rover 3.5 litre v8 in a series?

Post by **bundyboy** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 9:46 am

i was put on to the rover 3.5 coz of its alloy build for weight,
what r the other advantages to it? Anyone put one in a series 3? Want to edge away from the 4sp gearbox as well but would like PTO potential so i can keep my 8000pd thomas. Anyone know anything? Prices for a immaculate and a needs rebuild state engine?

Post by **landy_man** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 10:27 am

i believe Land Rover put a V8 into a series 3 and called it a Stage 1...
very easy to do

Post by **suzidisco** » Fri Apr 18, 2003 3:05 pm

why bother with the 3.5 the 3.8 vn engine and t700 box coupled to the cruser transfer go great did this to my last serries 2-3 and didnt regett it

Post by **lowbox** » Sat Apr 19, 2003 4:48 am

Can be done and fitted easy enough, but if the gearbox etc are worn then the V8 will force them to an early grave.
Here's an idea - pick up a V8 Disco motor gearbox and t/case - sell in NZ for about $5g and swap in the whole lot!

Post by **bobtail** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 5:31 pm

Just buy a rangie and put your body on it At least it gets rid of those cart springs :!:

Post by **Jack Flash** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 7:59 pm

Onya Mick!!

Post by **GURU** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:41 pm

G'day,

I have a Stage I V8, nice to drive and well worth it. but I am also building up a project Landy, Series Body on a cut-down RR chassis.

If you want a V8, do what Mick said, fit your body to a RR, get disc's, coils and your V8 and better gearbox, wider track, stronger diff's.

Post by **v8grunt** » Fri May 09, 2003 8:18 pm

seriesboy wrote:i was put on to the rover 3.5 coz of its alloy build for weight,
what r the other advantages to it? Anyone put one in a series 3? Want to edge away from the 4sp gearbox as well but would like PTO potential so i can keep my 8000pd thomas. Anyone know anything? Prices for a immaculate and a needs rebuild state engine?

is this a 88" or 109, if its an 88 you can"t put a v8 in and have it road legal,
if it is a 109 you can go to 4.6l v8 only wothout proir approval in thius case you will have to let transport inspect it

glen

Post by **v8grunt** » Fri May 09, 2003 8:19 pm

seriesboy wrote:i was put on to the rover 3.5 coz of its alloy build for weight,
what r the other advantages to it? Anyone put one in a series 3? Want to edge away from the 4sp gearbox as well but would like PTO potential so i can keep my 8000pd thomas. Anyone know anything? Prices for a immaculate and a needs rebuild state engine?

is this a 88" or 109, if its an 88 you can"t put a v8 in and have it road legal,
if it is a 109 you can go to 4.6l v8 only wothout proir approval in thius case you will have to let transport inspect it

glen

Sat May 17, 2003 2:25 pm

i have a 250 cross flow in my ser 3 any one want to buy it emial me at rynescape_king@hotmail.com going cheap

Post by **bundyboy** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 3:47 pm

its an 88", so far i have had range rover chassis and disco V8=5000 bucks

both are of too much time or too much money for my student priced, dole bludging wallet...

the 3.5L v8 can be bought for about 500 bucks....

what are my options for 5 speed boxes? Can i run a PTO winch off of it?

Post by **Bodge** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 4:36 pm

Consider the ZF Auto with an LT230 then you can still run a PTO.

The 5 speeders weren't up to much....

Post by **GURU** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:20 am

G'day,

A RR complete even with rego is $3000. It comes with everything you need. just mount the body to it.

BUT if you want the V8 in your 88 I suggest you think about these few things

all the newer gearboxs/transfercase combo's (auto and manual) are alot longer than the 4 speed box you have now, so your already short propshaft (rear) gets made shorter...okay so you mount the engine further forward and run a defender front end, but the rear shaft will still be as short, if not shorter than it is now.

A 5 speed box will cost you a good $2500 with transfercase. And a ZF will be around the same price.

An LT95 is a 4 speed box and is strong (built for the army originally) but again is longer than a series box. Can mount a PTO to it, I have a Stage I with this box and a PTO winch for it. The V8 and LT95 with the Defender front end (engine forward) would leave you with roughly the same length tailshaft you have now.

People have used the series landy 4 speed box with the 3.5L V8 without it breaking, but I don't recommend it (just look at the size of the gears in an RR box and a Series box and you will see what I mean.

For price and best fit I would go for a 3.5L V8, LT95 combo with a defender front end (well bonnet) and fit 3.54 diffs if you want good cruising speed (110kph at 3000rpm) and keep the 4.7's if you want crawling ability

Also you need to stop the vehicle after the mod. So you need to atleast fit the Stage I front drum breaks (11" diametre and 2.5" wide) or maybe upgrade to disc, I am currently working on a front disc conversion for series landys using RR swivels and brakes.

Post by **bundyboy** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 4:50 pm

dropping my body on a RR is sounding better and better... otherwise i will buy a toyota?!? Thanks for the info guys, for a beginner it is very valuable to have such as resource as this website.

Post by **ISUZUROVER** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 10:12 am

Apparently there are new QLD regs regarding body swaps - all swaps now have to be fully engineered and approved directly by transport. If you can convince the approvals guy that you have put a series body on a 110/defender chassis (all bolt on - no welding) then you can probably get away with it.

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