3.5 EFI transplant

Speedball1 · Post by **Speedball1** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:22 am

I am about to remove the above on saturday from a donor Range Rover. I only have access to the vehicle for one day and after that it is being collected as scrap. What do I need to remove with the engine in terms of electrickery?

Regards
Phil

Eliot · Post by **Eliot** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:52 am

EFI wiring loom.
The ecu and a few relays are under the drivers seat, unplug it and thread it all the way back through the bulkhead.

Dont forget to grab the ignition coil and surrounding wiring and try to label and photograph stuff, because you will appreciate it when your'e trying to remember where all the pipes and wires went.

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:25 pm

The EFi loom is separate to the car loom - but make sure you cut off the bit on the car loom that plugs into it, so you can keep the loom itself standard (makes swapping things around easier).

Get as many hoses, clips, etc. Might be worth getting the whole fuel plumbing caboodle, pump as well unless it's an in-tank jobbie.

Get as much exhaust too.

Chris.

Speedball1 · Post by **Speedball1** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:51 pm

I already have a 3.5 on carbs. I had just finished putting it back together but it is clearly something wrong with 7 & 8 - very tight. Have been offered a 'good-un' from under a bonnet in a car thar has terminal rot. I didn't think £200 was too bad for 'all I need to make it go'. I have never had dealings with an RV8 on EFI so wasn't sure. It sounds a damn site easier than the sequentially injected Honda Blackbird bike engine I put in my Fury. I retro fitted Emerald and had to take oscillocope traces of cam and crank to get it to work. 150% bhp at the wheels from a 1100! 0 - 60 in under 4 secs