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And the results are in from my rolling road session at pete burgess..... First run of the morning; 258.7hp (225.0 at wheels) and 286.2 ft-lbs (260.2 at wheels) Final run after Pete had worked his magic; 269.0hp at 4900rpm (233.9 at wheels) 303.4 ft-lbs at 3800rpm (275.8 at wheels) Scary stuff having...

This link should work to see the build diary... http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=177481 And the first start up..... http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=182685 Loads of mileage and track days done this summer and all is well. 3.38 diff seems ok but agreed it could be ...

thanks for your time going into this with me! I agree that rolling roads are good for tuning an engine on, but accurate bhp figures arn't always given (2 rolling roads are never the same anyway....I learnt that from my pinto days!) The engine bhp will be what ever it will be! In any case, 200bhp in ...

the guy who rebuilt the engine did say how crap the heads flow as standard.

this is the actuall build up of the engine and the work he did before I took over the completed engine and fitted it into my car....

http://www.rhocar.org/index.php?showtop ... oject&st=0

one other thing that's got me thinking....you mentioned 205bhp? I was at pete burgess rolling road in Alfreton with a friends westfield. That managed 199bhp at the wheels with a rover 3.5 v8 on edelbrock 500 carb. I was hoping for a bit more than 205bhp with my set up but at the end of the day it is...

thank you for your reply and kind words. I really had to think long and hard about the type 9 gearbox option. My car is only 611kg and there have been 5 or 6 kit cars run with this set up without any problems. An upgrade box rated at 240bhp from a company called firstmotion are around £700 so if thi...

Hi everyone. I'm just getting into the world of V8's and have started with a 3.9 rover. To save me retyping my build diary onto this forum, please click the link.... http://www.rhocar.org/index.php?showtopic=35307&hl= I would love to know your thoughts / ideas / forseeable problems as this is the pl...