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need4speed

Member Since: 23 Nov 2012
Location: Kilmarnock
Posts: 746

The 6.2 is an awful thing.

Now if that had a cummins in it instead.........

10th Jan 2017 4:02pm

Ade90

Member Since: 30 May 2014
Location: Birmingham
Posts: 130

Ok I will admit I had Samurai convert my RRC to the 6.2 V8 Diesel engine.

Conversion was a total joke. Badly engineered and badly fitted.

The engine developed a fault within 20 minutes of collecting and I returned it forthwith. Thankfully when I collect the RRC a couple of weeks later they had a communication breakdown and I drove away without paying

This gave me change to check out the poor quality work. As a result we 'agreed' a suitable final price to avoid me taking legal action against them.

The conversion plate need £300 of machining work to get it fit properly, the engine mounts had to be remade and a new air intake made.

High ratio diffs strengthen diffs from KAM were fitted along with an Ashcroft torque converter to match the lower rpm of the engine to the 3 speed automatic gearbox.

Results: extremely loud! On the motorway you had to wear ear plugs. Plus not quietly going past people's houses alongside 'green lanes', even on tick over they knew you were coming

Power: not much improvement in road speed, in fact no faster than a Tdi 90.
Torque: who needs low range! The torque was massive, in fact much so it spat the KAM diffs out

Overall not a great engine for a RRC (best kept in a Hummer) and I wished I had stuck to the Rover V8. Fixing Land Rovers for over 25 years..........and making excuses to the wife for almost as long

1984 110 V8 - Gone, but not forgotten....

10th Jan 2017 6:31pm

L110CDL

Member Since: 31 Oct 2015
Location: Devon
Posts: 10781

Charcoal, it did wake me up a bit

but hearing all the replys im not so sure now

1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up.

Keeper.

Clayton.

12th Jan 2017 10:45pm

charcoal

Member Since: 28 Jul 2014
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 942

Well you can't go wrong with a petrol v8 on gas

1999 Land Rover Defender 110 td5 station wagon
1998 Land Rover Defender 110 County Station Wagon ~ Sold
1995 Land Rover Defender 110 V8 Station Wagon ~ Sold

1985 Land Rover 110 ex mod project Tithonus ~ Sold

13th Jan 2017 12:10am

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