Recent purchase

[Sundowner]

haha what a beast
what breed V8 is it?

[madmark]

2 very nice vans there ,and also on the blue one the orignal decal on the back door that is very rare to see nowdays!

[bob cratchit]

Rover.....got the work garage to work on it.....tis a massive place with all the equipment and tools you could ever need

Sundowner......it's currently a lowly stock 3.5l rover unit. Although once the body is sorted and the running gear has been overhauled, there will be a stage 3 tuned rover v8 going in........ not quite as manly as your new lump, but its a start

Mark....quality vans dude

[madmark]

but she is still an 8 pot!

[bob cratchit]

Oh yeah.............proper engines

[Sundowner]

Oh yeah.............proper engines

thats it proper tow engines im really a 6 man

The little 3.5 is a great engine very flexable! did the uk get the 4.4??

and the only reason i went with the 460 is for the cheap reliable unstressed pulling power

plus i had to cut it to fit anything with more pull

if you ever decide to fit a clevo or a windsor you can buy my small block crossmember nudge nudge

[UK_ANDY]

TVR produced a 5.0 version for their sports cars

loads of info on the rover v8 here......................... http://www.v8engines.com/engine-4.htm

[bob cratchit]

Oh yeah.............proper engines

thats it proper tow engines im really a 6 man

The little 3.5 is a great engine very flexable! did the uk get the 4.4??

and the only reason i went with the 460 is for the cheap reliable unstressed pulling power

plus i had to cut it to fit anything with more pull

if you ever decide to fit a clevo or a windsor you can buy my small block crossmember nudge nudge

Can you imagine the postage to blighty?!!

The rover v8 came in many variants, once my rebuild is complete it will be a 3.9 (ish). Must admit it's quite funny working on these 'tiddly' v8s. While i was in Aus i used to run a drag hk ute with a 308 and a 454 camaro. So a tiddly rover 3.5 is a cute little thing
Had an hq kingswood with a 202 for a runabout.....not a bad lump for a 6

Andy, wouldnt mind one of those tvr 5.0l lumps. With fuel prices tho

[UK_ANDY]

Yes fuel prices are hiting me a bit runing the 2.9 ,5.0 would be just a bit to much , there is always LPG but the cost of a conversion is out of the question at the moment.

[Andrew-v4]

Yes fuel prices are hiting me a bit runing the 2.9 ,5.0 would be just a bit to much , there is always LPG but the cost of a conversion is out of the question at the moment.

Bet you a v8 in a you van will give about the same ecomomy as the v6, had a few of the 2.9's in the cars and the mpg was pretty poor.

[UK_ANDY]

I can improve things drasticley buy changeing the gearing its just a matter of wating for a stronger gearbox (t5) to turn up at the right price then i can run a higher diff no problem im currentley runing a type 9 as may mate said they are made of glass

[Granadadriver]

did the uk get the 4.4??

As far as I know, they were only available in the P76 and Force 7, so only available in Australia!

[UK_ANDY]

Yes we got the 4x4 here as well

[Granadadriver]

Yes we got the 4x4 here as well

In what car?

[UK_ANDY]

mk2 onwards built buy county tractors over here .