Originally Posted by
Momo
There's really no "simple" way to get more power. No single thing. You need better airflow, hotter cam, higher compression, more displacement and bigger carb to see much difference. Hence you see alot of Series folks playing with engine swaps.
You need a strong engine to start with. You can go spendy and get "speed parts" (ha ha) from ACR (manifold, head, cam, SU carb, etc.:
Or you could go with an 8:1 head(which your 72 should have), Pierce manifold and Weber conversion
I did the whole "Max hp thing" too. Had my 2.25 rebuilt with a 2.5L cam, Pierce manifold, weber 32/36, elect ignition, header, glaspack exhaust, 8:1 head, elect fan. It does seem to have a decent amount of extra HP but i havent had it dynoed and i dont have a lot of experience driving stock 2.25's.
My steering was horrible too, but i changed all the tie rods and tightned up the steering box a bit. Also check how tight your bottom pitman arm is, mine loosened up on me and sagged a bit allowing for quite a bit of play. Luckly it takes a lot to get it off all the way but it was loose.
First but gone: 91 3 door Disco "White Rhino"
77 Series III 88 ex MoD "Shongololo"
Gone and I miss her: 97 D1 5 speed
04 DII
08 D3 (LR3)