Yeah, central west NSW. Don't know anything about Nissan's I'm afraid. Haven't had anything to do with them for over thirty years, so I can't help you. You are right about the Isuzu engine though - when I got my 110 I was recommended to avoid the five speed boxes as they are marginal with the Isuzu engine. My 110 is now approaching 400,000km with the engine still going strong. JD
I used the OHC engine from the SD1 simply because I had it kicking around, no other factor came into it! Badger.
lucky bugger. i piss-fart around in the series 3, then get to thrash around in mums beautiful 1997 hyundai excel. motoring at it's finest i tell you. after the landy, that thing feels like a formula 1.
Sam.
My previous car was (still is, haven't got rid of the bugger yet) a conked out diesel landcruiser, that had quite a smoking problem. big plumes if you give it a little with the right foot. Little did i know i was upgrading to a car that didn't smoke, but had a terrible drinking problem. haven't done any proper tests yet, but she seems to chew through about 20 litres per hundred. Not my idea of efficient. i suppose the 3.0 would only be worse.
Sam.
My daily driver is a 2.4 diesel Hilux - my 3.3 Holden powered Series 2a seems like a rocket in comparison! Still, the Monaro is nice to play in
- especially as it's the version badged as a GTO by the good people at HSV, so it's got the 300kW engine and better yet it's a manual.
How did your missus manage that for a company car?? i thought company cars were toyota camry's and other "sensible" cars.
Sam
She's senior enough to have been offered something high-end and European (like a 7-series BMW). She was told she could have pretty much what she wanted that could be leased for the same money (and I got to make the decision) - it would have been one of Solihull's products except they don't fit in the parking building at her work, so HSV it was.
However the lease is up before long so I'll have to come up with a different idea - it's a bit hard on rear tyres for some reason :-) . I think the new parking at her work will fit a Defender (I wonder what the company policy on off-road events is, and whether she can get one with a winch).
The 3.0 may actually use less - I think it is higher compression. JD
Discovery LR3 is supposed to have been lowered in height compared to the previous models so that it can fit in parking buildings when the suspension is at its lowest setting.
Maybe it would be worth checking it?????
Take care Pantelis
Yeah, sounds feasible. mind you, wouldn't be hard to up the compression from the piddly 7.0 to 1 that my old 2.6 beast has. (may be the 7.8 to 1 version, i dunno).
on that point, would it have any big effect if i were to shave a couple of thou off my 2.6 head. anyone out there done this?? maybe get the comp up to
8.5 or something. the motor has only done about 60,000 ks so it's not as though i'm flogging a dead horse, just trying to liberate a couple more horses from the old donk, and possibly not have to feed it as much (petrol that is, not hay).Sam.
so i take it you have the 3.9 isuzu and a 4 speed 'box is that right?? what is it like in top gear? would barely get over 90k/hr wouldn't it??
Sam.
Top speed is above 120kph. This installation has a high range ratio of about
0.9:1 in the LT95 to match the maximum rpm of 3200. (The engine has had injectors overhauled and a new thermostat - the gearbox has been overhauled) JD
I don't think it is feasible to shave the head at all on that engine, and if it is, it will not affect the compression ratio since the combustion chamber is formed by the shape of the piston head and the exhaust valve pocket in the block - the face of the head is flat. Differences in compression ratio are given by different pistons. JD
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