In a current British Land Rover Mag, there is a guy who had a 4.2 Liter Straight
Six
Jaguar E-Type (XKE) put in a 1995 110 Pickup. It looks the same, but is very
fast. Interesting but totally irrellevant to the question being asked.
Mark Pilkington
Matt Peckham wrote:
> what kind of a nightmare would it be trying to fit a newer engine like say a
> '98 Jeep 4cyl or a 2000 Jeep V6? I figure the electronics would kill you,
> but I just thought I'd ask... I've seen a couple motors for amazingly low
> prices lately.
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean-Leon Morin [mailto:offroaddesign@softhome.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 1:19 PM
> To: lro@Works.Team.Net
> Subject: Re: LRO: Re: Engine/Trans Swap
>
> Granted, it will happen, but let's say you HAD to always hit a boulder at
> that RPM to get torque and horsepower from your turbo. TeriAnn, I was just
> saying that low end torque is really nice to have, and there is simply no
> replacement for displacement in this case.
>
> Of course, you can use the gas pedal, I just don' t like the idea of having
> to use it all the time. I think some folks have forgotten why I said what I
> did - Adam, who was discussing an SM420/iron duke swap with a turbo kit, was
> asking for opinions. I basically said that he'd be better off for off-road
> with a torquier motor, normally aspirated.
>
> Not knocking the Duke swap, it works well, cheap. But if you are planning on
> running 33" tires, and you want the power that you'd find in a Jeep with a
> six, why turbo a 4 cyl? All you really want is a 6.
>
> J-L
>
> From: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>
> To: LRO list <lro@Works.Team.Net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 10:32 AM
> Subject: Re: LRO: Re: Engine/Trans Swap
>
> > > When is the last time
> > >anyone held a constant 3000 rpms while crawling over a boulder?
> >
> > Oh a couple months ago just to get up a steep ramping bolder. First gear
> > low range 3000 RPM put me at about 4 MPH with gobs of power & torque. My
> > first gear low range final drive ratio is 70.4 and I have 32 inch dia
> > tyres. 1000 RPM puts me at about 1.5 MPH with way more torque than the
> > LR 2.25 produces at peak torque.
> >
> > One thing about having power + a very low ratio is I just about have to
> > drive low range first with the hand throttle. Any bump puts enough
> > movment in my foot to cause the Rover to jump forward. It takes very
> > little throttle change to make very quick changes in velocity.
> >
> > TeriAnn Wakeman Marigold Ltd.
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> > and more
> >
> > http://www.overlander.net/Marigold/index.html
> >
> >
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