Newer cars, old engines

[Triumph Man]

Various topics have been covered over the years as to what new engines people would to transplant in old cars, but what about the inverse? What about old engines in new cars?

To kick off, I’d love to see a rover v8 in a discovery 4 - perhaps a late 4.6 when they just about had acceptable power levels. I think the woofly laziness would suit a discovery 4.

Another one would be either the Yamaha 4.4 v8 or the 3.2 Volvo 6 in the latest S90 - an otherwise great looking executive car saddled with 4 banger donkey engines.

[Triumph Man]

griffsomething said:

Ever so slightly off topic but I’ve always wondered that because the Disco 3/4 and first gen Range Rover Sport share the same chassis underneath, if you could body swap a Disco 4 onto the RRS 5.0 SC chassis and running gear.

Then you’d get the big, practical, and timeless Discovery shape, but with the socking great big V8 instead of a cam-snapping, sooty, rattly diesel.

There's a company called MDRS who have put the 5.0 supercharged V8 in a Discovery... can't remember if it was a 3 or a 4 though.