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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324  
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Given how original your SIII looks to be, it'd be a real shame to hack it about to fit a V8
 Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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26th Feb 2017 7:59am |
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| charcoal Member Since: 28 Jul 2014 Location: Hampshire Posts: 942 
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He's just giving it a proper engine, nothing wrong with that
 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 |
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26th Feb 2017 3:34pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Heh, heh, I know what you mean. I've had a couple of V8's myself. Originality is king though, when it comes to values of what are essentially classic cars. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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26th Feb 2017 4:46pm |
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| charcoal Member Since: 28 Jul 2014 Location: Hampshire Posts: 942
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That it is, at least for resale value. See many series v8 conversions around anyway so it's pretty popular. 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 |
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26th Feb 2017 11:27pm |
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| oneten110 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Wish I was still in France Posts: 741
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Neither of them are mine but they sound nice.
All I wish is that I could find a way of stopping the leak on mine, it has been leaking from the "Y" pipe/centre box joint for 7 years despite 3 different exhaust systems and countless methods of fastening them together it still fecking leaks |
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25th Aug 2017 3:43pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3787  
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The Zulu sounds just like a good V8 should,....lovely....goes pretty hard too!
What a beautiful sound, Pickles. |
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25th Aug 2017 10:56pm |
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| mini Anaconda Member Since: 23 Aug 2016 Location: Thames Valley Posts: 800
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I had the chance to go around the Top Gear track a couple of years ago in that JE Engineering Zulu 90, and with a supercharged V8, I can confirm that it went very very well!
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26th Aug 2017 3:53pm |
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| Coatesyyy Member Since: 07 Sep 2017 Location: Knutsford Posts: 423
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OMG that Zulu 90
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14th Sep 2017 11:18am |
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| oneten110 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Wish I was still in France Posts: 741
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I wouldn't fancy going any distance in it. I frequently do an 800 mile trip in mine, over about 30 hours 5 of which are spent on a ferry, and the thought of putting up with that much exhaust noise for the distance is not one that appeals
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21st Sep 2017 10:10am |
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| Muddybigdog Member Since: 11 Apr 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1029 
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OK, for your next conversions, what about some of these?
Jumped ship to reliability - Mitsubishi L200 Puma 90 XS - Sold D3 - 2.7 S x2 (both Sold) Freelander 2 HSE - Sold Freelander 1 - Sold Disco 2 - Sold |
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21st Sep 2017 10:20am |
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| oneten110 Member Since: 02 Jul 2011 Location: Wish I was still in France Posts: 741
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If I was going to install a mad diesel engine it would be a Napier Deltic.
I am old enough to remember these in service and the noise is wall to wall. 3,300HP 2 stroke diesel |
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21st Sep 2017 10:43am |
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| defender9 Member Since: 12 Mar 2016 Location: Fylde Coast Posts: 1629 
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A bit of thread drift but I too remember the Deltic in service and was a fantastic noise when passing at full chat
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21st Sep 2017 10:49am |
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| Grenadier Member Since: 23 Jul 2014 Location: The foot of Mont Blanc... Posts: 5878  
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Jodes, are you sure you don't have a Jag F-Type sitting just out of shot revving its engine? Sounds fab... Monsieur Le Grenadier I've not been everywhere, but it's on my list..... 2011 Puma 110DC - Corris Grey |
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21st Sep 2017 11:07am |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10867 
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Me to Clayton.
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. |
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24th Sep 2017 9:32pm |
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