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- Wed Mar 06, 2013 5:00 am
- Forum: Engine Swaps And Conversions Area
- Topic: LS1 Powered Rover SD1
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21483
From the chap in Australia "The T56 sits a little further back then the rover gear box but i think in a really nice position.You will need to modify your center console if you want to keep that standard look. The tunnel had to be panel beated a little bit with a hammer but that was about it.And of c...
- Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:46 am
- Forum: Engine Swaps And Conversions Area
- Topic: LS1 Powered Rover SD1
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21483
- Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:35 pm
- Forum: Engine Swaps And Conversions Area
- Topic: LS1 Powered Rover SD1
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21483
Check out the post about the build in OZ http://tinyurl.com/LSSD1 One thing I noticed, is that he used a GTO Engine/Drivetrain. But I understand the Camero version LS1/T56 is 4 inches shorter. This woudl actually be better, as it woudl locate the gear shift almost exactly where it is today with the ...
- Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:00 pm
- Forum: Engine Swaps And Conversions Area
- Topic: LS1 Powered Rover SD1
- Replies: 18
- Views: 21483
LS1 Powered Rover SD1
Has anyone put an LS1 and a T56 gearbox into their SD1? I know of a chap in Australia who has, and I'd love to do the same with my car. He is using his for racing, I want mine to be street drivable. I'm in Canada, and a LS1 + T56 from a Camero are pretty cheap an plentiful around $4000. How hard can...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:53 pm
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:06 am
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
New bare block, or short block seems to be the way to go.
This woudl be mt dream engine. If I thought I could get close to this sound and power for $3000- $4000 I'd do it
http://tinyurl.com/7wnvmpw
This woudl be mt dream engine. If I thought I could get close to this sound and power for $3000- $4000 I'd do it
http://tinyurl.com/7wnvmpw
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:06 pm
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:55 pm
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
I really don't know how common it is to have liner problems. On here, so many are dealing with tuned engines rather than stock. With so many around, even a few will get a mention, and it's all too easy to think they all do that. So wonder if it's 1%, 10%, 20%? Or whatever? To decide on the risk? FW...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:29 pm
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
Are all the 4.6 Blocks cross bolted? With all the horror stories of slipped liners, buying a used block seems fraught with danger It is, either get one that has been pressure tested, or top-hat linered. They have to be pressure tested 'hot', i.e. at operating temperature. Chris. That is the problem...
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:52 pm
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:40 pm
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
So, once you have an old 4.0 Block, and have stripped it down. What suggestion for the following: 1) 4.6 Crankshaft, will it bolt straight in? Where to buy the right Crankshaft 2) CAM Shaft. What one to use? Piper?? 3) Efi Setup, Hotwire or Megasquirt 4) Standard or ported heads? 5) Exhaust, do they...
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:36 pm
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:05 pm
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:37 am
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
This was driving distance to me
http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=30134
Now that would be a cool swap!! and worth the extra budget
http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=30134
Now that would be a cool swap!! and worth the extra budget
- Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:13 am
- Forum: Engines Area
- Topic: I want to build an engine: Need help with picking parts
- Replies: 30
- Views: 11558
OK, The more research I do, the more the upgrade does not make sense. Sitting on this side of the pond, a Chevy LS1 or derivative is much easier and cheaper to obtain. The question of getting the gearbox etc to fit is then the real issue, engine mounts etc etc. But I guess a 400hp+ Rover SD1 could b...