brianj Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 As the title says, I've just been given a five door 92 V8i Disco. The chassis is sound, the bodywork is rough, it has no MOT and it would cost quite a lot in both time and cash to get it up to scratch - more than it is worth anyway - so I am looking at taking the useful bits off. As I'm a Series person - this is the nearest I've got to a Disco before. Can someone please tell me - which bits are worthwhile saving, either for me or for anyone else? And will the V8 diffs fit in my series axles? as my Series III is already fitted with a V8. In terms of stripping - do I have to take off the rear wheels to pull out the half shafts - it looks totally different to a Salisbury axle. Here's a linky some pix when I was working on the starter motor on it before the owner got fed up with it. Also as I'm based here in Gib, if anyone is travelling down this way to North Africa or Southern Spain, and needs any bits - please let me know - no cost, unless you want to make a donation to the forum. *Mods* If you think this would be better in another section please feel free to move. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Series diffs are 4.7 ratio, all newer ones are 3.54 so you could change if you do them as a pair and it will increase the gearing a lot - about 32% - which may be good or bad depending on what you want! If it has alloys you need to take the wheels off to get the halfshafts out, if it has steels you don't just pull the halfshafts out through the wheel centres but with alloys you can't do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Before stripping it, maybe consider doing a conversion like this http://www.ncfblitz.co.uk/page10a.html but give it a series-style front-end makeover? V8 100" series-looking motor would be a great top-down machine in Gib. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianj Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Thanks for that BM. There is no problem with me increasing the higher ratio diffs, as it is standard diffs with a SII gear box. Should just give me a slightly higher top speed - 60mph rather than 50mph . This disco is fitted with alloys, but otherwise I'm presuming it's the same procudure as normal - half shafts out and then diffs out. I've actually got it running now, so it's not as much of a basket case as I thought it was. Hey thanks for the link Pongo, can't really do much with it like that, as I don't have a garage or workshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 If your Series has a salisbury back axle then no you can't swap diffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Whoops missed the fact it was a 109 well spotted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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