Bowie69 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 OK, that must surely be a replacement engine then! I can only suggest you find a Land Rover Discovery HP22 automatic transmission and fit that. As for making your engine go faster, a 3.9 cam, skim the heads to gain some of the compression back and refurbish the carburettors and you will have a good engine. If you want more power, fit Megasquirt as above, you would get probably 155BHP + out of it them, assuming in good order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMB Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Unless I've read the VIN decoder wrongly. It was a 3.5l, V8 carb, petrol, Low Compression, 2000 model year, 110, 5 door Station wagon, built in Solihull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1933 Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 Unless I've read the VIN decoder wrongly. It was a 3.5l, V8 carb, petrol, Low Compression, 2000 model year, 110, 5 door Station wagon, built in Solihull Low Compression- is it good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1933 Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 OK, that must surely be a replacement engine then! I can only suggest you find a Land Rover Discovery HP22 automatic transmission and fit that. As for making your engine go faster, a 3.9 cam, skim the heads to gain some of the compression back and refurbish the carburettors and you will have a good engine. If you want more power, fit Megasquirt as above, you would get probably 155BHP + out of it them, assuming in good Land Rover Discovery HP22 automatic transmission- How to bridge the control of the engine ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Low compression is bad for power, good for bad fuel. Going from carbs to EFI gains power, MPG, reliability, and nicer driving. If you go Megasquirt & EDIS you replace the distributor with coil packs which helps greatly with wet conditions / wading. Bowie: Did I miss something? Why should he fit a 4HP22? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertspark Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Here is a few good links of information http://www.mez.co.uk/TuningTheRoverV8-intro.html If you can find a copy of this book it has quite a bit of up to date infomation in it too http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1903706173/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?qid=1418935870&sr=8-5Ï€=AC_SX110_SY165 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertspark Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Factory 3.5's (Ninety/One Ten) use Strombergs not SU's. They are all low CR as far as I know, unless something was different for export markets. If you have a 3.5 on SU's, then it isn't factory stock in a 90. Err I can assure you that is not quite correct ..... My 90 v8 3.5 has Su carbs. I think they were standard fit meant from about 84 onwards I can also confirm that mine never had the restrictor plates in them but that does explain why there was the poorer hp rating in the manual than the 135 Bhp rating for the v8 3.5 with Su carbs with I think it was 8.13:1 compression ratio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Bowie: Did I miss something? Why should he fit a 4HP22? Original question was about fitting an auto: To save anyone else putting that into google translate, here it is. Hello everyone! Guys, I'm from Ukraine itself and come to you here with this question: I have a Defender 3.5 v8, and I want him to put in an automatic transmission. Help advice with which to pick. Sorry for my English! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Err I can assure you that is not quite correct ..... My 90 v8 3.5 has Su carbs. I think they were standard fit meant from about 84 onwards As does our 1988 127. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1933 Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Low compression is bad for power, good for bad fuel. Going from carbs to EFI gains power, MPG, reliability, and nicer driving. If you go Megasquirt & EDIS you replace the distributor with coil packs which helps greatly with wet conditions / wading. Bowie: Did I miss something? Why should he fit a 4HP22? I understand ! My car refused to go on a low- octane fuel ! In our country, a lot of bad gasoline engine and feels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1933 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Here is a few good links of information http://www.mez.co.uk/TuningTheRoverV8-intro.html If you can find a copy of this book it has quite a bit of up to date infomation in it too http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1903706173/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?qid=1418935870&sr=8-5Ï€=AC_SX110_SY165 thanks for the info . learn ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1933 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Low Compression--How to increase ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1933 Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Hello !what is it? Can you tell me more about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Ive never had a v8 with su carbs but that looks like some kind of restrictor plate. Someone more knowledgeable on these than me will be along to confirm. If it is then chuck them in the bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1933 Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Maybe someone knows !! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I believe that's to promote swirl in the airflow and help air/fuel mixing (or stop fuel falling out of the mix & running down the walls of the intake). Don't think it would restrict anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertspark Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 As Fridge said, it's to create turbulence in the intake so that the fuel stays suspended and mixes with the airflow better (don't remove them they won't improve the performance in my opinion). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 +1 they do a good job, restrictors are aluminium inserts, with 4 holes and a big snap ring holding them in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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