4x4 v8 Rover Shite

[rawy]

Hi All

 

I has new wheels!

 

After having a 4 pot Capri, v6 Capri, Straight Six Merc I decided to carry on the increasing engine theme & have now bought a v8 Range Rover... (any ideas for a cheap v10?)

 

 

1992 RR Vogue 3.9 EFI with LPG, Some MOT & Tax

 

To say I'm a happy chappy is a understatement... It runs nice, sounds great & looks shite!

 

It has a few features such as the one of the back doors wont open, other doors need opening from inside, won't turn off on Petrol unless you stall it in 5th & the windows have a mind of their own!

 

I'm hoping to run it over winter then probably scrap it, as the body is a bit frilly in places

 

Any thoughts?

 

Cheers

 

Rawy

[ashmicro]

Very nice, hard to beat a Rover V8 imho.

 

A 5 litre V10 TDi from a VW Phatone or Toerag might fit....

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-VOLKSWAG ... 53efd52b25

[richardthestag]

most excellent choice

 

i am on my second

 

 

the first ended up like this even with mot left on it

 

 

after rot in sills and rear cross member, these are the least scary pics of the car with 4 months MoT left

 

 

coupled with body work in 50 shades of green, and a very fucked engine. specialist breakers offered £500 for it. I broke it myself and made nearly £1500 plus have some valuable bits on the shelf in the garage to maintain the next one.

 

the second has done me good for over 80k miles now

 

[richardthestag]

cheap v10 has got to be an XJS with 2 HT leads removed

 

edited to add, a proper XJS that is not one of those with half an engine and clof seats

 

[oman5]

don't bother with v10. a GMC 6.2 V8 diesel is plenty in a range rover

[dollywobbler]

I've often wondered how 'worth it' that GMC diesel conversion is. I can't imagine it's exactly thrifty, though being 'old school' it is at least veg oil friendly at a guess.

 

I do like a Rangie Classic though. Think I'd like to try a soft dash one. Still haven't recovered from the nightmare of trying to access the heater on my last Rangie. A dashboard that crap really had no place in a so-called luxury vehicle!

[richardthestag]

I had heard, you can google, that the GM v8 can bugger axles and driveshafts up unless they are seriously beefed up. that the unit can be unreliable and on top of all that will return around 22mpg.

 

hmmm

 

I'll keep the old stump pulling RV8 running LPG thanks.

 

I have been there with the heater box removal and it isn't fun. you do at least get the chance to fix 800 of the 29,000 rattlles in the car though

 

But I do prefer the uncluttered hard dash rather than the last minute softdash. Personal preference, and it works out cheaper to buy as there seems to be some sort of scene around the soft dash models. plus the late cars seem to rot with a fury that i struggle to keep up with. My last RR ^^^ dissolved between MOT's and would have cost £600plus for me to weld up. pre 1989 cars dont seem to do it as bad. Mine is pretty rare in that only the boot floor is showing any signs of dissoving along the edges. There are others around but again a scene seems to be evolving around them

 

mind you at least they are less likely to be traybacked/bobbed and plastered with OLLI stickers by knuckle dragging knobsters who tell me that I absolutely must have an OMG 42" lift and lots of checka plate to get around the feeble off road site

[oman5]

I had heard, you can google, that the GM v8 can bugger axles and driveshafts up unless they are seriously beefed up. that the unit can be unreliable and on top of all that will return around 22mpg.

 

hmmm

 

I'll keep the old stump pulling RV8 running LPG thanks

 

Never had any trouble with my jimmy powered rangie. I had one for towing about ten years ago. you reckon a v10 will be more sympathetic on axles and driveshafts?

[Des]

Just realising that it's nearly a year since I broke my rangies engine, went and got a new one, and still haven't got around to fixing the bugger. Better get on it quick before it's just a big brown rusty stain underneath a big white aluminium oxide stain.

For me, the only advantage with a diesel would be tipping the scale a little further on the weighbridge.

