Hi guys. New to the forum but seeking advice. I hope this query is landing in the right spot.
I'm looking for a new project to keep me busy and i'm all but sold on a mid-1970s Land Rover Series III. I hear they're quite rare in the US, but here in Australia every second farm has one rusting away in a forgotten corner. There's still plenty of neat ones too.
Standard issue in these 4x4's is a 2.25-litre 4-cyl Land Rover engine. Underpowered? Yes, but it's bulletproof and matches the rest of the running gear like a glove. I've investigated scrapping the original running gear for a more modern alternative - basically anything will fit (with encouragement), but you'd want to have a massive budget and fully-stocked toolshed to pull it off. Maybe in a few more years when i'm more familiar with the car.
One immediate improvement I would like to make is the installation of EFI. Without question the carby has to go. There's plenty of aftermarket bolt-on EFI TBI systems out there, but they're all designed for big-cube engines. I'm not sure if they could be adapted or detuned to suit use with a 4-cylinder engine, but a 4-bbl 500+cfm EFI carby on a two-and-a-bit litre engine seems a gross mismatch.
Is anybody savvy with installing aftermarket/DIY EFI systems on a 4-cylinder engine? I'm wondering if I can retrofit a TBI system off an early 90s 4-cyl car, but what options exist? Ultimately mega HP gains aren't my goal, but I do want the MPG gains and linear response characteristics/ offroad reliability of EFI.
Can anybody throw me a bone? Any info or advice would be much appreciated.
I'm looking for a new project to keep me busy and i'm all but sold on a mid-1970s Land Rover Series III. I hear they're quite rare in the US, but here in Australia every second farm has one rusting away in a forgotten corner. There's still plenty of neat ones too.
Standard issue in these 4x4's is a 2.25-litre 4-cyl Land Rover engine. Underpowered? Yes, but it's bulletproof and matches the rest of the running gear like a glove. I've investigated scrapping the original running gear for a more modern alternative - basically anything will fit (with encouragement), but you'd want to have a massive budget and fully-stocked toolshed to pull it off. Maybe in a few more years when i'm more familiar with the car.
One immediate improvement I would like to make is the installation of EFI. Without question the carby has to go. There's plenty of aftermarket bolt-on EFI TBI systems out there, but they're all designed for big-cube engines. I'm not sure if they could be adapted or detuned to suit use with a 4-cylinder engine, but a 4-bbl 500+cfm EFI carby on a two-and-a-bit litre engine seems a gross mismatch.
Is anybody savvy with installing aftermarket/DIY EFI systems on a 4-cylinder engine? I'm wondering if I can retrofit a TBI system off an early 90s 4-cyl car, but what options exist? Ultimately mega HP gains aren't my goal, but I do want the MPG gains and linear response characteristics/ offroad reliability of EFI.
Can anybody throw me a bone? Any info or advice would be much appreciated.
