangies and landies around
with different engines so it is up to you.

[Thonger]

Yeah, I was atraccted to the older engines purely because of the lack of computers inloved. I'm used to dealing with diesels but from what I've heard the rover 3.5 is easy as to work on. Realatively speaking

[RaginRover]

Yeah, I was atraccted to the older engines purely because of the lack of computers inloved. I'm used to dealing with diesels but from what I've heard the rover 3.5 is easy as to work on. Realatively speaking

You are spot on mate when you have a problem and the thing has a stock engine it is really easy just to work throught all the possible problems and solutions, the dual fuel setup would be interesting and pretty reliable on it and having and efi setup would be nice but I guess the thing is even someone like me can fix a range rover 3.5 but I would be buggered if anything went wrong with mine and it had a commodore engine in it, I would have to pay someone to fix it .... something I don;t really like doing unless I have to

[Aquarangie]

There's nothing like a Rover V8, although not overly poweful, they have plenty of grunt for there size.

As RaginRover mentioned, there easy to work on and fault diagnose, cheap to rebulld if you know the tright scourse for bits and the twin carbie set-up is second to none off-road.

That Rangie with the 3.8 Holden V6 has been for sale for months, makes you think why he's selling it??

Regards,

Trav

[Thonger]

noticed it's been there for a while, for some reason have month old trading post lying around Thanks for the tips guys

[Rainbow Warrior]

Have spotted one with a 3.8 lt holden motor in it, running dual fuel.
Any thoughts

A lot of mucking around when a brand new 3.9 short motor can be had for around $3.5k and bolts straight in.

[-Mick-]

pffft... it's a bit rough from what I've been told, I rang her a few weeks ago

No rego/ safety cert and she told me you'd need a new windscreen but wouldn't say why

[Thonger]

Cheers guys saves me driving to noosa, The new purchase will have to wait till I'm in vic now but have sold the ute. So look out in the future.

[highrr]

I have a 5lt EFI out of a vs commodore with a turbo 700 and I couldnt fault it, parts are cheap and you can get them just about any where, and the power difference is great.

[Thonger]

Whats fuel consumption like, better than the rover motor I'm guessing, but by how much

[highrr]

Yep I get about 520 ks out of 70 lts of gas driving around home, however it is cut in to a ute and has a lot of weight removed.

I couldnt fault it.

Regards

[RaginRover]

Yep I get about 520 ks out of 70 lts of gas driving around home, however it is cut in to a ute and has a lot of weight removed.

I couldnt fault it.

Regards

Fark 13L per 100 on lpg that goes well best I get out my tired old 3.5 (non ute) is 22L per 100