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Subject: The Rangie, Disco and Defender Owner Daily Digest

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 msg Sender                             Lines Subject
   1  "tchris" <tchris_at_freewwweb.com>     26 Re: Flowmaster Exahust

2 "Gene Sparks" <galleryg_at_techline. 44 Jump seats wanted 3 "Erik Jensen" <nbashst_at_hotmail.co 44 Re: The Phantom drives a Series III 4 "Erik Jensen" <nbashst_at_hotmail.co 13 jobs 5 "Alan Logue" <logue_at_a011.aone.net 25 Disco Headlamp Conversion 6 "Alan Logue" <logue_at_a011.aone.net 23 Plug Leads 3.5 EFi Motor 7 Kevin Kelly <kkelly6788_at_earthlink 39 Land Rover Brakes 8 Kevin Kelly <kkelly6788_at_earthlink 27 Re: Distributor blues 9 "Marc W. Roach" <forfinch_at_s054.ao 39 Where did you get a 4.8 litre?

From: "Marc W. Roach" <forfinch_at_s054.aone.net.au>
Subject: Where did you get a 4.8 litre?
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 11:42:47 +1100

Eric J. asked where did you get a 4.8 litre? > , and also what is the largest engine for a land rover, a 5.0? I want to
get a 7.3L turbo diesel like some big ford trucks have, and outpull a hummer.

Eric,
my 4.8 is a stroked 3.9. 86mm crank kit built in Australia by a South Australian company. With special 20 thou oversize pistons it has a 4.845 litre displacement. The Engine was assembled by John Davis Motor Works (JDMW) in Sydney. The engine is stuffed full of mods to give great torque and good power. Probably around 200kw (270hp) and more than 430nm (320lbf - I hope I got the conversions right) of torque. Its enough to squeak all four wheels if you jump on the gas, and that’s with 255/65 XPC’s. It all works nicely with the active suspension design in Western Australia to keep everything upright in corners, viscous centre diff so a novice like me doesn’t have to think to much. JDMW is testing another Australian product, a viscous diff, front or rear fitment, that may go into new RR - HSE’s in a couple of years. I’ve got my name down for one (diff, not HSE yet). These diffs are currently used in a local High Performance GM product, a GM Holden sports sedan, the diff is called a HydraTrak. The LR housing is a bit tight causing some design issues that now seem to be overcome. Gives all the advantages of locking diffs and open diffs at the same time.

JDMW is a Land Rover nuts paradise. When I had my truck serviced before christmas they had a 6.5L turbo diesel (GM) in a D110, or was it a D130 dual cab, they were just finishing. Some lucky B’s Christmas present. What a great machine and definitely out paces a hummer with the same motor. John drives a 6.5L tdi in a RR classic, plus a supercharged 4.6 beast and builds lots of great stuff to thrill. Nearly everything he makes is designed to go off-road with attitude.

Marc W. Roach
'95 ES disco 4.8L plus

Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 03:13:57 -0500
From: Jeff Goldman <roverboy_at_gis.net>
Subject: Re: Where did you get a 4.8 litre?

At 11:42 AM 1/4/98 +1100, you wrote:

>four wheels if you jump on the gas, and that’s with 255/65 XPC’s. It all
>works nicely with the active suspension design in Western Australia to keep

^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ >everything upright in corners, viscous centre diff so a novice like me

Woah... Please don't tell me this is a Kinetic Suspension system or similar. Although, I thought that was a reactive system and very unavailable. Regardless, what exactly do you mean by "active suspension design"? I've been drooling over Kinetic Suspension's reactive/active suspension system since I first read about it years ago. Is your setup similar, or are we talking Range Rover standard air suspension?

Jeff G.

Boston, MA
1971 88" Series IIA Land Rover - needing frame 1990 Range Rover County - hybrid fodder (ask about parts, especially body) 1990 Eagle Talon TSi AWD - the anomaly, albeit a competently quick 4x4 1991 Range Rover Hunter - basically OME-ified