Jon White
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Nige, your supposed to cut a hole in the bonnet for the supercharger(s) to poke through not hide it under a bonnet bulge........of course it would then mean it was easier to get to with the autosol aswell.....
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The search button is your friend. Use it. This has been covered on here about a million times.
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Nice..........just one superchargers sounds nice...............two sounds awesome!!!!!!
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If you want power remove the old 2.25 and fit something else! Even with £1000s of ACR kit the 2.25's are still pretty carp and low powered!
V8 conversion, maybe a 200tdi if the fuel worries you at all. Mine now has a 200tdi in it and having fiddled with the boost pressure and the injector pump, its just as quick as it was when I had the V8 in it! The difference is it now does 36mpg, where the old V8 did about 12!
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Cough.........a 200tdi would bolt straight in..............cough............
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You cant get one filled without an account etc.
The only way would be to find someone who has one on account and get them to get it filled on their account.
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Save your money and dont buy any its ****e and peels off in great sheets!
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Hi
I'm sure you have it covered but the Series Land Rovers have U/Js not c/V joints. It can cause problems as the lt77 is permanent 4WD.
People always seem to make a big thing out of this, buts its all rubbish!
I've been running permanent 4wd on my series for years with U/js and the only thing you get is a very minor bit of kick back through the steering when at full lock. Its really nothing and I dont know what all the fuss is about.
By the way - the LT77 is not permant 4wd - its just the main box. What makes it 4wd or not is whatever ever transfer box you decide to fit on the end!
Anyway - you need a defender LT77 - and discovery one is not suitable at all. One from any 4cylinder defender will do.
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but it did feel a bit quiet walking around as a buyer.
Could have had something to do witht he length of the queue to get in! Have to say had I been the driver on Sunday I'd have given up and gone home again! I took nearly as long queuing up on foot to pay as it did to drive there from home!
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Why bother with it? It wouldnt have origionally been fitted with one?
Just something else to go wrong IMHO....
Cant remember the last time I used them on my daily tbh, so wouldnt bother with them on a landrover.....
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Vehicles first used on or after 1st January 1965 require front seatbelts.
Vehicles first used before this date do not.
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You dont need any of the lights you mentioned.
You dont need rear seatbelts.
You DO need front seatbelts.
You dont need to carry a spare wheel, but if you do carry one then the tyre on it must be legal.
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V8 will fit onto standard 2.25 mounts if you buy the correct conversion kit.
You wil need to use a conversion ring and a 4pot bellhousing as the V8 one will be too long in an 88". If you're running an R380 you'll need to run the ultra-rare short bellhousing. If you run an LT77 a standard 4 pot bellhousing will do.
The only chassis mods you will need are to delete the gearbox mount cross member, get the chassis drilled and tubed for the LT230 gearbox mounts, and you'll need to scallop the bellhousing crossmember to clear the propshaft. You'll need to run a disk handbrake as theres not enough clearance to get the drum on and off cos the centre crossmember is in the way otherwise.
If you run a defender box then the gear levers come out in a senseable place. Make the tunnel and floor pans up to suit.
Your problem will be with the handling and axles. Spring wrap is a real problem with these, and to date I've not seen an anti-wrap setup for the front axle that actually seems to work.
Uprated components for series axles are more or less unobtainable these days. There is a company in the states that does them but they wont ship overseas and they're silly, silly money.
You could fit coiler axles, and uprate them.
in order to stand a chance of winning the traffic light grand prix, you're probably going to need at least 300bhp, if not more, and I suspect you'll struggle to keep it cool within the confines of the series front end.
IMHO a series is too heavy to turn into a go -faster machine - you'd be better off with a V8 powered kit car by the sounds of things!
Jon
have to say however.
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No!
There is a reason that modern cars use serpentine flat belts as they can transmit more power. A V belt struggles to drive an alternator much above 50amps so there is no way you'll drive a hydraulic pump off of it. I cant keep the belt on the mondeo alternator on my truck tight and it slips and squeals like a little pig when its wet!
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I just cant beleive you've got all those pipe cleaners there, and even took a photo of them and still managed to resist the urge to make a few little scultures with them!!!
I at least expected a stick man with them, althout I'm sure you could manage to build a pipe cleaner landrover.....
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Fit a tdi = end of overheating problem!!!
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I have a New Arc inverter one. Does everything I want of it and its nice and small and easy to store!
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You missed out the line about fetching the roll of insulating tape from the tool box, wrapping it around said shredded didgit to stop the bleeding and then carrying on with the work.
Also isnt it amazing how well blood removes grease from your hands???
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Oh god you and DIY surgery.........
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PMSL not again?????
Its gonna be a good year.........thats twice already!!!!
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With no tax or mot, and a knackered gearbox I'd say about £200.
Mate of mine had a 1983 ex military 109, that there was nothing wrong with at all, and had had all the work done for the mot, he just hadnt got round to having it tested, and he struggled like hell to get £200 for it!
It seems no-one wants 109's these days!
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Sikaflex or Tiger Seal (cheaper version of the same thing) will do the job for you.
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I've got one of the old Alpine ones (sadly no longer manufactured) and is brilliant - I like the way its all controllable from the head unit without having to have ad on external devices.
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Thats not a new one - thats a very old one!
The main problem with them is the lack of spare parts for them as KAM havnt made this model for many years.
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Wheels for a series 2
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Take care, as on a series 2, altough the stud pattern is the same IIRC the studs are a smaller diameter. You'll need to make sure the wheel nuts will accurately locate the wheels on the studs so check the tapers etc.
Jon