The CycleChat Large SUV Owners Club thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

Forgot something else from yesterday
Whilst l was driving up Edgerton Road/A629, in Huddersfield

A (full size) Range-Rover (‘74’ plate?) turned in front of me, into a side-street
Was it my imagination, or do they have ‘rear-steer’ now?

If so, it’s one way of disguising the size of them, when manoeuvring/parking

 

[Venod]

View: https://youtu.be/pRxM_itLyRQ?si=gyL0zmYzwYoax4_h

 

[Drago]

View: https://youtu.be/pRxM_itLyRQ?si=gyL0zmYzwYoax4_h

If Toyota or Hobda did that I be thinking, "great stuff!"

JLR do it and I think to myself, "that's going to cost a packet when it inevitably breaks."

 

[DRM]

P6 was about 135 (I had one), SD1 about 155 in cooking trim with carbs.

I don't know why the engine was derated for the stage 1, but it assuredly was...

https://www.stage1v8.org.uk/tech/Factory_Spec_Frame.html

IIRC it was a big drop in compression ratio and smaller Stromberg carbs instead of SUs. Possibly done to make it more tolerant of lower quality fuel when used abroad, but that's just a guess.

Plus, iirc it would have better/more usable torque, with less power, or perhaps that's just nonsense that has stuck in my mind

 

[Drago]

I'm not sure about more torque but it would probably be less peaky and, as you say, more useable. The Rover V8 was never an ideal engine for this sort of vehicle, at least not an everyday one used by grownups.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

P6 was about 135 (I had one), SD1 about 155 in cooking trim with carbs.

I don't know why the engine was derated for the stage 1, but it assuredly was...

https://www.stage1v8.org.uk/tech/Factory_Spec_Frame.html

IIRC it was a big drop in compression ratio and smaller Stromberg carbs instead of SUs. Possibly done to make it more tolerant of lower quality fuel when used abroad, but that's just a guess.

To cope with lower grade fuel, plus a lower compression ratio
There were also airflow restrictors in place

Even with the introduction of the ‘One-Ten’ & front discs, it was still restricted to 114BHP
Later models, like my old ‘E plated’ 90CSW-V8 had SU carbs & 134BHP

EDIT @ 18:20
There's a feature about the low performance of a Stage 1, in the present issue of https://www.landrovermonthly.co.uk, but my copy's in my locker at work, & I'm on annual-leave till 5th March

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

LS3 engined (Corvette/6.2 litre - Yanks use the same measurement, unlike their gallon), with a 2.7litre displacement supercharger (bigger than the original diesel!)
Looks like one of the Mahker machines?

https://mahker.com/


View: https://youtu.be/Ho0nEuSwPjw?si=HZp3-1N-O4VhUeFa


@Drago
Buy one for a project XC90? (there was a petrol V8 version, wasn't there?)
https://roadcraftuk.co.uk/product/ls3-crate-engine-495hp/