The V8 Owners Forum -

Ok, split my rv8 3.5 with a nitrous burp, and have bought a lovely 3.9 bottom end to replace it! However, my motor ran 9.75:1 cr with sd1 heads, i had the heads skimmed 20thou to use composite gaskets and all was well So seeing as the 3.9 is 9.35:1 cr, could i return to tin gaskets to return my cr t...

no its a rover DM8, with the remote amplifier since ive taken the cam out, its fairly clear its shot in a big way! I think thats where the powers gone to be fair, the cam gear was new when i lats rebuilt the engine, so it hasnt done intergalactic mileage, although to be fair i havent really taken a ...

there are a lot out there, so yea easy done, only down side to those later mustang axles is they are back loaders like the salisburys, at least the 8 and 9 inch axles were third memebr so you could take them out and set them up on a bench!

cant remember to be honest, think its a 3.33:1 or there abouts, the tags in the garage! the jag diff had a 2.83, but i didnt think id ever use it and chucked the pinion in the scrap with the casing, wish id given it a go now! mine loved the 3.09, used to pull really hard against it (tried one out of...

yes ive seen it mate, and the vids, i knew about it ages ago as i go to doncaster to trevs quite a lot and they told me too! its beautiful, wish icould afford a larger base motor really, still have the 302, but i would never have got round to fitting it, and the weight always put me off, plus i kind...

i priced up a stang axle, but id seen the simitar in the breakers and knew the lads, so got it for a song, same with the lsd really, ive less than £150 in it with all new bearings, seals etc, it was more the luck of being in the right place at the right time, plus its the correct width for the mk1, ...

mines not the capri axle anymore anyhow mate, its a 4ha from a scimitar, and im fitting an lsd from a v12 jag, as they are half the price and twice the strength! i swapped years ago when i broke the ford diff and couldnt get another quickly for sensible money, but thanks

its hard to tell by eye, and the baltic temperature, but the old fella says the crank looks fine, but to check for ovalety, so thats tomorrows task so i can order some shells monday if alls ok, number 1 and 2 journal is the worst and that checked out fine initially, so i will clean her up and have a...

im told its my tyres that are the real let down, seconded by the open diff, so im going to fit the slipper during the engine rebuild, but while the axle is out i will nail the ladder bar mounts on for the future! will be running it between times to see how it effects things, but i cant get r888's or...

Its only a 3.5 with a typoon cam and a few other bits, around 230 horse when its fighting fit, ive lightened the car substantially (have some pics in the your cars bit somewhere!) a direct hit of trevors finest (75bhp) but ive always suffered the worst wheelspin, im going to an lsd, and soon some be...

yea i comp checked it early doors, it was maybe 5 psi down, but seeing as the starter was struggling to spool it over more than around 8 rpm, i figured that would affect the results sightly! the cranks not bad, thats the worst shell, some ligh scoring but its been ground 20 and 10 thou in the past r...

well i could stay with the leaves and still add ladder bars with rollers, but i sold my single leafs ages ago and they seem very expensive these days, so thought a step to coilovers a wise move. Never really thought about all that really, just thought he would check for play in the rose joints really!

Thanks for the advice, those pics of the Granny are great, lots of help thanks. the car doesnt have a cxage, so im thinking of reinforcing the inner sills with 16guage steel sheet, a 3x2 xmember, tied into the floor and 2 new 2x2 chassis rails going back to the new coilover xmember im going to insta...

Right, basically, car sluggish, overheating terribly, few people inc Trevor at the wizards of nos suggested the cam was probably shot, so i decided to replace it and refresh the motor after athorough inspection! Shes been built about 18 years, did it at my parents, with the help of my dad. Done i es...

This was my old mk3 escort RS1600i replica i built, it was all for practice really, setting up suspension and welding etc, all the brackets and tube etc were cut by hand, i didnt even have a grinder at the time! All the holes were drilled with black and deckers finest as i didnt have access to pilla...