Lucky 8’s Project P38
 

I may have lost my mind but....... L8s new full on project truck will be a 2000 P38.

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The P38 is one of my favorite looking Rover products. I love the classic folds in the hood, low roofline, proper tailgate and 4dot6 motor.
Unfortunately this is where the good ends and all that can be evil about a Rover begins. These 3 letter strike fear into any P38 owner " BCM "and if that was not scary enough we have "EAS" to keep them company.

The goal for this project is to have it ready to handle the Easter Trip with out failure. See video below.


Here is a quick run down of the things I have in store for this endeavor.
3-5 in lift
Dump the 20in dubs for 16in and 33in mud tires
Front and rear bumpers
Sliders
Front and rear lockers
Ok That was the easy stuff. This is were things will get interesting
HD drag link and track rod
Rear links that are not made from Fiberglass
Lock the Borg Tcase some way some how.
HD rear shaft
HD CV and shafts " this maybe a pipe dream"
Water proof the BCM
Disconnect the BCM from the ECU "incase of failure the truck will still run"

Any suggestions from you guys with more seat time in these trucks? What would you like to see made available for P38?

Sounds like quite a project! Keep us posted.

Let me know how that goes ;).

if you need to waterproof any electronics this is the stuff to use.

You should give Jeff Corwin at JC's British and 4x4 a call. He built up a P38 and wheeled the hell out of it. I saw a pretty good writeup on it a while back that discussed how he created a lift for the EAS system. As for locking the center diff, that could be tricky. You may be able to replace the viscous coupling with a splined shaft and sliding collar to lock it up but that would require a great deal of machining. Or you could replace your current viscous coupling with one that is siezed up.

Jeff is a great guy and was way ahead of the curve with his P38.

We are on the same page with viscous.

I got lucky and found this ultra rare SD roof rack and it came with a free parts truck.


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Sweet! Looks like the rubber has maybe 2 weeks on it, plus it's got lifted springs. What's wrong with it? Wasted motor?

I feel like I'm having deja-vu...

Hasn't this all been posted before? I feel as though this all happened earlier this year haha!

Anyway, I'm really excited as to how this all progresses!

I've nearly finished all my work for the season on my P38, and I'll post an update when it's finished!

I was waiting for you to post a response. You guys should get together, you're practically neighbors. You could meet halfway in Hamilton!

It sat and rotted for a years.