V8 in mk5

[chris801]

Hi all, i have a mk5 and im thinking of puting my rover v8 engine in, just need to know if it will physically fit in the engine bay without cutting to much away and weather the back axle can take the power? I have almost finished bolting it up to a mt75 transit box which i was going to use in another project but turns out it wont fit that (vauxhall viva), so sticking it in the van seems the next best idea

[madmark]

it will fit with minor bulkhead re-shapeing

[AndyG]

Hope these help

[chris801]

thank you andyg these pics will be very helpfull, if it is as straight foward as i think its going to be i will carry on and do it, how much bulkhead work are you talking? cut and weld or gentil hammer job,
how dose it go with the v8 fitted? and have you broken anything yet?

[Luke]

i havent done one but from what i hear its only a small bulkhead mod with a hammer

hurry up and build it before north weald viewtopic.php?f=12&t=58437

[lee205gti]

haha just picked my v8 lump up....

[snap-on]

that looks great

[AndyG]

how much bulkhead work are you talking? cut and weld or gentil hammer job,
how dose it go with the v8 fitted? and have you broken anything yet?

A bit of a hammering on the bottom of the bulkhead each side, defo no cutting or welding
Rad fits ahead of it's normal position, as can be seen in one of the piccies and no, not mine

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=14407&hilit=http%3A%2F%2Fi83.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fj308%2Fphotoandy%2F070331045456.jpg

[pat stevens]

this is quite a easy conversion just a little hammer work on bulkhead far better power to weight than some of the heavier v6s or yank v8s how did you get your mt75 to mate up to v8 we used transit di to rangerover conversion plate but they are very hard to find

[darkbluevanman]

Pah!... I'm sticking with a diesel conversion: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/index.html.o

Do you think I'll need some 190 springs on me 80?

[gravelrash2004]

Pah!... I'm sticking with a diesel conversion: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/index.html.o

Do you think I'll need some 190 springs on me 80?

[transit jono]

this is quite a easy conversion just a little hammer work on bulkhead far better power to weight than some of the heavier v6s or yank v8s how did you get your mt75 to mate up to v8 we used transit di to rangerover conversion plate but they are very hard to find

One off bellhousing with a Cossy T5 box.

[pat stevens]

or get some 6mm plate as the bell housing on a mt75 is larger than the bk of rover v8 mark and cut then drill tap threads . the rover clutch plate has same spline as transit box