v8 into my transit

[billmaiden]

thanks luke for the info. if madmark on line please get in touch bill

[FredTransit]

Why not send him a PM and ask for his number?

[Luke]

Why not send him a PM and ask for his number?

Nah write it on here theres more than 1 person interested in this topic 28cap is looking at putting a rover v8 in his tourneo!!!

[FredTransit]

Why not send him a PM and ask for his number?

Nah write it on here theres more than 1 person interested in this topic 28cap is looking at putting a rover v8 in his tourneo!!!

Yeah right Luke, and your number as well, so every nutter surfing the net can ring you at 3 in the morning!

[madmark]

wow not shure were to start its a very costly conversion thats for shure and you need to be able to weld or know somebody who can weld for you! you need a good engine and box to start with normaly a borgwarner 65 or gm180, the main problem is you will loose your top speed as these gearboxes are 1-1 so what ever final drive ratio you have that will be you speed, gearshift is a big problem as well as you need a transit auto shift, you can make do with a granada one but the stick will be to short!
the engine will fit in with only minor mods to the bulkhead, but the gearbox crossmember must be made to take the auto box,and also the exhaust has to be made out of rover sdi down pipes etc, the propshaft will also need to be made with a rover gearbox end on it!

cooling is another problem as you need to use p6 water pump and pullys these are very rare nowdays , i would think thesedays you wont get much change out of £1500
and getting fans in to cool it is another problem!
personaly i would not go for this conversion its a hard job ,dont get me wrong i love my v8,s but it is tricky to do!

[28cap]

would a 2.9 be easyer ive seen a couple of trannys fitted with the 24v cosworth but id like to stick with a carb for simplicty........

[madmark]

mate 2.8 carb would be easyer, not shure about 2.9 i did try and find out if a 2.8 carb will fit on a 2.9 but nobody seems to be able to say !

[billmaiden]

thanks mark for imput. have got complete 1979 sd1 rover auto. the tranny is 1993 2 ltr petrol so most parts you say i need i already have what i cant get my head round is engine mountings? theres probably other stuff i havent thought of yet so any other imput would be greatly appreciated.i bought the sd1 a few years ago because of my love of the v8 engine and i bought the tranny soley with the intention of joining the two together.our family business is a florist my aim is to provide the fastest delivery service in telford and make a lot of noise doing it.cheers bill

[FredTransit]

thanks mark for imput. have got complete 1979 sd1 rover auto. the tranny is 1993 2 ltr petrol so most parts you say i need i already have what i cant get my head round is engine mountings? theres probably other stuff i havent thought of yet so any other imput would be greatly appreciated.i bought the sd1 a few years ago because of my love of the v8 engine and i bought the tranny soley with the intention of joining the two together.our family business is a florist my aim is to provide the fastest delivery service in telford and make a lot of noise doing it.cheers bill

Yes! Like it!

[bortaf]

mate 2.8 carb would be easyer, not shure about 2.9 i did try and find out if a 2.8 carb will fit on a 2.9 but nobody seems to be able to say !

the inlet isn't a direct fit but i know a bloke who runs a carbed 2.9 in a cortina.
the 2.9 Efi is real simple to do, in fact i have to convert a transit to 2.9 efi as soon as i can find an ambulance or SVO van that has the 2.9 in it for the mounts, when i do it i'll post a how to.

[madmark]

hi bill you will have to make the engine mounts mate,i think with abit of messing around with the rover ones and useing the round ford mounts off the 2ltr they will fit! the exaust will be easyer for you as you dont have a mk3 so there is a chance the sdi downpipes will fit! the mk3 have to be made up useing 2 from the same side !