Hey guys,

I sold my jeep and currently driving around in a little subaru...man does this suck ;)

Anyway, I've been noticing that '96ish Disco I have come down to the 6-8k rang with about 100k-125k on the clock, maybe a little more.

The quesitons are, coming from working on jeeps, how hard is the disco to work on? I'm fairly handy with a wrench and fabing things up.

Also, I'm in school so I'll need a fairly dependable rig, I've heard 250k is common for the rover v8s.

One last thing, how hard is it to fit 33x10.50s underneath one? Are the axles up to the load? Will I need any driveline mods? What about gearing?

Thanks,

Justin

search you fawking newbie this has been dicussed several times. Search disco lift, then search rover axle, then search, rover V-8, after that is you still have a specific question go to d-90.com and look at the FAQ. Still confused? Then ask a real technical question here,

-ben

Not only that, but what's with the cross-posting from Dweb?

My answers weren't good enough over there?

Funny how postings can look suspiciously similar...

Hah! A newbie fawking with another newbie and he doesn't even have a Rover yet...

Justin-Ho would say "Just do it!" Buy a rig and you'll quickly see they are easy to work on and will last a long, long time. Might leave you stranded once in awhile, but for the most part, pretty robust.

Paul

Newbie! :flipoff2:

If you can put up with being spanked, come back to POR when you're ready to cut that Disco up.

You won't find any people more friendly to the sawzall than the LR folks here.

Oh, you might want to check out discoweb.org. They have Disco specific stuff there (just don't mention the sawzall).

Yeah, I crossed posted on DWeb :rolleyes:

But I really want to know what it takes to run 33's, I'm not scared of the sawzall in the least bit :flipoff2:

JM

just fawkin search. :eek: you can run what ever the fawk you want, all it takes is time and money. Well an understanding spouse doesn't hurt either.....:p

33s! That's all the further you want to go?
Hell, I'm almost all the way there and I've only done the CB lift (with emphasis on cheap!).

You can put 33s under a Disco with little more than a 2" lift. Won't say you won't break things or have vibrations, but that isn't too extreme.

But, isn't it contradictory to be asking questions about reliability, engine life, etc and in the next sentence discuss 33" tires?

34s may require some upgrades to your axles to handle them, but again, it's not that big a deal to do this with these trucks.

Paul

C'mon JM. If I'm puttin' 36's on a DII, you can at least do 35's on a DI. Just fawking with ya! Disco's are no different to maintain or repair than any other vehicle. Like anything else, if you treat them bad, it comes back at ya!

What engine would you be looking at. If you go with one of the 4.6 V8 beware. For some unknown fawking reason they decided to change the configuration slightly. Ancilleries from earlier V8's won't fit, and sourcing parts for them really means main dealer.

Why do you want a Disco?. Over here they are soccer mums cars. not many go off road. Haven't seen one on bigger tires either. There is a Range Rover near me running 44's, but it has been done badly and looks crap. Crap gas milage too on the V8 Disco.

Originally posted by ARD
Over here they are soccer mums cars.

no different here! (no offense intended towards OS)

buy a series if you want a real truck!

And now for some real answers...

Yep, you can fit 33's on a Disco, it'll cost ya, though. I have 33x12.5's.

http://www.discoweb.org/tompearson/S_IM000087.jpg

You'll want 4.10 gears and HD axle shafts. I have rear HD shafts, but I still run full stock front axles/CV's and keep my fingers crossed.

3" lift and pretty much everything RoverTym sells for suspensions along with Tom Woods custom CV shafts got me there.

They are easy to work on with a lot of online support when everybody isn't in such a mood to be fawkers... :flipoff2:

RVR OVR.

I was just planning to do a 2 1/2" Lift and get some of those flares, like the ECR Disco Project. I'm not afraid of the sawzall and the flares look decent.

I'm also going to run 33x10.50s so I assume things will fit a little better than a 12.50.

How much does it cost to re gear on a rover anyway and can any gear place do it?

JM

Forget the wide-ass tires, just use 255/85-16's, and hack the crap out of your rear door. You can do it with a 3" lift.

If you don't want to hack as much, get a 0.5" a-arm extension for the back and when you order your re-shaped front radius arms from RT, have him make it about 0.5" longer then stock.

If you want to get fancy, get steel wheels with less backspacing to make the tires stick out further and keep your stock turn radius - then you can actually steer the damm thing around those switchbacks without backing up all the time.

Of course, if you want it to be able to get out of it's own way, you'll need to re-gear the axles...about a $800-900 deal + your work.

...and yes, this has all been talked about before ;)

keith
:usa:

Can any gear place do it? Maybe. Gears are expensive, check out the prices for gears on ECR's web page and on http://greatbasinrovers.com.

You should be able to hang onto your stock radius arms and trailing links if you go the flares route. Without the rims Discousaurus mentioned from http://gulfcoastrovers.com (of which I run the 15x7's) you will rub the radius arms a lot and probably hit the fender wells upon stuffing.

On a 2 1/2" lift you will probaly have driveline vibrations which open up a can of worms which will need CV drive shafts and/or modified trailing links and radius arms anyway. There is no "kit" out there which will just solve all your problems and has been tested on 1000's of rigs and honed to perfection.

I have a 3" lift and, RTE castor corrected radius arms, rear a-arm extension, and adjustable rear trailing links. Check out my tech articles on Discoweb for details.

If you are trying to keep the price down and are hooked on the flares, I would suggest a 2" lift, some flares, ECR steel rims (can be added later) and a few prayers to the vibration gods.

Then upgrade your driveline as needed. I would think you could get by with stock axles until you add lockers.

Tom

Originally posted by RVR OVR
You should be able to hang onto your stock radius arms and trailing links if you go the flares route.
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Then upgrade your driveline as needed. I would think you could get by with stock axles until you add lockers.

Tom

Of course, when you do add lockers, turning those aggressive 33's will mangle your stock trailing arms instantly on the first rock ledge.

As a point of interest, I've been running 32" GY MT-R's on a 3" lift with Detroit locker rear, Detroit Tru-trac front, GBR heavy duty axles and $G 4130 trailing arms for quite a while and am no stranger to breakage...same with RVR OVR :D

You can spend now or later, your choice :p

keith
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