| Author | Message | ||
     Yo!Adrian (Adrian) Member Username: Adrian Post Number: 51 Registered: 05-2002 |
Check this out..I ran accross this site looking for an FC 101 and found these pics: http://www.cruzers.com/~twakeman/LR/JagRover.htm Check out other odd Rovers on this site! | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 872 Registered: 09-2002 |
people do weird shit. check this, for instance... that completely blows me. just found a better photo. | ||
| Chris Marcel (Gumarcel) Senior Member Username: Gumarcel Post Number: 807 Registered: 11-2002 |
Or the viper engine in a wrangler. | ||
| Brian Goodner (Bluewater) Senior Member Username: Bluewater Post Number: 286 Registered: 03-2003 |
what were those people thinking? | ||
| Gabe Kirshberger (Cardboardkiller) New Member Username: Cardboardkiller Post Number: 24 Registered: 05-2003 |
There was some guy around here that put a 383 with a tunnel ram in a cherokee to drag race with. I never saw it personally but people say it was fast, but I always wondered WTF? | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 233 Registered: 01-2003 |
The guy that put the Ferrari engine in the Jeep was Bill Harrah, a car collector of some renoun and a multi-millionaire, and when that really meant something. As I recall he hadon separate occasions crashed both the Jeep and the Ferrari so... Waste not, want not... It was pretty cool back then, considering how underpowered the factory Jeep was. The V-12 in the LR looks fun to. You got to remember that Jags, and Defenders are pretty common in the U.K. and not always held in the same awe and reverebnce as we do here. | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 874 Registered: 09-2002 |
Reed, this is okay as long as one has some engine laying around and time and cash to implement the conversion. however... I don't know details about the rover, but the jeep conversion looks rather dumb to me. the ferrari's V12 has smaller displacement than the (indeed archaic) jeep's V8. I think it would be fair to say that ferrari engine's torque under 1500-2000 rpm is about a half that of the jeep, with all the consequences. i think a jag v12 is not well suited for a land rover, for the very same reason. | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 236 Registered: 01-2003 |
Peter- You said it all in the first line. "this is okay as long as one has some engine laying around and time and cash to implement the conversion." I don't know that it was converted to enhance the Jeeps off-road capabilities, but probably more for the ability to use Nevada's lack of highway speed limits at the time. Mostly I think it was just done for the fun of it. The Jag-Rover conversion may have been done for the same reason. Kenetic Art. -Reed | ||
| Gabe Kirshberger (Cardboardkiller) New Member Username: Cardboardkiller Post Number: 26 Registered: 05-2003 |
I hope he modified the suspension on that cherokee, I get the feeling they might be scary at speed. | ||
| Reed Cotton (Reedcotton) Member Username: Reedcotton Post Number: 239 Registered: 01-2003 |
I believe that truck was a Wagoneer. I don't think Cherokee's were even avalible at the time. I can't remember enough about the Wagoneer's suspension, or know enough about the Cherokee's to say if they were the same or not. Thge picture shows the truck in an auto museum, I am betting it is part of the world famous Harrah's collection, as it was once one of Bill Harrah's personal vehicles (Like they all weren't.) I am sure that the suspension was modified to the state of the art for the time it was built. (By todays standards, that might still be considered poor.) |
