The V8 Owners Forum -

Wow its been a while since I last posted, as usual its been a case of life, a divorce and cash flow getting in the way. Still, 14 months back the old cappa went into a body shop for a quick quality clean up on a few rust spots and a respray at an estimated 3k I had also planned to uprate the brakes ...

excessive will happen when the wife finishes her degree and starts working as a surgeon then we can open that window wide open

phase 1 is complete, we managed to move house so were closer to the wifes uni, no more driving 140 miles a day. nxt step is to get the old girl on the road in standard form and sell the kit car to release some funds, aiming for the start of summer before the tax needs re-newing on the current hack. ...

ok iv got to ask because its been bugging me for a few days now, does anyone know what sort of mpg a SBF 302 (say 250-300hp) would be giving in a capa (2052 lb), i know it all depends on ur right foot but are they a gas guzzler like im imagining or is it comparable to the rv8? also what prices do th...

hey been doing some reading on the zf4hp22 myself seems it was fitted to a few rwd cars, not sure how the gearing would suit the v8 but check here for a list of cars it was fitted to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZF_4HP22_transmission from what iv read u would need the disco bell housing torque conve...

If you want forged pistons and performance parts, plus more power it will probably be cheaper to go with a SBF as Kiwicar has already pointed out, the parts are so common in the States that the prices are low and once you have paid the shipping they are not much different to the Rover bits. And you...

What are you planning to do with the car? P.S. you forgot the power adder!!! nothing to excessive to start with :)) this will be my daily driver and running on lpg (wont be doing to many miles tho). its a car to drive and have fun, maybe the odd strip run (when the hp22 is in). way way way future p...

You could go 302 ford, or are you set on a rover? Mike pretty much set on the rover mainly because of the availability of everything scrap yards and motor factors always have bits n pieces laying around where as the ford stuff in the long run is all imported and more specialist. had considered an a...

hey all im looking for some advice on this one, most people would recommend swapping in a v6 but in my mind its 2 short of something important and would involve more custom work with swapping the trans/trans tunnel mods. iv planned and changed through ideas a lot in the past on this one and then had...