trendkill Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Blown Head Gasket on my 3.5 so im replacing it with a 3.9 -mainly because its simple and cheaper than doing a 4.6 conversion. Can anyone tell me what kind of 3.9 to look out for, ill be running carbs & my lpg system ALSO ANY IDEAS/SUGGESTIONS ?!?!?! Bought a 1.2 clio with 10months tax n 6months MOT for £125. . . . i want my land rover back on the road, the clio makes me sad! HELP !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveturnbull Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Can anyone tell me what kind of 3.9 to look out for One without a porus block would be agood start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Carbs, now that's a horrible thing to do to an innocent 3.9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trendkill Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Carbs, now that's a horrible thing to do to an innocent 3.9 Id like to megasquirt it!!! -does anyone have a rough idea of how much power a 3.9 MS is kickin out? Just worried about electrics, if they balls up somewhere im screwed. . . carbs are easier to sort out (that was the general idea) Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonc Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Not sure if this helps but i do have a mint 3.5 engine for sale just been rebuilt by a company for scorpion racing pm me if interested. saves you alot of hassle and you can bolt it straight in ive had one of those clio,s worst thing i ever drove apart from the citreon AX lol!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Id like to megasquirt it!!! -does anyone have a rough idea of how much power a 3.9 MS is kickin out?Just worried about electrics, if they balls up somewhere im screwed. . . carbs are easier to sort out (that was the general idea) Cheers Yes I'd far sooner dismantle a carb in a muddy field than plug a laptop in To give an idea the factory power figures for 3.5 V8 are ~132hp on carbs and ~165hp on EFI, 3.9 EFI is ~180-something from memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwncidur Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 And the reality is that EFI rarely goes wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trendkill Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 And the reality is that EFI rarely goes wrong does anyone have a 3.9, 4.0, 4.2 efi v8 for sale??? reasonable condition, if it comes with an lpg kit then even better - although i do have one currently fitted so could just use that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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