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Thats looking really impressive, loving the Snap On guard protectors thats real luxury!!

Going to use a nissan rear end as they as parts for them here are readily available and i can buy a full rear end for around $250NZD. Can also get all adjustible arms for them easily. Hopefully pick one up by the weekend. Having a look at a S13 silvia subframe along with diff, axles, hubs, brakes ne...

Am going to be undertaking a independent rear end installation in my old mazda b1600 ute. Just wondering if any of you would be interested in seeing progress photo's and a thread on it.....

In process of sourcing new rockers and shafts. Have a set where the shaft looks good but there is still alot of movement between rocker and shaft. Is there a specified clearance that should be between rocker and shaft? Im guessing that the alloy rockers would give out before shafts wear much

That is the same reason i have used a w50 toyota box. They are a steel casing gearbox and can handle at least 250hp and some. The gearbox is going to get some heavy abuse and they are cheap and very accessable to replace if i need to(In NZ).

I suppose if the shafts and rockers are worn excessively this may cause "oil flooding" in the top of the heads and may force oil down valve stem seals. I guess would be a combination of worn seals and too much oil maybe...

Cheers for you help

Breathers all run into a oil catch cylinder that has a breather filter(Two rocker covers and crankcase breather). Have inspected rocker shafts and rockers and they appear to be f*&%ed. So unfortunatly they are going to be the first things that need replacing. Possibly be a struggle finding a good se...

Ok fair enough, unfortunatly not within the budget at the moment!!

Any ideas on oil out the breathers? Took for a decent drive last night and it still seems to be doing it....

The lifters are not paired with the cam in terms of wear. Am unaware of the condition of both of them really, in an ideal world i suppose it would be the best to replace them both however its not the cheapest so hoping to do a temporary fix i guess. Can get new lifters cheap as get cost price throug...

Thanks for the reply Chris! I purchased the bottom end as a rebuilt unit but did not include lifters so the ones i have used are from another motor i did not check the preload on them (not something i have done before). Had a good look at cam before putting motor together and couldnt see any signs o...

Just wondering the differences in the many RV8 motors that have been produced over the years. The main reason is that im wanting to upgrade engine at some stage from 3.5l to a larger capacity. The main things i want to know are engine mounting, exhaust positioning, front engine covers being intercha...

Got a problem with noisy lifters (I think) in my 3.5rv8. The noise is fairly non existant when cold and becomes very prominant when hot, sounds even around the rocker covers. Im guessing that the lifters are gone, i think the cam is fairly new and i have done bugger all driving on the motor. So theo...

Due to the lack of availability of manual bits for rover v8s in NZ i decided to run with a toyota W50 gearbox out of early RWD celica's. These are a cast iron housing box so are able to withstand a bit of grunt. I had an auto rover belhousing mated to the W50 one using a alloy plate and them being w...

kiwicar wrote: remember to leave out the outer 4 head bolts on each bank.

What is the benefit of doing this?

Was working on ute in old ladys garage, had just fited up exhaust systems and engine after doing transplant. Engine was in a running state, was late at night everyone was asleep, i was the only one up in garage working away (garage part of the house). A couple of mates came round to have a look at t...