Rob M
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Mad Discovery.Rob M
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Last Edit: Jun 2, 2017 20:41:38 GMT by Rob M
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alecf
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Jun 14, 2017 12:21:27 GMT
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quite a straight forward swap the landrover 90 in Africa was fitted with the 2.8 engine from a e36 so the bell hosuings for the r30 box do fit the m3 engine. the issues with them is the lack of torque compared to the v8 etc. the m3 lump is used in loads of offroad race vehicles that race with us however generally in a lightweight application. sub 1400kg. looking at it hes done a lot with it to lighten it but the disco is still a heavy lump so id imagine off song its hard to get going.
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Jun 14, 2017 12:52:00 GMT
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I don't think that was a straightforward install at all, have you seen how far back they put it?  its front-mid engined ! the engine is in a vehicle that weighs no more than its original donor, granted with the aerodynamics of a housebrick. |
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Jun 14, 2017 17:49:56 GMT
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Would I be the only one who completely misunderstood the title of this thread.
Clicked on the link expecting it to be something about a shed full of rare/cool
old cars being found somewhere.
Nice surprise though.
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alecf
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I don't think that was a straightforward install at all, have you seen how far back they put it? its front-mid engined ! the engine is in a vehicle that weighs no more than its original donor, granted with the aerodynamics of a housebrick. I perhaps typed that wrong, I'm around these things daily, to me its straight forward, moving the engines and boxes back in these is mega common, my old on (purple thing in the picture to the side) was about 12" back, that was a rover v8. the engines and boxes can be moved along the chassis anywhere with just the rear prop to take into account for length and angle, being 100" wheelbase means he can go back 16" or so. When the r380 gearbox was out landorver had the p38 range rover with the bmw lump in, so the m3 engine bolt patern mounts to the r380 box, I looked into it before I fitted the 1.8t engine into mine as I wanted to use an r380 box as the transfer box issues I had would of been eliminated. We see alsorts of engines and boxes in the landrover based race vehicles we use. To me the swap is straight forward, not easy but in comparison to the 1.8t vw engine to a Nissan 350z gearbox to a landrover remote lt230 transfer box it would of been an easier route. anyhow its an awesome bit of kit and looks very well put together. as for weight not sure what a road spec m3 weighs but a discovery even stripped will be a lot heavier, plus the m3 engine wasn't trying to move the lt230 4wd transfer box and the huge power sapping diffs and shafts. not knocking it as it works but these car engines we fit in these daft things need to be on song all the time or there flat. at the weekend just passed there were 3 M3 powered cars racing, all off them at the point I was marshalling at if they didn't quote get the corner right and were off the sweet spot they were bogging down torque wise. |
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Aug 27, 2017 12:32:03 GMT
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Having just seen this, I feel it worth pointing people in the direction of my 110. Recently fitted with an M52 B28, and by all accounts it's an excellent engine in a Land Rover, it goes VERY well, has a fairly flat torque curve (pulls away in 2nd quite happily) and can only be described as having plenty of power. If it had the M3 lump that's in this Discovery -and some suspension alterations- it really would be an untimate sleeper. The build thread is here, photobucket hosted images so you might only see the YouTube links. retrorides.proboards.com/thread/185527/1988-land-rover-station-wagon |
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its front-mid engined !
