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Yeah i have considered the head stud kit,
dont wanna take the plunge just yet as if the block is cracked its gonna have to come apart again to be sorted.
Much cheapness and penny pinching at mo
Thanks for all your wisdom and thoughts
Will

Thanks ian,
this is what i thought on the bolt type....

Hi people, havent posted on here in ages, been far too busy with family and this infernal engine! After removing the heads off the engine, they were both skimmed, both were out pass side by a max of 16 thou......OUCH :shock: Great i thought i can get it back together......new gaskets were ordered an...

I read the article and was to be frank annoyed at the biased way it was written. Personally the small block ford i know is a good engine but it needs money spent on it to be similar weight to an all alloy rv8. It is more powerful but as its all steel it needs to be. Just my 2 pence really. All my fe...

Anyone know the easiest/best way or place to get an exhaust for mk2 cortina with rv8 in?
I have headers but the rest is real s**t!
Also do i need to run a balance pipe/y piece if i have a holley carb/offy inlet?
Ta will

Yeah, we bought it as you see her in the pics, albeit a bit dirtier and with a lot of paint fade. The conversion has been done quite well, the bulkhead has been chopped back and the engine is as low as it could go. Car should handle really nice, wanna see her back on the road for the summer!

Thought id put a couple of pics up so people could relate something to all the questions i have been asking in the tech sections. Its joint owned between me and my brother. We tried selling due to our new families and commitments but it didnt sell, which we may well end up being glad about! http://i...

Thanks very much for that.
and i apologise if im being silly

I knew they were later heads, was just enquiring as to what displacement lump they came from.
Are the heads all the same for most rv8's then? In relation to the displacement of bottom ends? ie were 3.5's fitted with one head and bigger engines fitted with different ones? Many thanks

Thanks for that. The part number says its a 3.5 head!
Which is weird, the bottom end has the bore size of a 3.9 and above.

Hi people, im new on here. Got sent your way from the NSRA! I have a rover v8 which may or may not have had head work done to it. The numbers i would really like to trace are stamped on the front faces of both heads and are as follows, ETC8622 HT18022. The actual head numbers are HRC2210, the valve ...