Thought you might like some pix. Done up by Rob Dassler of Southwest Rovers.

• 4:56 w/air lockers front and rear, flipped Toyota Diff
• All sliders and armor underneath
• Equipe' suspension
• Tuff Liner inside and out
• Custom cage
• D90 front brakes
• Bunch of stuff that I honestly can't think of
• 4.6 upgrade with cam and head upgrade on the way, this 4.0 ltr isn't up to the task of this heavy sucker

 

Pretty sweet rig!

Are you swapping motors or just putting the crank, rods and pistons in your 4.0? Your block may be a better starting point. The D2 4.6's seem to be more prone to block cracking.

 

I'll be going with a 4.6 block with all cylinders sleeved with the top hat liners. Should hold up pretty well. I see that there are some aftermarket cylinder heads available thru the triumph spares folks out in Australia...anyone ?

NEW ROVER V8 CYLINDER HEADS - Upgrades - Triumph Rover Spares South Australia

 

What size tires ya got there??

 

I was talking to a local guy that talked about fabbing a similar setup, forestry exo cage, nice rig

 

IMO, an exocage is really only useful if you're hitting serious trails. You know, the ones that say "body damage likely". Unless you plan on running those an exocage is just added weight and they're generally ugly.

 

Anyone know what kind of fender flares those are?

 

They look like painted Flexi Flares.

 

That seems like a whole bunch of money for a set of heads. For an engine that has a modified intake, bigger injectors and headers feeding into a pair of sewer pipes and that you are shifting at 6,500 rpm it might be worth it, but for most Discovery's I've seen the stock heads are more than sufficient.

 

is that body painted with bed liner? that is what I will be doing t my Jeep and sone may be doing to his DII, if we get it.