Cheers fellas, all sounds fairly straight then. My old lass has got very tired now, supping fuel like no tomorrow due to being toed constantly to get anything out of it. At present its struggling to hit 60 and wont go over 70 at all to give you a clue how low compression is!
My thinking was, the motor needs a total overhaul anyhow, so why not go for a tad more grunt that the bigger motor has, so here we are.
Ladies ladies ladies................................................................
stop bickering and give the man some tips on how to install his 3.9.
Your carbs will work fine - you MAY have to put bigger jets in - wait and see.
You will have more torque, more power, and if you put in a 1.2 transfer case a much nicer drive as well - probably more economy too..................
I take it you have an LT85 gearbox - stick with that.
Cheers for that, my carbs are actually from a P6 Rover Car, so guess they maybe ok to try as the origionals were shot. Either way if I go with a carb set up, I have a feeling an overhaul/re-jetting may be a must.
As for box, she is running the 85 as standard station wagon so I guess I got the right box, but not so bothered about the extra ratio as this ole girl only does about 1000 miles a year.
It's not hard. The 3.9 is the same size and the wiring for the ECU etc is easy if you have the wires labled up but if you have a wiring diag it's not difficult to sort out. I have SUs on my 3.9 and it goes well although I have rebuilt and rejetted them. I think they were BBW jets but I will have to check. Keep the 3.9 dizzy as it's electronic and I swapped the alternator to replace the aircon pump to keep thinks low and neat. Might need a remote oil filter if you haven't already got one.
Nop - totally wrong - they were BCG needles
Cheers, looks like the leccy shouldnt take too much sorting then if I can pick up all the bits with another motor.
Deciding which way to go now is the difficult one
Perhaps see if I can find a good motor
with all the leccy bits then go from there. Seems to be lots of folk seem to want to sell the lump without the ecu etc, so if its one of them, carbs it will be!
Cheers all for your help fellas
