The V8 Owners Forum -

Does anybody happen to know what the compression height of the standard early TVR 5.0 pistons is? Can these pistons be replaced by 3.9 items I wonder?? Just in case when I come to strip the engine the pistons show signs of severe wear or damage? All sounds fine now - apart from one malfunctioning li...

I know your right Pel! I am very prone to these ridiculous emotional outbursts!! In fact the thought of not running for months has been too much to bear! I cannot unfortunately replace the that easily, the 5.0 rod is very short, and no stock replacements are available cheaply. Customs or special ord...

Intended to sell it in bits - but how much does anybody think my engine as a whole is worth?? Stage 4 heads with roller rockers and outriggers - fully ported Eddie manifold with Eddie 600 carb (and calibration kit- exhaust headers included- ARP main - head and flywheel - fully balanced - 5500 miles ...

Mike - you have gained an exclusive crew member for the next 8-10 weeks or so. I will keep the engine in until the retro show - perhaps give it one last pass then, and then out it will come. A melted piston will knock a 1000 quid off the value of the short block! So I can't resist coming along to th...

Hi guys As a few of you know I am building my replacement 383 chevy - due to constant gagging and buggering around it will be about another week or two before I can start building it up - but have been thinking about my tvr/rover 5.0 that is in at the moment. It has cast pistons - which are actually...

Internal balance is when each components is individually balanced - crank with pistons and rods and flywheel and damper individually. This is the better but more expensive way of doing it as a small counterweight crank may require rare earth metal insertion to balance - it is better as the balance i...

Get a 4.6 crank and have it offset ground - then use a small journal chevy rod and piston- that's what everybody else does

Mike - after a bit of a think I will get the rpm kit! Need a few small bits now (arp flywheel bolts, valve stem seals - might machine the guides to take rover seals as I have loads) and I will be ready to build. I have a small ultrasound thickness tester at home and ran it around all the bores, and ...

Hi Mike
7/16 studs - yes - with retainer plates. I intend to cross the 7000 barrier - but not for huge amounts of time. You have mentioned the rev kit previously - perhaps it would be a good security move. How did your lifters pop out of the bores mate? What let go???

Ok guys - an update - am just finishing the block ready for assembly and have purchased the valve train - I have a little poser that has gone round and round in my head - I have purchased ARP rocker studs and push-rod retainer ate, those with my ultra pro magnum comp cams rockers should be a nice re...

Ahh - I remember that car mate! They will not be carb mate they will be throttle bodies with EFI - so signal not such an issue:-) Got it's all exciting :-)I could bring the manifold and setup to you at some point in the future and we can have a play if you like? Not too soon as some parts are still ...

Hi p- yes it will cost a bit - but less then a turbo:-) Also for a few/quite a few hundred I wi have scope for big amounts of power and great ETs:-)

When you say manifold flanges - do you mean flanges to the cylinder head or throttle bodies mate???

Cheers for all your help pal:-)

I have an oil pressure gauge yes; and an oil cooler, will look more close at the pressure - oil is 15/40 4 litres with 1 litre of oil stabiliser in it. The oil cooler is often not open before a run - maybee it does not have enough time to loose the heat of a run??? The coolant temperature certainly ...

Ok guys - second question. Building up my small block chevy manifold (picture on another thread) - for ITBs using weber style bodies - along with this plan to add direct port nos injection - I have 2 injectors ready so I need another 6. My engine will be fully forged and I have a set of 130 quid Nit...

Hi guys - since it's Friday and I am in the mood I rescinded to post 2 current queries I have for discussion (the other regarding nos). On my RV8 after a full throttle run I get a rattle tappets noise that lasts for about 10-15 minutes only. I run approx 120-150 shot of gas - it's a 5.0 litre lump w...