Range Rover P38 diesel conversion

[R-Overland]

hat to cut the Range Rover motor mounts off

 

[ArmyRover]

I wish I could work and fab as quick as you do.

 

[R-Overland]

I wish I could work and fab as quick as you do.

You can do anything you can Imagine... like Eric quoted...
'if the sky's the limit, how come there are footsteps on the moon?'

 

[ArmyRover]

lol well I plan to follow in Eric's footsteps and put a 6.2 in my RRC Hunter. With his kit the only real challenge will be taking care of the motor mounts.

 

[R-Overland]

lol well I plan to follow in Eric's footsteps and put a 6.2 in my RRC Hunter. With his kit the only real challenge will be taking care of the motor mounts.

The motor mounts are tricky indeed

 

[REDROVER]

when u do put the 6.2 motor. concentrate under the hood, make sure everything is perfectly done , strong radiator, good American fuel pump ac delco alt, etc, trans is secondary, u have many options on that, u can always put nv4500 or t56 that will kick any other diesel land rovers ***, as far as speed and durability

those motors are very strong and reliable , here is an example, my 94 hummer h1 with 6.5 basically the same as 6.2. kicks ***, i wanna see 4x4 that will pull me back to back, my hummer with 6.5 will brake any other trucks drive shaft or transmission , with love lol it has about 150k miles. and will go another 250k miles.

when ppl talk crap about those motors by saying it wont last more than 300k miles it makes me smile, 300k miles is around the globe travel 20 times, and when that motor goes bad after 300k. i am sure i can afford to spend another 2 grand on a new motor.




that's how i think of my rover,

ERIC

 

[REDROVER]

who is this guy? inside the disco

 

[ArmyRover]

Don't know who's truck it is, but the Mercedes air cleaner assembly is a nice touch it almost looks factory.

 

[R-Overland]

Looks like someone in the UK or australia...

 

[ArmyRover]

good call it is a right hand drive Discovery

 

[R-Overland]

This is the adaptor plate I have made to fit between the engine and transmission.

to do this conversion , you will also need a concentric spacer between the flex plate and torque converter.
This part needs to be very exact.

and you will need to make changes to the existing 6.2L flex plate to be able to receive the Range Rover torque converter.

There is a spacer needed between the engine block and the P38 torque converter... The P38 4.6L has a larger torque converter
than the 3.9L or 4.0L

 

[ArmyRover]

Nice looking work!

 

[R-Overland]

thank you how is your project coming along? I think I read you're working on your RR classic...

 

[R-Overland]

This is the adaptor plate I have made to fit between the engine and transmission.

to do this conversion , you will also need a concentric spacer between the flex plate and torque converter.
This part needs to be very exact.

and you will need to make changes to the existing 6.2L flex plate to be able to receive the Range Rover torque converter.

There is a spacer needed between the engine block and the P38 torque converter... The P38 4.6L has a larger torque converter
than the 3.9L or 4.0L

I made some spacers to see what is going on between the components at the required space...

 

[ArmyRover]

Well I have a 6.2 standing by, and I'm getting Eric's old adapter kit so hopefully I'll be following down the diesel path shortly. With his old parts (flex plate and adapters) it should go pretty smoothly once I sort out the motor mounts. I've been reviewing his thread, taking notes on his tips and parts lists, so I'll hopefully get through it quick and painlessly.

It will be going in this RRC along with a few other bits I still haven't installed.

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/52466-Hunter-Build?highlight=