Range rover 3.9 efi parts - are they useful?

[matt-man]

Hi All,

Ive been offered a range of parts from a 1989 range rver efi for not a lot by a mate before he puts them on ebay. Includes heads, waterpump and various parts like that.

are they any good to me for my 400???

[Wedg1e]

If they're cheap, buy them then pass the savings on to us

[matt-man]

But are they useful?? I assume so...

I think there is a full set of pistons as well...

[HOTTY]

hi matt-man
if you are going to purchase i would buy from you the pedlum chamber (the big silver thing at the top of the engine, this is my explaintion of what i want)
cheers Stephen
OR swap you for a new dash ?

[B@man]

Plenum ? (The thing with the throttle body attached)

I also have pendulum but that's installed in the CD player

[HOTTY]

I want to hear music but not through the cd player (by the way I only have a casette player, that's way the engine is not performing, it's playing the 80's)

[pwd95]

HOTTY said:

hi matt-man
if you are going to purchase i would buy from you the pedlum chamber (the big silver thing at the top of the engine, this is my explaintion of what i want)
cheers Stephen
OR swap you for a new dash ?

I have a spare Hotwire Plenum Chamber if you want it. Make sure yours is a hotwire system though, not a flapper. Put a picture up of your engine from the drivers side. We'll know then.

[adam quantrill]

The water pump is totally different - much longer on the rangey. The rest should be useful though.

[HOTTY]

wyn
unfortunately mine is the old style, not hot-wire
Thanks anyway
Stephen

[ed_crouch]

Spend your money on a Megasquirt2 instead!! I've started fitting my car up for MS2 running, and it's going to be a much better system.

[dwgriffith]

I have a spare Hotwire Plenum Chamber if you want it. Make sure yours is a hotwire system though, not a flapper. Put a picture up of your engine from the drivers side. We'll know then.
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I have a flapper one left from my old wedge spare parts but need a hotwire one.

[B@man]

Is there some major difference between the flapper and the hotwire plenum ?

The only thing I could see is that the Hotwire does not have the useless cold start injector and the back has fittings for the stepper rather than the overrun valve which I am sure can be resolved with a drill and a set of taps.

Is there anything else ?

Edited by B@man on Wednesday 23 December 09:11

[pwd95]

pwd95 said:

I have a spare Hotwire Plenum Chamber if you want it. Make sure yours is a hotwire system though, not a flapper. Put a picture up of your engine from the drivers side. We'll know then.

dwgriffith said:

I have a flapper one left from my old wedge spare parts but need a hotwire one.

Sounds like a plan.....

[HOTTY]

please note pic's of my engine and unusual detail regarding the throttle cable.
I am hoping to alter back to standard(with out to much effort as currently everythings still works)

[HOTTY]

[HOTTY]

[ed_crouch]

That throttle quadrant is from a pair of DCOE carbs. Dont know what its doing on an EFI car - the purpose of those was to ensure that no single point failure could allow the throttles to stick open (i.e lots of throttle closing springs and heavy throttle pedal) - in the days of engine driven fuel pumps and carbs, if the throttles stuck open the car could run on (flat out) even if the ignition was off (often the carbon deposits in the combustion chambers can be hot enough to commence combustion when augmented by the near-isentropic 10ish:1 compression heat.