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rover
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:38 pm
by Malcolm01
i took my rover for our first drive today and i was pretty dissapointed, basically i could have ran faster when it running on gas... its auto aswell and just seemed really sluggish, running it on petrol was a bit better but still i though it was underpowered... are all rovers like this? if so, is it worth changing to a manual box?
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:20 pm
by subaman
sounds like you got something wrong with yours? Mine works fine on both gas and petrol and you cant really tell the difference between either for power. I mean its not power house by any means but goes good for a small 3.5 v8. Im not not sure what the manuals are like but I like the zf 4 speed auto. What type of rover is it? I have a classic rangie.
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:46 pm
by shakes
what model car/motor? injected or carby?
Simon
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:51 pm
by Malcolm01
84, 4 door rover, its got the 3.5, twin carby
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:12 pm
by justinC
There you go, it needs a 1.222:1 transfer case mod. It should be the torqueflite model, and possibly the most gutless of them all. Try a bit more ign advance, but on petrol it may ping because it should still have the 9.35:1 comp engine. I would toss the treansfer case and fit a lower ratio one, it'll make it actually accelerate.
JC
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:56 am
by up2nogood
Then consider how many k's it's done. Big k's = stuffed cam shaft and timing chain = sloooow.
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:08 am
by shakes
if the engine has 300-400k+ on it it needs the cam and lifters and timing gear replaced as said before.
JC is saying its your gearing thats up the sh!t not your motor.
and maybe just needs a good tune?
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:23 pm
by ARangie
I have same same.
Just get it to a good Landrover mech, get them to give it a check over, and tune. Mine had vacum leaks on the hoses. Advance was not working, simple fix, timing out, easy fix, adjusted the carbies, not that easy, but made a difference.
The 3 speed is a slug, and worse with bigger tyres, what are your plans for the vehicle and budget, are you mechanical.
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:29 pm
by Malcolm01
well i wana be able to take it offroad so ill spend what ever i have to with in reason.. i was thinking a lift and some offroad tyres to start with. but i guess ill take it for a tune up first. buget is about 3k
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:47 pm
by fnukle
tyres makes the biggest difference in my opinion.
then longer shocks or lockers
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:43 pm
by justinC
...and gearing changes...
JC