The V8 Owners Forum -

Hi Guys,just transplanted a 1988 ford thunderbird efi motor into our 1968 mustang coupe,its a bare shell at the mo but got engine in and after a couple of weeks sorting the wiring loom(from the tbird)got it running(was well chuffed never done anything like this b4)i just need to sort a couple of wir...

Just had a thought,didnt the South African XR8 have a 302 in them,perhaps if you could find info on them that might help Cheers Stu

Doesnt look like it altered it that much but will see when its back on the ground,doesnt look too bad,just gotta finish mounts then make new sump now ive got the correct shape Cheers Stu

To be honest Scooby i was looking for a saphire but this came up,ive serviced and MOT'd this car since 1995,owner traded it to a freind and i gave him £100 for it,sold engine for £100 so has cost me nothing lol,yeh staying as it looks,but would like to run a Twin exhaust system but might hook it up ...

Marki i had thought of that but thought it might upset the balance of the pump,would save a bit of bother Cheers Stu

AHHH sussed it lol if you click on the pic it takes you to my webshots album,just a few pics to show where im upto Cheers Stu

poo didnt work will get it sorted Stu

Not really Garage scene as all work done in my drive lol,the story so far Stu

Sorry guys how do i load pics onto here Cheers Stu

Cheers Marki,your a mine of information,do i need the SD! front cover?or will the P6 pump fit my Disco front cover,if not has anybody got a spare SD1 cover,P6 pump and crank pulley Cheers Stu

Just gonna put some pics on Garage Scene

Hey guys, What is the shortest water pump available for a Rover V8,I have a Disco V8 with SD1 box in position in my Sierra.I have mocked the rad up in position(Disco Rad came with engine)the end of the pump is about half an inch away from rad.Its a pre serpentine engine and i will be running twin el...

Cheers Marki,droped roll bar and engine sits in nice just need to make mounts and spacers now Cheers Stu

Mark the bit that is catching is on the bottom of the bellhousing where the clutch fork is and the slave cyl normaly bolts to, will get the measurements of Marki and make some up next week at work,sump should be back on by then then i can sit it in position and make up the engine and gearbox mounts ...

Nice one Marki,thats what i was looking at but if you have the measurements that would be gr8,yeh its a disco V8 with modified SD1 sump and SD1 box,ive got an SD1 gear lever extension housing aswell as a LDV short one too not sure which to use until its sat in correctly Cheers Stu

Hey Guys,has anybody on here done the conversion?ive got the engine and g/box in the engine bay,the bell housing is sat on the front antiroll bar and top of gearbox is hitting tunnel,in the process of modifiying sump to sit engine farther back and lower down but still have the problem of antiroll ba...