2.25 in a 110 station wagon

Did anybody actually make the 6 cylinder Storm engine that was supposed to be the "upmarket" from the TD5? I quite liked the way the TD5 handled in the S2 Disco, but could imagine it being a bit better.

P.

A word to the wise. Take a mechanic with you. I know Paddock (Bought Skippy there) and don't fully trust them. They are a company who mainly sell cheapass saloon cars and other things of dubious heritage (£1500 for a 1986 Rolls Royce?). They have some interesting stuff in from time to time and they have some absolute drabble the rest of the time.

I can drop in and have a look at it if you want.

P.

And indeed I did. They've sold it.

If you're interested they have a "Last of the TDi" 110 coming in soon - S plate, but it's going to be 10k.

They also have a Disco Commercial for £4k and a Camel Trophy special for £10k at the moment.

P.

Just how bad was the Roller for 1,500?

Martyn

Twas Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:30:43 +0000 when "Paul S. Brown" put finger to keyboard producing:

I'd appreciate that.

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Twas Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:04:57 +0000 when "Paul S. Brown" put finger to keyboard producing:

Bugger... thanks anyway.

I'm not interested in the other stuff, out of my price range.

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Physically didn't look too bad. The driver seat had sagged a bit. I wasn't brave enough to take it for a run. I don't like winding dealers I may use up and I can't afford to run *any* Roller, just from a fuel point of view (RB40s excepted).

P.

So the ex-MOD 110 Soft Top probably isn't of interest either (£3995 ticket price, but these guys have been known to haggle down a fair bit).

P.

Did you watch Full Metal Challenge earlier in the year? Specifically the car called Octopush that was pretty much 2 RRCs welded back to back.

P.

The gloves are off!

In the left corner, Mr Davies, in the right, Mr Brown. The referee has left the building, the crowd go silent, two petrol station owners flick through holiday brochures...

Martyn

And of course that should have been "Last Year" as this year is only just over a week old. Oops.

P.

Twas Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:13:19 +0000 when "Paul S. Brown" put finger to keyboard producing:

I'm really holding out for a 110 station wagon, I now don't mind about the engine (as long as it's Land Rover).

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On or around Thu, 08 Jan 2004 16:27:57 +0000, "Paul S. Brown" enlightened us thusly:

sadly, no. The TD4 and TD6 became BMWs.

It was a nice plan, having 4, 5 and 6 cylinder engines using a lot of common parts like pistons, liners, injectors etc.

But of course BMW already had decent (FSVO decent) oilburners in the 2-litre

Mind, I see in the CAR mag that opel's tuning boys are planning a twin-turbo

On or around Thu, 8 Jan 2004 11:07:24 -0000, "Badger" enlightened us thusly:

that's about it. The only thing that went wrong with that on mine was using the RR auto box and BW transfer box meant that the rear prop needed lengthening about 2".

and the rad on mine wasn't up to a V8, tended to overheat. Mind, it was an old rad and may have been no good anyway. Replacement V8 rad from paddock has solved it though.

The 101 gearbox is necessary, or at least its bell housing and first motion shaft, otherwise the sump fouls the front axle. Either this or you move the gearbox back and have a short rear propshaft. The oil filter needs remounting to get it out of harm's way also.

AJH

No NO NO!!!... you need to be looking for a 4.2 or 4.6 Auto landrover something being broken (rangie/disco).... get the engine and box and ancillaries complete... bung them in the 101 as per Plan A.

Now then... what spares do you have.... a v8 With Mallory Dizzy and new leads which has a 101 manual gearbox ( the diff lock can be sorted in the swap) and fits nice in the new IIa... all you need then is to put higher ratio transfer gears in (doesn't yours alreay have them?) or bung on some

This way two of the fleet get an upgrade and you have a SIII gearbox and diesel engine to play with / sell. In fact use these to fund a stage 1 front axle and servo/master cylinder for the constant 4x4 and brakes. And as far as her in doors is concerned it's just an outlay for the 101 which has already been aired in the past.

God I'm good. I may go this Route with Percy when I rechassis him in a few years to come.

;-)

Lee D

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My view has always been rather the same as with kids 'hand me down' toys. Grumble gets the 5.2, Bungle then gets the 4.6, the 3.5 from Bungle goes in Ziggy... If there were an easy way to convert our Disco from a 200Tdi I'd include that in the hierarchy too...

Martyn

Although generally a sound observation, there are a number of other ways to achieve this.

Martyn

Tell us more about them then.

AJH