Restoration - Range Rover CSK 1991 No. 120

Cheers guys, I'm a bit of a perfectionist at times, the comments mean a lot :)


G4cE said:
utmost respect to the OP, I am a landrover fan and especially a fan of the Rover V8, so to see the work, time and commitment put into this project is really warming. Was NOT expecting to see this on ocuk this morning, thats for sure.

A request - please upload a video of idle and throttle being tickled, i would love to hear how yours sounds - cheers :)
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As much as it kills me it's laid up for the winter currently but I might need to drag it out of hibernation for a different magazine to take pictures, I'll get some video of idle and a bit of a tickle. I'll also try and get a video under a bit of load :)
 
What was the induction issue? Did you really need to strip it all after you found that, how much were you down?

Excellent read I have to say, I miss my parents 3.9l that I used to rag around the Andalucian countryside :D

Miss the noise. :(
 
Biohazard said:
What was the induction issue? Did you really need to strip it all after you found that, how much were you down?

Excellent read I have to say, I miss my parents 3.9l that I used to rag around the Andalucian countryside :D

Miss the noise. :(
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I had two issues, excessive oil consumption after 3000 miles of running in and also a lack of power compared to what I should have had on paper. It pulled only slightly better than stock BHP for the standard 4.6, and wasn't much better on torque.

During the strip down I found that one of the induction pipes in the plenum had worked loose and fallen over partially blocking an inlet or two and certainly killing the airflow. One of the pipes at the rear is also sitting too high which will cause that air path to be of an unequal distance.

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These pipes are fitted with some glue which does go off over time, I had a spare plenum chamber and pipes so I checked it was all OK, re-glued those that were not and swapped them over.

Having found that I think it will have gone some way to resolving the issue of power, although eventually I'd like to replace them with some nice bigger inlets to match the head porting, that should give me a better top end power when done.

It seems that, for whatever reason, the initial set of rings just didn't bed in properly, the new set seems to be doing so which is a relief!

It certainly drives better now, I haven't had it back on the rolling road yet, if I'm not busy on the next RR day it'd be nice to see what difference in power I'm getting.

I should also tweak up the timing before then :)

Next year I'm taking the Range Rover down to Romania and back for a proper road-trip, so I need to make sure it's all tip-top before then.
 
Heads up again, of you happen to be passing a magazine stand then have a quick flick through Auto Express this week, there's a restoration feature that starts on page 32 featuring me and the CSK. (thanks to Lashout_UK/Lewis for the hook-up).

Here's two of the photos from the last mag shoot;

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The Auto Express guy took the photos with the MGB-GT project in the back ground which was a nice touch I thought :)
 
Very nice

Take a tip from OCUK version of Gok Wan you should loose the faicial hair, makes you look sad (sad boohoo not yo sad man) and the only reason to have that look on your face in that motor is if your on a run and you just glanced at the petrol guage ;)

Seriously though, very nice job... you should be proud
 
Thanks, Not much has changed in CSK world really, it's been driving around the place and I've done quite a few miles.

The trip to Romania was amazing, so many photos and I really did enjoy the driving, to me it was a perfect trip for the car.

Here's a few photos from the Transfargarasan;

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One day when I have some spare time I will do a write up on the trip :)
 
Very nice car and excellent work, had a few RRC's myself but never a csk. Often thought it would be nice to get a late 3dr from France and import it, never understood why they didn't keep offering them here!


Here's the best one I had (reliability not looks) 89 3.5 Vogue Alaskan blue.
 
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