I have just bought a rover V8 engine and on looking through the lists of engine numbers I can find that my engine was possibly from a P6 3500S but the compression number doesn't match.
On the engine block it states
9.25:1 CR
48109526
Along with the engine I also have a 4 speed gearbox mounted.
Any advise greatly appreciated as I plan to strip and rebuild engine before I fit it to my 1975MGB GT.
Cheers and thanks in advance.
Rover V8 engine number query
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Re: Rover V8 engine number query
My first RV8 was in a '69 P6 3500 - an auto - which had the 10.5? :1 engine. Which positively zoomed up to maximum revs. I later had the lower compression '74 P6 3500S. Which never seemed as lively even with the manual box. And I did fit a new camshaft. Often wondered if Rover fiddled the output figures for those engines.
Have you checked the sticky on engine numbers?
Have you checked the sticky on engine numbers?
Dave
London SW
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London SW
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