New member hello with 96 LR Disco 5speed!

[revor]

Ahh..back to your discovery, is your 4.6 a stock swap or did you warm it over with a cam/head work etc? do you have a stock computer? also did you put the 4.10's in conjuction with larger tires?
thanks!

I needed more power because i'm running 35's so the gears and the motor "about" even things out.

My 4.6 has a stock cam with slightly ported (more like polished ports) heads. I ran a stock 4.0 chip for a while and then switched up to a Superchip, it made a difference. To make things worse I tossed in a set of 22 lb bosch injectors (for a Ford 302) That helped too.. Then Headers added another improvment but quite noisy.. To make it even more exciting I tossed an early Rimmer blower on it (now this was fun) When the engine was cool I could get a serious 4 wheel "Chrip" going from 1st to second! Fun!!!! Alas I couldn't keep the charge air cool enough and worried about my pistons getting holes in them so i took it off.. A bigger blower and an intercooler woudl help a lot.. I'll save that for the 5.0 I'm having put together The Motor will have big valve heads, be ported and the usual polishing, we're putting in the equal of a real steel torquer cam.. It's a 4.6 crank offset ground to a 3.4" stroke, using 305 cheeby pistonsand custom eagle H beam rods, the compression ratio should be about 9.5:1. Rob Dassler took over for me when I found I couldn't finish it do to time constraints.. It shoudl get worse (than 10) mpg's than the 4.6! But shoudl a boat load of fun to drive..

Either that or I'll dump a 300 in it.. :yikes:

 

[Overland Hadley]

Hi Guys,

Just found out my seat covers from Wet Okole came in!!:jump: I'm going to install them this Saturday, time permitting, and i'll be sure to take tons of pictures and a quick write up!

:xxrotflma

Excellent!

I was going to ask if they had come, or if you were still waiting. I am going to order a pair for my Tacoma soon. Will be interested in seeing what you think of them. They should be better than the coffee creamer and oil you have going now! Please take some close up pics of the fit and detail. Look forward to your report!

 

[rripatti]

this is too funny!

I love your post on your 4.6! I can completely relate on the power need. i actually come from a mustang background and have had three for mustangs. stock 302 injectors are 19lb'ers so you must have gotten the svo (or frpp now) versions at 22 unless the new ford 4.6 runs 22"s?

my final mustang was an 88 with port/polished e7 (stock) heads with 1.94/1.64 valves and kept the compression at around 9.5 with an s-trim vortech. a ton of fun back in the day!

now however i have a 2003corvette z06 (i know i switched camps) for the summer days/fun on the track and my rover is for every day driving, expedition exploration and ofcourse future family exucursions (i'm engaged to be married august 23rd!).

with that in mind, i want to keep it to a mild 4.6 with a torquer cam (increase the curve and not shift it upwards in the rpm band).

with that in mind, how did the superchips turn out? was it a simple plug and play? i wonder because i'm having a heck of a time finding a place that has a chip for a 5-speed disco with a 4.6 swap.

oh well, i can't wait to see if you bore it out to a full 300ci! :bowdown:

Ahh..back to your discovery, is your 4.6 a stock swap or did you warm it over with a cam/head work etc? do you have a stock computer? also did you put the 4.10's in conjuction with larger tires?
thanks!

I needed more power because i'm running 35's so the gears and the motor "about" even things out.

My 4.6 has a stock cam with slightly ported (more like polished ports) heads. I ran a stock 4.0 chip for a while and then switched up to a Superchip, it made a difference. To make things worse I tossed in a set of 22 lb bosch injectors (for a Ford 302) That helped too.. Then Headers added another improvment but quite noisy.. To make it even more exciting I tossed an early Rimmer blower on it (now this was fun) When the engine was cool I could get a serious 4 wheel "Chrip" going from 1st to second! Fun!!!! Alas I couldn't keep the charge air cool enough and worried about my pistons getting holes in them so i took it off.. A bigger blower and an intercooler woudl help a lot.. I'll save that for the 5.0 I'm having put together The Motor will have big valve heads, be ported and the usual polishing, we're putting in the equal of a real steel torquer cam.. It's a 4.6 crank offset ground to a 3.4" stroke, using 305 cheeby pistonsand custom eagle H beam rods, the compression ratio should be about 9.5:1. Rob Dassler took over for me when I found I couldn't finish it do to time constraints.. It shoudl get worse (than 10) mpg's than the 4.6! But shoudl a boat load of fun to drive..

