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The specified oil for my Rover V8 engine is 10W/40, 10W/50, 15W/50 etc but a 20W/50 is not specified. Am i right in thinking that because my engine is an older engine with probable high milage the 20W/50 is thicker and thus affords more protection, and thus is what most people tend to use instaed ?

I mean the actual dipstick itself not the tube that it sits in. Listening to the engine the tappets sound slightly noisey on the left hand side compared to the right , the right bank do not make any noise at all. I have never done an oil change since i bought the car and the car was sat for two year...

When i am in second gear and put my foot down hard, the dip stick on my SD1 rover V8 rises by about an inch. The engine never seemed to do this before i but the webber 500 on (when it was on the standard SU's). Another curious thing is, ever since i bought the car the oil level was always about half...

Hi , i have a set of chopped down SU's on a manifold, just removed from my Stag with Rover V8, I will let them go for £75 if you are interested.

Nige

Take a look on Ebay there is a chap selling a SU setup on a standard rover manifold. The dashpots have been modified in that they have been chopped down professionally to reduce their height. He wants £75

For machine SU's call the Brighton Stag Specialist on 01273 700861




Nige

I recently bought a holley carb off EBAY it has the following numbers. D2HF-9510-DA LIST 6339-1 1835 Does anybody know what it is ie CFM. Also are all holleys pretty much a standard body with jetting determined or changed by the user. In other words if this carb is for a 7.0 American muscle car can ...

I don't know if you have sorted your problem , but i am in the Midlands and set up my own SU's if you still need a hand let me know. I am not saying i am a world expert but i think i know what i am doing lol

Nige