I had a 110V8 back in the 90's. It was reliable but not without 'issues'..
I did around 30,000 miles in it and found that -
- The manifold gaskets constantly worked loose resulting in a chuffing sound from the engine. Not serious but annoying.
- The heat in the cab from the V8 was ridiculous.
- Fuel consumption was around 15 mpg on UK roads.
- Carbs needed regular tuning/balancing
- Gearbox bearings became noisy
- Oil needed changing every 3000 miles due to small oilways allegedly.
- Clunky gearchange on the Santana LT85 transmission.
Nothing to stop you getting to Africa apart from fuel cost/limited range (250 miles a tank !) and you need to like a lot of heat !
Andrew.
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