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Pickles



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Depends how much trouble you want to go to, & how much reaearch you want to do, & also probably most importantly, how "cluey" you are & how much you can do yourself,...and last but certainly not least, how much d'ya wanna spend?!
Anyway, if it was possible, you could not make a better choice than the GM 6.2L LS3. A lazy, very simple, freely available engine, not hi tec, and with good old fashioned power & torque,....ya'd be looking at around 300KW & 600NM,....an absolute ripper of an engine.
There was an article in a UK magazine a while back, the guy was on this forum, where an LS3 had been placed in a 90,...with spectacular results.
Think about it, Pickles.
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jomara



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Hi Pickles, Twisted are in the process of building a pair of Defenders with LS3 engines

https://fbcdn-photos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hpho...878f00f881

And Urban Truck have their version, the RS with over 500bhp and a push button automatic transmission



The LS3 seems to be getting more common as a transplant Cool 2014 110 2.2TDCi XS Station wagon
1971 Bowler Tomcat 88 4.2 V8 Auto
2022 110 D250 XS Edition - Gone
2024 110 D250 X-Dynamic HSE
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Pickles



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Yes, the LS3 is a really practical engine. It has a bullet proof bottom end, & it'll take a lot of punishment.
It produces great power & torque, and ya don't have to rev it.
And if 300KW is not enough, there are huge amounts of "hot up stuff", cold air intakes, heads, exhaust systems, camshafts etc etc, and perhaps one of the easiest & most effective, superchargers, to get you to 500KW+ easily, if that is your needl
Heaps of these running around, mostly in Commodores, in Aus, making 7/800HP+, and could still be driven to Church on Sunday, by a little old lady.
Pickles.
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dazzx10r



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Interestingly, the new Wildcats are powered by a supercharged Jaguar V8. It's a good lump, all alloy block you can find them all over the place. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_AJ-V8_engine
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Fozzauk



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So I have bitten the bullet and gone for a 4 litre Tvr chimera engine. The 5 litre was double the price and would end causing a lot more work upgrading the whole drivetrain. So more money left in the kitty for other jobs!

Going to have a bash at fitting the puma bulkhead and dash whilst the engine is out.
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Fozzauk



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So I have now ended up with a 5 litre TVR engine as the breaker couldn't supply me with an ecu for the 4 litre and I got sick of waiting for it! The puma bulkhead and engine are in with just the wiring to complete now.

Does anyone have or know where I can get a loop drawing for the 5litre TVR V8 engine and ECU, I have the puma one for the dash but struggling to find one for the TVR?
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mikeh501



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Which ECU is it using? Gems?
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Fozzauk



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I don't think its a GEMS, It has the following info on the ECU "AMR2175 14CUX Land rover 80405"
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mikeh501



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that would make it a "hotwire" setup i think. im no expert. muddling through my own v8 conversion Mr. Green
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need4speed



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In which case do yourself a long term favour by junking it, and using Megasquirt.
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Fozzauk



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I emailed megasquirt last week as they don't list the 5 litre lump and haven't heard back from them yet?
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Inigo



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Have you tried http://www.megasquirt-v8.co.uk/index.php

Nige is very helpful and knows his stuff. Has squirted assorted versions of Rover V8s.
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need4speed



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^^^ what he said ^^^

The fact that it's 5 litre will make no difference.

Nige aka Hybrid From Hell over on LR4x4 is very helpful and will sort you out.. Cool Tell him I sent you.
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Fozzauk



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Surely the 5 litre will need a different map to to 4 litre?
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Fozzauk



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Ignore that last post, had a more indepth read of the megasquirt thread!
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