Not really my kind of off-roading. Backing up 20 yards and going forward 20 yards over and over again doesn't seem like a lot of fun. But hey, to each their own. That said the dude does have a pretty nice looking Disco. Thought some of you here might enjoy checking it out, although he does employ the dreaded RTT.
Nice Disco...
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That gold discovery is pretty sweet. It's the second LR I've ever seen on Ford axles. I didn't watch his build videos, but I wonder if he went hydro assist with the Rover steering box or full hydro.
Years ago there was a RRC floating around the east coast on 39s and Ford axles. If it wasn't full hydro steering I'd have bought it. Trails are an hour plus from my place and full hydro doesn't play well on the highway. Last time I saw it was at a Rover shop in Texas. It began life in Colorado I think, so maybe one day it surfaces for sale back out that way. It was sporting a 3.9 but with low, low, low gears in the diffs.
I used to want to swap an aluminum 5.3 into my 04 D2 until I realized you have to lift them and even then sweat up-travel into the oil pan. If you're building a monster though, it'd be the perfect time to do it. I'd rather have a healthy 4.6 with a defender 1.4 transfercase but there's a million ways to do anything if you have a welder and determination.
Thats unfortunate. Must've been some sick puppies. Were you still running Dexcool or the stock temp thermostat? If you're talking about power, check out any 4.0 Jeep running 40s. They're all over Georgia and Florida. It's all about gearing.
The only stock 4.6 I have these days is a P38 on 34" tires and nearing 190K. It doesn't even know the tires are there. Same for my 4.6 RRC on 35s, but it's heavily modified. I've had 5.3 Chevys knock, tick, lose oil pressure, etc. and a friend had a gen 2 ZL1 grenade an oil pump. There's not much of a safe space in automotive hobby.
Even if I didn't have three 4.6 trucks, I couldn't agree. Those specs give the Discovery 2 a better power to weight ratio than a contemporary 4.7L LC100, and people go crazy for those. This post also links to a video of a Discovery 2 with several hundred thousand miles on it, loaded to the gills, clawing through deep snow on 39-40" tires.
We must just have very different wheeling experiences. I started wheeling around 2009, so I'm not holding an engine that went into production in 1996 to 2023 standards. The 90s Ford, Chevrolet, and Dodge 4x4s that were cheap enough to wheel made similar or less power out of 5.0-5.9 V8s and weighed 500-1000lbs more than a D2. The 4.6 has weaknesses like a lot of engines, but it's not really under powered for it's era.
I know I am jinxing myself but I have been very happy with 4.6 LRs, for what they are. Until the last few years, most of mine were stock too. Sorry you had a bad experience.
I had a 6000lb XJ on true to measure 35s with 5.13s and it was…. Fine? You have to beat the shit out of them to get it out of its own way, but the 4.0 doesn’t care about anything so there’s that.
Gearing adds mechanical torque, it doesn’t add (or replace a lack of) horsepower. I’d want a blower or a LS if I was running a Rover on tons and big tires.