Re: SER1 Su carburettor

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Tony, you are right !

The left hand wing was not prepaired to hold the air cleaner, but designed 
to hold the extra battery.
Chassis number shows a petrol engine and the extra space for the battery 
came in handy to fit the air cleaner, because the air inlet on the SU is 
pointing in that direction.
Last week, I picked up a 107 in the UK, which was on sale on Ebay. I bought 
the wreck for its back body, which was missing on my car, and now I can use 
the engine, which is fitted with a Solex carb, as well.
Thank you all for your help!!
Paul, Holland

p.s. Wouldn't it be nice, if  everybody writes his country behind the name?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Gammage" <tgammage@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: SER1 Su carburettor


> Paul
> Does your car still have the plate on the fire wall with the chassis
> number, because the 109 Diesel has a factory mod to the inner L/H wing
> so the extra battery would fit there, could be its been changed to
> petrol engine or a Diesel wing fitted.
>
> Cheers Tony
>
>>>> SMTROY@xxxxxx.xx 11/26/2005 4:07:36 pm >>>
> The 109 is from 1957 and the left-hand wing is factory-prepaired to
> hold the
> air cleaner, so intake air is going across the engine into the SU
> carb.
> Paul.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ian Stuart" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:36 PM
> Subject: Re: SER1 Su carburettor
>
>
>> no.
>>
>> To recap: if the carb is bolted directly onto the head (without an
>> intermediate inlet manifold), then you have a rover 60 head, not a
> land
>> rover head. It's good for 5-10% more power. Rivet-counters will
> notice.
>>
>> If you have an inlet manifold and an SU carb, then you either have an
>
>> elbow, or a modified inlet manifold: the standard land rover manifold
>
>> takes a down-draft carb...
>>
>> see here for a standard head & inlet manifold:
>>
> http://groups.msn.com/TheSeriesOneGarage/ukchriss5586inch.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3607
>
>>
>> Having said all *that* - the only real difference between the rover
> 80
>> engine and the land rover engine is the head (and push-rods).
>>
>> Question ('cos I've deleted your original message): what age is your
>
>> vehicle? The 2-ltr engine didn't come in until '52 - and then there
> were
>> two versions: one with a bypass oil filter and one with a
> pass-through oil
>> filter (which came into production in the late 50's:
>>
> http://groups.msn.com/TheSeriesOneGarage/groverroverproject.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=3989).
>>
>> Hope this helps...
>>
>> P.R. van Houten wrote:
>>> Were new cars equipped with this conversion?
>>> In other words, when I restore the car to its original state, can I
> use
>>> this engine
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>>  Ian Stuart: Code Gorilla, Perl Laghu, & Land Rover fettler
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