rover 3.9 and a 360 mopar

bones · Post by **bones** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:41 pm

ive been putting the 3.9 together for the last couple of days ,and should be back in the car wednesday.
No complicated parts on it just a normal ish build,

rich

ged · Post by **ged** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:24 pm

Nice work Rich!

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:39 pm

Rich!!

Are you sure you have the breather connected ok in that 1st picture??

That should be where the PCV goes in shouldnt it??

Perry

bones · Post by **bones** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:28 pm

the pipes were put there just to keep them out the way, a catch tank is being fitted for the rockers, hope to finish it in the morning . Preload is set at 30 thou ,piston rings opened a touch, The mopar is real steel built, 420bhp plus 125 of gas, thats in my brothers sd1, thanks for the replies

rich

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:08 pm

Looking good for July then mate??

bones · Post by **bones** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:30 pm

i just hope it runs better than last year, nth weald in May is the first test. My quickest time so far is 14.7 et and 99mph ,but that was with my old 3,5 lump with a 50 shot of gas ,with an engine i built over 14 years ago and running bad, looking to get in the 13s with this one??

rich

ged · Post by **ged** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:38 pm

Hi Rich,

What BHP do you estimate from the 3.9 without gas?

Ged

bones · Post by **bones** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:58 pm

Hi Ged, i havent a clue, about 210 to 230bhp, or that could be wishfull thinking, ive gone for a lower lift cam this time, crower 50230,

rich

bones · Post by **bones** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:48 pm

well the engine is in,and guess what, The front is coming off tomorrow as i cant remember if i torqued the cam bolt up

. Im 90% sure i did, but that 10% is nickling me, so better safe than sorry,

rich

mgbv8 · Post by **mgbv8** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:48 pm

Ha Ha!!
I'm glad it aint just me that does things like the Rich

I do have a sort of a system now though. I've got a big 'ole freezer in the garage with white doors. I use a dry wipe marker to write my "to do" list on it.

If aint ticked off, it aint done...This helps me a lot.

Apart form when one of the kids decides to have a laugh and swaps the dry marker with a magic marker. You should have seen Gill's face when she came into the garage to find me using the power mop and G3 compound on the fridge

bones · Post by **bones** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:11 am

i just cant remember doing the torque, i can remember reading 45lb torque for cam bolt, but cant remember doing the cam bolt, on a better side fitted a oil catch tank today and some other stuff, Perry did the freezer have a nice mirror smooth finish with the mop,

rich

bones · Post by **bones** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:51 pm

Well i stripped the timing cover off, and i had torqued the cam bolt up, better safe than sorry, but it started me thinking on other stuff,

rich

ged · Post by **ged** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:27 pm

Yeah, thats always the way.

Think I'll get a whiteboard & mark things off. Thought about using Perry's trick with the old fridge, but I'd only fill it with beer & then nothing would get done.

bones · Post by **bones** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:23 pm

should have the thing ready to start monday,(i hope). I need to get some more bits on sunday e,g 20/50 oil, clips , and some stuff instead of using water.??

rich

ged · Post by **ged** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:11 pm

Rich,

Are you going to use Valvoline 20/50R?

This stuff doesn't thin out when it gets hot. I get 28psi at idle on a cam driven pump.