Range Rover P38 diesel conversion

[R-Overland]

Eric is a great Guy, with his parts and help, it will go very smooth... take your time with the motormounts, but I am sure Eric can give you pointers
Just reading through your thread now you got a cool ride
~michael,

 

[ArmyRover]

He is a very cool guy. It's not a bad RRC just needs a little more work here and there lol

 

[R-Overland]

hey I like your RRC a lot... you did an awesome amount of work on her
I used to have an 88... the best thing about it was the manual transfercase

 

[ArmyRover]

The LT230 is in the garage and awaiting transplant lol. I was thinking during the engine swap would be a good time to do it. Anyways back to your build lol

 

[R-Overland]

still a bit of a mess
I will install a serpentine configuration instead of v belt and a late model 6.5L waterpump (more flow)

 

[ArmyRover]

Man you work fast, it's coming along nicely.

 

[R-Overland]

Thank you... but it's not going as fast , as I like it to go

 

[highfructosecornsyrp]

Consider me subscribed...Im slowly doing a similar swap, except, hopefully, with an NV4500 behind the 6.2 spinning a divorced LT230 in, hopefully, a LWB RRC.

 

[R-Overland]

I want to put in either a t56 or a NV4500... that's down the road once this set up runs... I am feelin ya on the LT230
do you have a classic or P38?

 

[spikemd]

Wow, very cool conversion. I am anxious to see how you will deal with the electronics and BECM. The BECM seems to control almost everything on the truck, but I have heard of a guy in Australia that put a Megasquirt fuel injection on his P38 and somehow made it all work. He basically tricked the BECM into thinking it was getting engine data.

Can't wait to see how this ends up...

 

[R-Overland]

to keep it all ' simpler' I changed the fittings to AN

new AN-10 for the engine oil cooler. and AN-8 for the transmission oil cooler

I cut off the original fittings at the cooler side and welded AN fittings on instead

 

[LtFuzz]

Are you gonna put AC in it?

Curious to see where you'll mount the compressor.

 

[R-Overland]

i'll make a adaptor for the bracket and run the PS and ac of the P38 on a seperate sepentine belt. and use the GM powersteering pump for the hydraulic winch

 

[R-Overland]

moved the radiator forward a bit and low and behold the lincoln mk VIII electric fan fit... it is starting to look normal again

 

[ArmyRover]

It's coming along nicely, that lincoln radiator looks like it was made to be there. I'm guessing all the braided hoses on the drive side are for power steering?