Either that or I'll dump a 300 in it.. :yikes:

 

[rripatti]

Hi Hadley,

Absolutely! I plan to take pretty detailed pictures. I'll start with how it comes in the box, and unfold the various components, take pics of my interior as it is now, the process of installing it and the final end product. i'm hoping it won't take more then 4-5 hours, but we'll see!

and you will not belive it, but despite the hours i spent with oxy car cleaner and fabreeze, the car still has the occasional scent of creamer! can't wait to put these seats in!

Excellent!

I was going to ask if they had come, or if you were still waiting. I am going to order a pair for my Tacoma soon. Will be interested in seeing what you think of them. They should be better than the coffee creamer and oil you have going now! Please take some close up pics of the fit and detail. Look forward to your report!

 

[sinuhexavier]

whoops, almost forgot, is one of those disco's yours? if so, which one? what are you mods so far? Have you had any reliability issues with the 5-speed? mine's been flawless so far but am curious to see how it will hold up with the 4.6L swap plus torquer cam i'll be installing.

Mine is not in that pic, I'm actually standing on top mine to shoot the pic...

Here is mine...

I use mine mainly to get out and rock climb, canyoneer or hunt rock art on the Colorado Plateau, so my engine is bone stock with all mods being for safety and travel considerations. The best mod as far as I'm concerned is the box in the back. The left drawer holds my kitchen, and the slot holds all my sleeping equipment. The box holds two 1650 pelicans with OEM LR tie downs.

Here is a list of mods I have done that have served me well. John and Ho from Expedition Exchange along with Steve Rupp, Rob Davison and Marc Olivares have all been invaluable in helping me build a truck that has everything I need and not a thing I don't.

ARB Front bumper
Rovertym HD Springs
OME HD Shocks
EE Shackle Mounts
EE SS brake lines
EE Double Jerry Can holder
Warn 9000 Winch
Synthetic Winch Line
Olivares Spring retainers
Olivares Sliders
Olivares Steering dampener reloc kit
U-Joint Conversion
ARB 45qt fridge
Safety Devices Low Profile Rack
6 IPF 900XS Aux. Lights
Optima Yellow top battery (being replaced w/ odyssey)
D2 Rearview mirror with map lights
D2 Convex DS Mirror
Custom drawer unit in the back

Soon to change:
BFG AT
Olivares rear door fold out table

This is the back of Steve Rupp's D1 Photo by John Lee

 

[rripatti]

Hi Sinuhexavier,

Thanks for posting the pics and description of your rig. A very well thought out and comprehensive upgrade. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind:

1. As I have the entire OME HD package I'm curious as to how your RTE HD springs work with the OME shocks?
2. Do know approximately how much heavier the ARB bumper is compared to stock and did significantly affect the handling of the rig both off and onroad?
3. How was the steering damper relocation kit install? was it pretty much bolt on?
4. what size tire are you running?

Thanks!
Raul

Mine is not in that pic, I'm actually standing on top mine to shoot the pic...

Here is mine...

I use mine mainly to get out and rock climb, canyoneer or hunt rock art on the Colorado Plateau, so my engine is bone stock with all mods being for safety and travel considerations. The best mod as far as I'm concerned is the box in the back. The left drawer holds my kitchen, and the slot holds all my sleeping equipment. The box holds two 1650 pelicans with OEM LR tie downs.

Here is a list of mods I have done that have served me well. John and Ho from Expedition Exchange along with Steve Rupp, Rob Davison and Marc Olivares have all been invaluable in helping me build a truck that has everything I need and not a thing I don't.

ARB Front bumper
Rovertym HD Springs
OME HD Shocks
EE Shackle Mounts
EE SS brake lines
EE Double Jerry Can holder
Warn 9000 Winch
Synthetic Winch Line
Olivares Spring retainers
Olivares Sliders
Olivares Steering dampener reloc kit
U-Joint Conversion
ARB 45qt fridge
Safety Devices Low Profile Rack
6 IPF 900XS Aux. Lights
Optima Yellow top battery (being replaced w/ odyssey)
D2 Rearview mirror with map lights
D2 Convex DS Mirror
Custom drawer unit in the back

Soon to change:
BFG AT
Olivares rear door fold out table

This is the back of Steve Rupp's D1 Photo by John Lee

 

[rripatti]

sneak peak!

By the way guys,

I managed to install the wet okoke seat covers over the weekend. wasn't too bad of an install though having smaller forearms would certainly have helped...thank god for my fiancee!!

