im sure disco axles are 24spline
and i imagine your v8s 10 spline??
not sure if you can swap the axle straight over or swap the diff out of your drummed axle and into a disc braked axle not sure someone will tell you soon :D
if your buying new plastic rivits(the things that hold the sill to the body) then get something thin enough to push the centre of the plastic rivet out best way as 9 times out of ten when you remove them using brut force the rivets break anyway
try this link someones breaking one on ebay
rangerover 4.6 v8 engine breaking all parts available on eBay (end time 24-May-10 07:08:40 BST)
but as you have no destination where you live in your user profile we dont know where you are in the midlands
where you have cut and shut it in the middle are you going to put for plates around it ie on on the top both sides and the bottom,
i know i would for a bit more strength anorl