Thank you YT algorithm! This is gold to me.

Nice work from Tasmania Australia 👍

Hi All, a little update that may help you. It’s been very hot in Connecticut this year. It has been as high as 95 deg. F. a few times. There were a few occasions when my intake manifold temperature would get up around 200 deg f. I ended up moving the radiator in front of the fan and blocked off all other air passages in the grill area. The goal was to keep all the head pressure in front of the radiator, not allowing any of it to bypass the radiator. Objective is to keep A low pressure zone inside the engine compartment, keeping the pressure differential between the front of the radiator and back of the radiator very high. This reduced my intake manifold temp by as much as 15 deg. F. Things are much better now. I love this truck…it puts smile’s on so many faces!

Hey Ed, there are many 'similar' conversions on KZfaq, but this is my favorite: simple, clean and uncluttered under the 'bonnet'. Beautiful Job John 3:16

that’s a fantastic job for sure I just love it 👌 I had a 1976 serie3 109 diesel and now i have a 1982 serie3 stage 1 V8 so I completely understand the need of power 😁😉

I am in awe....this is not a mixed bag of part bins, it has a philosophy behind the build

Just saying hello from Ireland , I think you did an absolutely fantastic job . Beautiful

Well almost completed the project. Maiden voyage yesterday. I followed your example somewhat. New galvanized chassis, Ashcroft R380 5 speed, Discovery II axles, Tom Woods drive shafts, parabolic springs, Old Man shocks, Defender seats, Paint and Coach works completed in base coat /clear coat, Brainard Classics, RT 8, Colebrook, CT. I left the 2.25 engine as stock.

We had a Series III 110 with a 3.5 V8 lump from a range rover back in the day. Loved it

Wonderful work. Congratulations on making a useful Series 3. I plan to go more in the Land Rover direction. Series 3 on 300tdi Defender chassis. Cheers 🍻

Wow! Beautiful

That is just perfect 👌🏻

Stunning

That’s a good looking Landrover well done

i love how you painted the engine the landy green/blue

I had a S.3, Station Wagon fitted with a Holden, GM, 253 V8. In Australia. It had the standard gear boxes & a Fairey overdrive. It was heaps of fun, got great gas mileage & plenty of go. It would sit on, no joke, 70 mph all day. It had a 2" twin exhaust, sounded great. Minuses, wrong torque for steep off road tracks & registration charges got too expensive. Sold it on after a couple of years,but, fun car. cheers.

Very nice Land Rover! Quite an inspiration for mine 😀

Great build. Perfect conversion in a country where fuel is cheap(ish). In Europe you would go broke. If you gone so far why not change the bumpy leaf spring setup to coils from the donor discovery.

Helpful hint, I had to move the rear axle back 1.75 inches to allow for the 18 inch minimal length double cardan driveshaft. I ended up with 18.5 inches. It was close 😬

Update: The body minus the rear cab is in the shop getting painted. Tom Brainard in Colebrook, CT has a great reputation. I kept the 2.25L, she is rebuilt, along with Ashcroft stubby R380 and 5 speed adapter for Series transfer case. All has been installed into galvanized frame. Axles are in but need adjusting, then weld bump stops and axles brackets for springs. Looking at Tom Woods web page, recommendations for rear drive shaft.

Great conversion, excellent vid too - could have really done without the music over the V8 music though. Hope it's still in the collection!

gm sir as we say in jamaica sound wicked great job

The gas struts on the hood are genius! What length struts did you use? Great job!

Very nice work. You are the homo habilis and homo sapiens. Great video. Thanks a lot. Juan from Colombia not Columbia.

Inspirational

About nine minutes in, you will notice I stated 88° but I meant to say 188°.

I like this vehicle very much

Just picked up Disco II axles for the project. The Disco had only 65,000 miles on her. May have to change gearing since these are pretty steep. For the present sticking with the 2.25L. It's in the shop at Lieferts in Torrington. Thinking of a R380 transmission as well.

Nice work. I am in the process of looking for a new/rebuilt engine. Thinking of ACR but shipping has got very expensive. What did you do with your original engine?

The military series land rovers run dual tanks and have a mechanical switchover of the supply and sender units mounted on the seat box.

How tidy is that engine bay. ?Good job. Love the body roll on the blip of the throttle

Thank for the videos. I have a couple of questions for you. The first is how does the carburetor work off road at steep angles? The second question is on your previous ACR engine you used SU carburetors. Are there some benefits to using SU carburetors?

This is one incredible project. I just trailered home a 74 Series III. Body is off. It has the old 4 cylinder set up on a new galvanized frame. A perfect time to consider this approach. So many questions, just how the axles were modded for this set up. I'm in Connecticut.

Hi. I like what you are doing/have done to your landie. One question… what did you end up doing with your old 2.25 motor? I have a series 1 that I am restoring and do not have a motor. If you still have it perhaps we could chat?

Would it work with a turbo 700 with rear tail shaft length Regards Michael

Hi mate. What diffs were those? Discovery?

This is amazing. One of the best S3 rebuilds, so clean and well thought out. Where did you get those wing flares?

wow.... kudos to you for the excellent work.... I'm curious about the transfer case...any modifications to the gear ratio?

Hi my name is Tim I like what you did with the swap. Did you make your own adaptor from the transmission to the transfer case

Hi what did you do for suspension I’m doing something similar I have a series 2 88 but adding an ls2 What did you do for suspension steering etc?

Mint. I've had four, one i made Auto😁😁

Im after a good 2.25 engine what did you do with the old engine ?

Hello love your build! Just wondering what transfer case you are running and if there was any conversion kit needed to run it on the NV4500?? Thanks !!

Where did you get the little corner diamond plate for rear fenders or did you just cut them out yourself? Curious. Tim at Brainard Classic Restorations is getting ready to paint the 88.

I wanna do this when the 2.6 conks out, if it ever does.

Love the gas strut idea, what vehicle are they from and their lift rating, great vehicle and conversion you have there.

The Chevy engine looks great, what happened to your ACR performance engine? Did it last or did it brake? Interested to find out why you changed it. J

love it

Hi, I really admire your build. Would you consider building a second one?

I've got a series 3 landrover, running a 350 small block chev corvette rocket covers, just took it of gas, runs a 9inch ford ls diff. It eats

I love what you did here and was thinking of doing something similar on my S2. This question may be too much to ask for but seeing how organized you are you may have it. Do you have a parts list for this conversion that you could send?

Question, What size shackle U bolts did you use with the Discovery II axle?

Silly me, I was thinking of a 215, V8 transplant.

Hey mate I have a sbc landrover with an lt95 transmission I'm interested in what transfer case you used with the nv4500 and if your happy with it

Hi... great job done on your build. Quite an inspiration for mine. Just a quick question, did you have to mod the suspension from leaf spring to coil springs to accommodate for the new engine and disco differentials?

Very nice indeed. If you’re going to deviate from original, why not go mental.

What became of the ACR four cylinder?

Very very nice indeed. For years now I've been trying to figure out what I would do with my 83 SWB pick-up. What you have done ticks the boxes! Especially the transmission choice, as you know its hard to find one short enough, especially here in NZ. Looks and sounds bloody good too. Well done! Who made the adapter from Nv4500 to LR transfer case? Cheers Callum

Nice job😘 Might want to drive a bit slower😬

Omg😮

I was really expecting a South African accent