[Albert Ross]

What do I think? Run it over Winter, and when you plan to scrap it, let me know, I will remove that "orrible" engine, and give you £3.7s.6 for it. I will take all the relevant wiring and ECUs too. Just try and stop me. Ner.

[scruff]

I worked with a bloke who had a GMC diesel converted one. I drove it a few times and apart from the auto box not really being that well matched, it went OK and sounded good. It was one hell of a heavy engine though.

Love Classics - had a shite V8 one which I miss and my dad has a soft dash Tdi which he's had for years and has been brilliant.

[richardthestag]

I had heard, you can google, that the GM v8 can bugger axles and driveshafts up unless they are seriously beefed up. that the unit can be unreliable and on top of all that will return around 22mpg.

 

hmmm

 

I'll keep the old stump pulling RV8 running LPG thanks

 

Never had any trouble with my jimmy powered rangie. I had one for towing about ten years ago. you reckon a v10 will be more sympathetic on axles and driveshafts?

 

Was it bobtailed?

 

 

Seriously though, nowt wrong with the gmc v8 in a jimmy or anywhere else to be honest. but I reckon that a lifetime of effort could be put into getting it about as good as a factory spec rangie with the rv8 which when running LPG could be more economical to run on a day to day basis. don't panic though it is just an opinion. I wouldn't mind a go in one though My mates overfinch tricked classic was fucking incredible. He did seem to get through prop ujs and diffs like service items though. Not sure exactly how often he broke it but it happened more than it did on my standard but fucked 3.9 pez

 

Dunno about v10 being more sympathetic on axles I m a v8 type of chap, it was the op who was looking for a v10 next and I think he was more after a compete car with v10, though there was someone on lro.co.uk forum who was pondering a jag v12 in his rrc. At best 300 ft/lb of torque what does the gmc put out? Tape measures suggested it might fit but at what cost, slap a 5.0 rv8 out of a crashed Trevor quicker and break it sooner

[Lacy]

I've had 3 classics, the first was a 2 door in Applejack green (or similar) that I fitted a 3.5efi engine and overdrive into, then I had an '88 caspian blue jobbie with with a proper landrovber retrofit 200tdi in....that was nice, finally i had a 300tdi manual softdash with Jeremy Fearn intercooler and pump tweak, dead solid and ran brilliantly....that was just brilliant....and I sold it for far less than I ought to have done.......But crikey, can they rot when they want to!

[brickwall]

Hi All

 

I has new wheels!

 

After having a 4 pot Capri, v6 Capri, Straight Six Merc I decided to carry on the increasing engine theme & have now bought a v8 Range Rover... (any ideas for a cheap v10?)

 

 

1992 RR Vogue 3.9 EFI with LPG, Some MOT & Tax

 

To say I'm a happy chappy is a understatement... It runs nice, sounds great & looks shite!

 

It has a few features such as the one of the back doors wont open, other doors need opening from inside, won't turn off on Petrol unless you stall it in 5th & the windows have a mind of their own!

 

I'm hoping to run it over winter then probably scrap it, as the body is a bit frilly in places

 

Any thoughts?

 

Cheers

 

Rawy

 

We are twins!!!

 

Colour, spec, LPG...the lot. Keep an eye on those sills, though

[Pete-M]

Rangie Classics are ace. I've had a fair few of 'em, and have to agree that pre-90 ones rust a lot less...

 

I quite fancy an LSE on gas at some point though. I like the idea of the LSE. Bodge all the P38 bits onto a LWB Rangie but don't go mad with the electronics. I happen to like air suspension, too. When it works.

[brickwall]

Don't scrap it! Sell it on to somebody. I suppose you could break it for parts, but don't chuck it in the crusher.

[red5]

Indeed. Me !

 

Damn thing is breaking me financially, but got love a v8 RR...

[rawy]

Cheers for the thoughts guys.

 

No plans to scrap or sell it yet as its behaving for the moment & the noise is amazing... I'm hooked!

 

Will post on here if it is to be moved on 1st.

 

I was thinking about whole v10 cars rather than just a engine, not really heard of much really, not in shite stakes... did bmw do a v10 5 series?

 

Rawy