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All,

I currently have an 87 RR V8 EFI, she is getting a bit tatty now and things like the upper tail gate are gonna need to be replaced soon.

Ive seen parked down the road a H reg 3.5 V8 EFI dicso for £1300 and 98000 on the clock.

It looks in good nick etc, but do i really want to change from a ranige to a disco.

I only use my landrovers for playing in, and the rangie has a 2inch lift.

If i did get the disco, would i be able to swap the lift from the rangie? Do they have the same running gear as each other?

Mark

87RR V8 EFI
Reply to
Mark Solesbury
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On or around Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:23:36 GMT, "Mark Solesbury" enlightened us thusly:

I thought I replied to this one. or did I send it by mail by mistake?

Reply to
Austin Shackles

On or around Sun, 17 Apr 2005 09:23:36 GMT, "Mark Solesbury" enlightened us thusly:

aha. I see, 2 posts. that explains it.

Reply to
Austin Shackles

You replied to Mark's original post on the 15th. I think....

Reply to
Tim Hobbs

Only costs £200 for the aluminium frame.

Very good price sir.............

Same bloody car in my view, drive the same, just looks different body wise.

Swap the bits over.

They are pretty much the same I believe under the body shape.

-- Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

'"They called him Jimmy the gent"

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Nige

On or around Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:31:01 +0100, "Nige" enlightened us thusly:

well, they would... however, it's a bit more than looks, in the body differences. especially, the rear door is either much better or much worse than the RR split tailgate, depending on what you use it for you personal preferences.

you can also get extra seats in the back of the disco, which to some is important.

Reply to
Austin Shackles

Yeah, good point, what I meant was if you removed the RRC body & the Disco body, they would fit onto each others chassis (i think)

Not doing either down, both corking cars in my view, but the Disco is a bit more modern body shape. But if all Tim's doing is messing in mud body shape don't matter too much!

-- Subaru WRX (The Bitch)

Series 3 Landrover 88" (Albert)

'"They called him Jimmy the gent"

Reply to
Nige

more modern body shape. But

Leave me out of it!

But whilst you are asking... Prefer the Disco actually - more headroom and less to go wrong. Later Range Rovers are prone to buggered engines whereas Disco's seem not to be, but Disco's have gearbox weaknesses to compensate.

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Tim Hobbs

On or around Sun, 17 Apr 2005 20:55:20 +0100, Tim Hobbs enlightened us thusly:

more modern body shape. But

I assume that the RR with the LT230 has the same problems, mind. However, a lot of the later ones have the borg-warner T-box, which has a chain to stretch instead :-)

Reply to
Austin Shackles

We fit different springs when lifting Rangies & Discos....

Reply to
Niamh Holding

On or around Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:40 +0100 (BST), snipped-for-privacy@4x4cymru.spamtrapped.co.uk (Niamh Holding) enlightened us thusly:

the back ones might be stronger. Mine has rangie diesel HD fronts on it :-)

Back disco ones are a bit of a puzzle, or were last I looked - no-one seems to have rates for 'em. They seem to be similar to HD 90 rears.

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Austin Shackles

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