[Spridgets] Orvis Landy

Guy R Day grday at btinternet.com
Sun Oct 17 04:57:30 MDT 2010


There were several hundred Ford V6's fitted, similar weight to the Land 
Rover 4 pot and top end around 500 rpm above the slugs engine.  It was 
probably the best alternative engine for the Series vehicles
It is a vehicle with a huge engine bay that would fit just about anything in 
it with little bodywork mods.  Perkins diesels were another good favourite 
but the larger powered ones only had low revs at the top end.  You needed 
the o.d. and swap the diffs (pumpkins) with those from a Rover 60 to give a 
higher speed.  Using 7.50 tyres with the bigger radius instead of 600's was 
another common thing.
I was quite involved myself at one time.

Guy R Day



----- Original Message ----- 
From: WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com
To: grday at btinternet.com ; peter at nosimport.com ; spridgets at autox.team.net
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Orvis Landy


Too much boost in relation to the CR will kill anything.  I didn't know 
anyone ever put Ford V6s into Landies.  Guys down the road from me are 
heavily into them, mostly SWB and one had a Perkins in it.  Seems like just 
about anything can be swapped into anything.

Weslake-Monza 1330

In a message dated 17/10/2010 07:48:12 GMT Daylight Time, 
grday at btinternet.com writes:
  Yes, they can.  Have you seen the result of doing that to the 1960's  Land
  Rover 4 cyl,  two and a quarter engine?  It didn't kindly to being 
modified!
  Heads were rather suspect, valves and piston tops would melt and gaskets
  blew much too easily.  The later 1980's engine was better but still ran at 
a
  low boost pressure.
  The O.D. was easily fitted through the gearbox power take off hole and 
would
  work in every gear.  It didn't do anything other than lower the 
acceleration
  rate but it did raise the mpg by 2%.  One of the problems with a Land 
Rover
  was the gearing and aerodynamics of a brick.  You could reach maximum revs
  after a 5 mile run up and still only be doing 60 odd mph.  You rated the
  speed by the vibration of the spare wheel on the hood and the distance the
  front door tops flapped out from the bodywork.
  The most effective mod was to replace the engine.  Most people went for 
the
  Rover V8 but that could eat gearboxes and drive-shafts for fun.  The 3 
litre
  Ford V6 from a Transit or Capri (etc) wasn't too bad and Steve Parker
  LandRovers did a nice kit for this, including a new nearside manifold. 
This
  changed the Land Rover into a vehicle that would accelerate but still give
  you a good useable low end.  It took 2 hours off the journey from 
Manchester
  to Exeter (250 miles).  The top speed wasn't that much better but you 
could
  get up there within half a mile or so.

  Guy  R Day


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