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replacing 3.5l with short 4l

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replacing 3.5l with short 4l

Post by suzidisco »

it looks like im going to replace my 3.5l with a short new 4l can someone tell me what is involved who is good in NSW to do the swap and what type of dollars am i going to part with.
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Post by Rainbow Warrior »

The 3.9 is a straight bolt in conversion, only odd bit I noticed was there are fewer head bolts in the later model block than my 76 heads.

Excellent results, I paid around $3200 for the short motor and used my timing cover, carbies & manifold. Add a 2 1/2 exhaust too.
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Post by kurmit »

Hi Adrian RangieAutomotive Melb we have a 3.6 short motor guaranteed to go better than a standard 3.9.
Or a hot 4.0 with to many extras to mention have run same package in a 86 rangie that made 100 kw across all 4 wheels price $5585.
Call me for more info 0397396989
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Post by p76rangie »

You could recently buy a short new 4.0ltr for under $2,000, or a 4.6ltr for under $4,000. Not sure whether you can still get them for this price as Landrover was clearing their stocks with the new motors they now have. All the bits from your 3.5 will just swap across.
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Post by up2nogood »

From Land Rover dealers?
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Post by GRIMACE »

p76rangie wrote:You could recently buy a short new 4.0ltr for under $2,000, or a 4.6ltr for under $4,000. Not sure whether you can still get them for this price as Landrover was clearing their stocks with the new motors they now have. All the bits from your 3.5 will just swap across.


Please explain :lol:
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Post by p76rangie »

Anthony, I am not sure what you want explained. The new Discos and Rangerovers do not run the 4.0 or 4.6 motors any more. Around the time that these models were about to be released, Landrover slashed the price of brand new short motors. You could buy a 4.0 for about $1,800 and a 4.6 for around $3,600. I took this as them clearing their surplus stocks of the old motors. I understand that they are now getting harder to find at this price, a few people were just buying to to store until their motors needed replacing. I do not think the dealers were selling them this cheap, even though they were buying them below this price. The people I know were more purchasing them through outlets that specialised in landrover parts.
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Post by up2nogood »

You wouldn't happen to know who they are, would you?

Cheapest I can rebuild mine for is a bit over 2 g's with machine work. Better cam though and with double row timing set.

If I could scam a newey for $1800 or so..... :D
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Post by p76rangie »

Up2, as I am based in Vic, I am not aware of anyone in NSW. These prices were for a short motor, therefore they do not include cams or timing chains etc, just the block, pistons, crank, etc.
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Post by up2nogood »

Yeah, but the cam is only $250 or so and the timing set is $90 something, so it is the other bits which hurt the most.

Who was it in Vic?
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