V8 Here we come...

Sep 15, 2003 4 Replies

I'm now the proud owner of an ex-Range Rover V8, which will be going into the SIII. The engine in question is from a 1986 Vogue SE, but I've been told that the engine has been refurbished more recently than that and may not even be the original engine. There's a sticker on one of the rocker covers with the details of the refurbisher, so I'll probably give them a call and see what they have to say about it.



I have a few questions for those who know about these things :


  1. The donor vehicle was an automatic, but I am not taking the gearbox. the intention is to use the Milner kit to mate it to the SIII gearbox. Is the flywheel any different from the manual one (once the torque converter is removed)?
  2. I don't want the hassle and complexity of fuel injection, so I want to convert back to carbs. Looking for recommendations, along with a rough idea of cost. In fact, if anyone has cheap-ish, but good condition bits for sale, let me know..
  3. Well, ok - I don't have a question 3 right now - I'm sure it'll be along presently though.

thanks, Andrew


Yes, totally different. You'll need the correct flywheel and will also need to have the end of the crank bushed for the series gearbox input shaft.

If you just put carbs onto an EFI engine, the fuelling will be all wrong. I haven't a clue what carb needles to start with (assuming SU carbs, as no needles are available at all for strombergs) so my best recommendations would be either use the EFI system - they ain't that bad and are easy to wire up to the base vehicle, or fit a carb spec camshaft.

We're waiting.....

No probs. Badger.

On or around Mon, 15 Sep 2003 17:17:26 +0100, "Badger" enlightened us thusly:

every time I see a post from you, it calls this

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to mind.

I blame a fiend who put the link to it in the shedde.

Hahaha, nice one, Austin! Not quite sure just what you're getting at, though...... Badger.

On or around Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:53:04 +0100, "Badger" enlightened us thusly:

wasn't getting at anything. damned thing sticks in yer brain.

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