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Where did you get this pic I haven't installed one personally but I did talk to aa and they said they have sold a few for the d1 and you do have to modify the drive line what kind of angle because with 5 inch sus and 3 inch body I already have a good angle
Hey Dirty how do you expect to get a good crawl ratio sorry but atlas makes probably the best tcases on the market
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jdcline78 said:
Took that pic on a Jeep I helped do a little building on. http://www.virginia4x4.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=31
The Atlas will not work on the Rovers. It's not made in a way to where it would even begin to fit. Even if AD made a kit to mount the Atlas to the Rover Transmission, you would need to do some axle swapping as well. And, in the front, I don't even know if that would work without a new cross member, etc....
Ashcoft made a reduction box for Rover at one time. I'm not sure if you can still get it or not. It seems like a year ago the buzz started back up about his boxes and a few more were made. I think they were in the $3,000.00USD range.
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kennith said:
You know it's funny, Kennith. All the Rovers I've ever seen in person, including 100's at a time at the MAR events, I've never once seen a supercharged or turbo charged Rover. So, how can "lot's of people" do it? I've seen pictures of one truck with a supercharger that claims to still be running.....
I have only ever seen two d-90s ( yellow zebra stripped one and a white one ) running a supercharger and my understanding from reading the posts about one of them on D-90.com was that it took lots of time, fixing and $$$ to get it to work right.. I've never seen/heard about one in a Disco and I could only imagine that the extra weight would kill the driveline even faster with the extra HP...
To me the amount of money and work to get the extra HP reliably isn't worth it.. By the time you ripped every thing down to do the job right you might as well just build a custom rock buggy to house your new engine, trans, transfer case, under drive, axles, and so on...
To me the amount of money and work to get the extra HP reliably isn't worth it.. By the time you ripped every thing down to do the job right you might as well just build a custom rock buggy to house your new engine, trans, transfer case, under drive, axles, and so on...
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Just because you haven't seen them, doesn't mean they don't exist. This motor can use forced induction. Now, I'm not talking about a huge supercharger rising above the hood, here. I'm talking about a relatively low boost system, and the mods to use it effectively and reasonably. You can go wild with it, but then it does get very expensive, just like anything else.
Turbocharging seems to be the method of choice, though.
Personally, I'm pretty happy with the power my Disco has.
I don't know about that Atlas. I imagine it would neccessitate a hell of a lot of work, but if someone wanted one bad enough... I think in that case, I'd rather go with the Ashcroft underdrive.
Cheers,
Kennith
Turbocharging seems to be the method of choice, though.
Personally, I'm pretty happy with the power my Disco has.
I don't know about that Atlas. I imagine it would neccessitate a hell of a lot of work, but if someone wanted one bad enough... I think in that case, I'd rather go with the Ashcroft underdrive.
Cheers,
Kennith
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If Dan hasn't seen it, then it doesn't exist. There was a supercharged D90 at MAR in 2003.
The sprintex superchargers were so subtle in their installation that many dealers didn't even notice it was there. The alternator being moved to the opposite side was the biggest clue. Just because there isn't a scoop on it doesn't mean it doesn't have something under the hood.
The sprintex superchargers were so subtle in their installation that many dealers didn't even notice it was there. The alternator being moved to the opposite side was the biggest clue. Just because there isn't a scoop on it doesn't mean it doesn't have something under the hood.
Gary Grey at Exotic 4x4 in Indy just had a lightweight in his shop with a turbo- most unusual... Many of my customers work for holset turbo chargers- I asked them if it would be possible to install one on the disco- after a good laugh they said no.
Perhaps that's because they build turbos for very specific Diesel applications. They have their marklet covered. Either that, or they thought you meant grabbing something right off their shelf and expecting the bolts to match up.
There is absolutely no reason it can't be done on a Disco, and as a matter of fact, it has.
Cheers,
Kennith
There is absolutely no reason it can't be done on a Disco, and as a matter of fact, it has.
Cheers,
Kennith
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It was popular for a few years to turbo lightweights- got 'em up to a hair over 100hp. Manifolds are hard to come by for that now though.
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Was on the phone with D&D. Superchargers and Rover/215 Buick engines do not mix.
It's been done, but is a major waste of time and money. A motor with double the HP, double the torque, and double the longevity can be built with less money, time, and tuning.
It's been done, but is a major waste of time and money. A motor with double the HP, double the torque, and double the longevity can be built with less money, time, and tuning.
That same motor can be topped with a mild forced induction system and function flawlessly.
Personally, I like natural aspiration, and I like only one fuel source. That's just me. I do have the ability to recognise, though, that other forms of gaining power are just as good.
A supercharger or a TT setup is perfectly fine, if done properly. So is nitrous, it's just not the best choice for highway power or wheeling. Internal modifications are my preferred path.
I'm not going to argue with a brick wall about it. Agree or not, that's how I am saying it. And that's how it ends.
Cheers,
Kennith
Personally, I like natural aspiration, and I like only one fuel source. That's just me. I do have the ability to recognise, though, that other forms of gaining power are just as good.
A supercharger or a TT setup is perfectly fine, if done properly. So is nitrous, it's just not the best choice for highway power or wheeling. Internal modifications are my preferred path.
I'm not going to argue with a brick wall about it. Agree or not, that's how I am saying it. And that's how it ends.
Cheers,
Kennith