I'm at work right now so i only have time to attach this one picture of the seat covers installed. I think they look awesome! perfect fit, very supportive, don't slide and don't get hot or cold!

more to pics and details to follow :coffeedrink:

 

[revor]

Nice Seat covers!!! I need to find something like that for my PRP Racing seats!!! They smell like... Well everything that soaks into them :Wow1:

As for motor builds ala' Rover/buick.. For a milder build on the 4.6 don't do a chip. You won't find one for a 4.6 D1 anyway because they never made one.. Mines for a P38 and this makes for some interesting check engine lights.No plug and play either. Anytime you change the ECU (or part of it) you need to have a Testbook, rovacom or whatever diag tool to reset the security unit to be in sync with the ECU..

Stick with a crower hydraulic cam for a 215 buick, open up the exhaust a bit and it will go nicely. The computor will adjust and you shoudl have no problems..As it is mine just barely passes emmisions..

Oh yeah, the 5.0L is a go, just building slowly due to lack of time. Pistons are done Rods are done, crank is done.. Gotta send them down to NM to be put together.

 

[sinuhexavier]

Hi Sinuhexavier,

Thanks for posting the pics and description of your rig. A very well thought out and comprehensive upgrade. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind:

1. As I have the entire OME HD package I'm curious as to how your RTE HD springs work with the OME shocks?
2. Do know approximately how much heavier the ARB bumper is compared to stock and did significantly affect the handling of the rig both off and onroad?
3. How was the steering damper relocation kit install? was it pretty much bolt on?
4. what size tire are you running?

Thanks!
Raul

1. RTE Springs work great with my OME shocks
2. My best estimate would be 100lbs heavier. With the HD Springs and shocks it drives great.
3. Super easy bolt on, you will probably need to get your steering aligned afterwards.
4. Not sure what size those are...

 

[rripatti]

Hi everybody,

I've got a bit of time and figured now would be a good opportunity to do a quick write up on my Wet Okole seat covers. The whole package weighed around 30 lbs and when I opened the box I was amazed at the initial quality feel. The seams are nice and tight, the padding is thick and they simply looked great :jumping:

 

[rripatti]

Before I continue, I want to apologize for the darkness, I went xmas tree shopping with my fiance and did not get back till around 7pm.

But to continue, I brought the seats down to the LR and placed them on the seats. At this point, I was thinking that any rational person would call it quits for a night and start in the morning. But ofcourse ignored rationality and proceeded to install.

By the way, I also attached a couple of pics of my underside so you guys can see the waxoyl coating. Does wonders over here in New England where they literally dump tons of salt on the highway!

 

[rripatti]

Each seat bottom cover has three straps, two front to back and one side to side. They have snap on latches with adjustment straps to place them on snug and tight. Now here is where I encountered a bit of a problem, I'm 6'5 245lbs and I don't have exactly the smallest forearms. It was a pain in the you know what to get my hands/forearms to fit underneath the front seats to even get the straps connected.

Thanks to my fiance (picture also attached) who graciously helped me, I managed got the straps connected and adjusted. The bottom seat covers fit amazingly well, completely form fitting to the seat bottoms and they don't move at all. It practically looks like I recovered the seats :clapsmile

 

[rripatti]

Unfortunately I started to run out of space in my camera so I didn't post pics of the back seat covering. They were extremely easy to do in comparison to the fronts as they fold down and flip forward for very easy installation of the snap straps. The tops of the back seats simply slide on and attach with very high grade velcro.

Now the front covers also slipped on relatively easily with the exception that it was an absolute bear to get the bottom halves to stretch enough to velcro together. Took me about 30 minutes to force and "massage" the covers to velcro together.

As I have the manual adjustable seats, I was very apprehensive about cutting my brand new and very expensive seat covers to fit the knobs. I initially tried to disconnect the knobs but I couldn't find the snap ring or any internal screw and from what I read on discoweb, they are removed from internally which I did not want to do.

So I cut a slit about half the diameter of the top adjuster knob and wrestled the knob through the slit. The neoprene material is amazing, its very resistant to tear and I have every confidence that it will not tear further then the original slit i did. For the larger reclining knob, I decided it was not worth the huge slit and simply adjusted the seat cover around the knob. Since the knob is at the very bottom I think it turned out nicely.

The seat covers themselves virtually transform the interior, making it look much classier with the piping and ribbing combined with the Land Rover logo. the covers themselves feel neither cold nor warm from what I have experienced so far and the best part is that after sweating like a pig on the gym, they remain impervious to sweat and stench!:luxhello:

I dig these seat covers so much i'm considering having them custom do my headrests!

Next on my to do list will be the wheel spacers, 4.6 liter swap and finally the bgf at ko's!

From my initial impression, i heavily recommend these seat covers despite the hefty initial price. Let me know if you have any questions!

 

[Green96D1]

those look good.

I like um:wings:

 

[bovw]

Looking good!