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Hi guys right I'm starting to get the rest of the pieces for my engine to be built over the winter and wonder what you guys thought of this set up Sbc 385 stroker(forge internals 9000 scat crank) Alloy dart 200cfm 64cc heads Lunati voodoo cam Advertised Duration (Int/Exh): 284/292Duration @ .050 (In...

After a long think iv decided I'm getting rid of the 4.6 rv8 before I go any further with it,I just cant justify the cost of getting good power out of it So tomorrow I'm picking up a Chevy 350 complete engine and the sellers thrown a Chevy block thats been 60 overbored in for a couple of extra quid ...

If I cant sort this for a good price at the moment can anyone tell me what psi standard 4.6 pistons can cope with using earlier cc heads?
V8 tuner says it'll only good for 5psi,they're the ones that have said I need forged pistons

Right iv just spoke to john sleath he's happy to dyno it when finished but wount work on Brit engines only yanks now....hes got enough on with them to do anything else...soooo anywhere else. Talked to chessman they want 600 just for balancing Its starting to get to point in starting to feel is it wo...

Thanks for reply's ill get in touch with them see what they can do......coops iv tried email and phoning john sleath but no answer on both fronts...is he still going?? Didnt know if he'd closed

I've used Rotherham Engine Supplies in Sheffield for my bike engine and they were very good; fitted new valve seats etc.. Don't know what they are like with engine balancing, but worth a chat as they are in Yorkshire. 0114 256 0056 11 Roman Ridge Road Sheffield South Yorkshire S9 1GB Iv phoned them...

Hi guys,dose anyone know a good place in Yorkshire to get the crank and conrods balanced,im fitting 96mm forge pistons to my vr8 4.6 and need it doing

Thanks in advance andy

Iv bought the one off blown v8,the countersinking look to be a good idea as I'm using duplex gears

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OK thanks for clearing that up....I'll run it without retaining plate as said real steel and v8tuners no longer do them......they are the main ones I know that did the circle plate

Thanks,are you running full moon or half moon plate??....yeah its the old style pump

Hi guys iv got a crower 50232 cam ordered for my 4.6 block,im running the 3.9 front cover and dizzy.my question is.can I run the cam without the retaining plate ??? I have read that you can't use the half moon retaining plate that's on the 4.6 as standard with the dizzy gearing and v8 tuners and rea...

I phoned chesman this morning and they said it would need balancing to do job right

Is there really no room for the standard Rover plenum? I've seen a Capri with one. But can't remember if the bonnet was modified. There's room yes,ill need megasquirt too..iv looked at both systems and the efi holley produce is just a really nice piece of kit. It's a simple task in the future to ru...

That was my worries with the edelbrock performer im wanting a extreme velocity top hat as well I thought the top end rate on the 360 dual port was roughly same as the edelbrock?? There is no way that a dual port will flow the same as the Eddy, the dual port is low rise and the port divider blocks a...