Welcome, Joe.
The best thing about the Rover is it's already set up for trail use.
Admittedly, there are a few things one can do to improve performance,
but by and large you really don't need to do much.
Judging by your post it seems that you have a sensible approach to
off-roading vehicles. My advice to you would be to look for a good
condition 109 pickup or soft top, install parabolic springs and assess
the capabilities for a year or so before doing any major surgery. You
may just be surprised at what it'll do.
There aren't many options for range rover coilsprung chassis bits. Old
Man Emu and a couple others make taller springs, but taller shock mounts
and longer travel shocks are not off the shelf items and there are
serious driveline issues involved in these modifications. The only
advantage is the disc brakes and stronger diffs on the axles, so maybe
you would want to rework the axle case to take a leaf spring.
As to gearing, there are available low-low transfer cases that give rock
crawling ratios for the Series transmissions.
All in all, it isn't really necessary to build up a wild and extreme
Series truck. They get by just fine as they are thank you very much.
-- Bill Adams Motion Graphics/3D Design Director IBB Broadcast Design Center, Washington DC badams@ibb.gov 202-205-96381966 Land Rover 2A 109SW Diesel 1981 Honda GoldWing Standard 1963 Pearson Vanguard "Practicing the ancient art of ren-ching"
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