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Assuming current is good then it wouldn't strike me as any problem there but others will know more. I agree with paintman re checking everything is dry. My way would be to just pull plug connections and spray in something like wd40/ac50.
What's bugging me is that I have experienced the 'woolly/fluffy' engine response in the torque band of RV8s several times over the years in both TVRs and Rangies but I've not yet been able to drag out of the old, shrunken brain what was causing it. The web always went super dark, super early with suggestions for the cause. Only the once in 30 years of owning Rangies and TVRs simultaneously has the cause been one of those pita issues and it was my F reg 3.9 that required an ECU.
New HT leads are things I recall being the most common fix. The back cylinders are weirdly always issues. It's where the cam lobes wear the most, where the exhaust manifold always needs tightening and the leads that break down quickest.
What's bugging me is that I have experienced the 'woolly/fluffy' engine response in the torque band of RV8s several times over the years in both TVRs and Rangies but I've not yet been able to drag out of the old, shrunken brain what was causing it. The web always went super dark, super early with suggestions for the cause. Only the once in 30 years of owning Rangies and TVRs simultaneously has the cause been one of those pita issues and it was my F reg 3.9 that required an ECU.
New HT leads are things I recall being the most common fix. The back cylinders are weirdly always issues. It's where the cam lobes wear the most, where the exhaust manifold always needs tightening and the leads that break down quickest.
Had my chassis cleaned off, rust encapsulated and then some kind of Buzzweld top coat. The garage weren’t keen to use Lanoguard.
Aircon has been converted to legal refrigerant, some kind of new valves / nipples fitted and bingo - ice cold.
Got all that done at a place called Pegasus Kent who are £50+vat and seem decent
Absolutely love driving this around the lanes
Aircon has been converted to legal refrigerant, some kind of new valves / nipples fitted and bingo - ice cold.
Got all that done at a place called Pegasus Kent who are £50+vat and seem decent
Absolutely love driving this around the lanes
When I moved out to the Cotswolds full-time, I assumed that it would be the opposite of central London in that I wouldn't by default pick the keys to an old Rangie over a sports car and that the Rangies would switch to being the least used cars. 7 years on I've sold the sports cars because down the lanes and just travelling around a well sorted Rangie is just such a wonderful thing.
I love the RRC. It has been a wonderful car. After a very late P38 4.6 HSE, it was my second Range Rover. And what a car it is 
I live just half a mile away from Monteverdi, where the 4-door version of the RRC has been designed. It was a car I coveted for decades and it was exactly the car I imagined. And I got a great example.
I sold three cars in the last 5 weeks, because I genuinely have to become a tiny bit more responsible. With the birth of my second child only days away, I realised and agreed to the oh that I only get to have one fun car. And it indeed was a close call between the 997 and the RRC….
Finally I realised that I want a manual NA sports car besides the family bus (currently a Volvo V90 T8). And it does have rear seats that will fit the young ones for the next decade.
Interesting post regarding this very subject only two post above… only that I have come to a different conclusion
Also thanks for all the advices you have given me over the last 3 years. I will keep reading this great thread in the future!
I live just half a mile away from Monteverdi, where the 4-door version of the RRC has been designed. It was a car I coveted for decades and it was exactly the car I imagined. And I got a great example.
I sold three cars in the last 5 weeks, because I genuinely have to become a tiny bit more responsible. With the birth of my second child only days away, I realised and agreed to the oh that I only get to have one fun car. And it indeed was a close call between the 997 and the RRC….
Finally I realised that I want a manual NA sports car besides the family bus (currently a Volvo V90 T8). And it does have rear seats that will fit the young ones for the next decade.
Interesting post regarding this very subject only two post above… only that I have come to a different conclusion
Also thanks for all the advices you have given me over the last 3 years. I will keep reading this great thread in the future!
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