performance land rover 2.28 petrol engine

[neilsfishing]

Hi
My boy has just aquired a 1968 series series 2 which we will restor, I was wondering what the hp was on the engine, I have dirven it and I know its not a lot
Thanks
Neil

[BLUETHUNDER]

From new they ranged from 67-74 bhp.

[budrover]

Speak to Rowland at ACR.

Besides doing the majority of engines for off road racers, he does a lot of tuning on the 2 1/4 petrol and alway dispatching complete tuned up engines to the States and Europe.

http://www.automotivecomp.com/landrover_perf.html

[100SRV]

I'll second that - fitted an ACR performance plus kit (cylinder head, inlet manifold, lumention) to what was a slow 7:1 compression ratio Series One, now it sounds like a rally car and has plenty of get-up and go. It will do an indicated 60mph on level road with 32" diameter tyres and the overdrive engaged, plenty for something with no seat belts and non-assisted drum brakes!

[topsparks]

Stick an LS6 in it Neil!,but be warned stopping will be interesting!

[300bhp/ton]

neilsfishing said:

Hi
My boy has just aquired a 1968 series series 2 which we will restor, I was wondering what the hp was on the engine, I have dirven it and I know its not a lot
Thanks
Neil

Is it diesel of petrol?

HP and performance is not these engines strong points. If you really want more poke look at either a V8 or Tdi conversion. Suspect it'll be cheaper and far more affective than anything you can do to the old 2.25 units.

[neilsfishing]

300bhp/ton said:

neilsfishing said:

Hi
My boy has just aquired a 1968 series series 2 which we will restor, I was wondering what the hp was on the engine, I have dirven it and I know its not a lot
Thanks
Neil

Is it diesel of petrol?

HP and performance is not these engines strong points. If you really want more poke look at either a V8 or Tdi conversion. Suspect it'll be cheaper and far more affective than anything you can do to the old 2.25 units.

Its not performance I want to increase, I was just curious, the idear is as this landy is so good, is to put it back as it is now but with a good chassy and fully working.
A tomb rader project will folow with a V8