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CarMan

Member Since: 29 Nov 2010
Location: Cotswolds
Posts: 1876

Dinnu wrote:
There is a very nice, proper offroad driving technique on you tube -

At about 35mins into the video, there is a brown pants moment. That is an old 90, V8 3.5 engine with 205 tyres. Assuming the camera was level, that was at 40 degrees before it was about to tip over.

Lovely trucks, great old film, thanks for sharing

Rob

1993 200tdi 90 hard-top
1998 300tdi 90 soft-top
2016 2.2 XS 90 hard-top (sold)

26th Nov 2021 6:36pm

Dinnu

Member Since: 24 Dec 2019
Location: Lija
Posts: 3480

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 CSW Santorini Black

Would be interesting to understand how the center of gravity on the Defender changed over the course of time.

Puma engines are sitting quite high in the engine bay, especially when compared to early vehicles, especially series engines where you would have to dive into to engine bay to perform maintenance.
On a series, the engine crank is in line with the bumper (starting handle hole in bumper).
When the coil sprung models were introduced, the starting handle hole moved up in the radiator panel, so engines sitting a few inches higher.
One can argue that since the Defender era, they all got aluminium heads, so less weight at the top end of the engine.

Side slopes are always my biggest fear. Would be good to know how a Puma ranks against the older models, as I see Landrover has been reducing the max slope angle over the years. Maybe to avoid liability. 1988 90 Hard Top, 19J Diesel Turbo, Shire Blue - Restoration ongoing
2012 90 CSW, 2.2TDCI, Santorini Black

27th Nov 2021 2:48pm

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4739

CarMan wrote:
Dinnu wrote:
There is a very nice, proper offroad driving technique on you tube -

At about 35mins into the video, there is a brown pants moment. That is an old 90, V8 3.5 engine with 205 tyres. Assuming the camera was level, that was at 40 degrees before it was about to tip over.

Lovely trucks, great old film, thanks for sharing

Thank you, wonderful! I have sent the link to my daughter for her 90. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

27th Nov 2021 4:51pm

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