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Are those bearings sitting spot on pel? Or will they need any fettling? When the caps are clapped on is the lash etc ok??

Hi guys! Have purchased a set of brand new 220cc allumnium pro-comp bare cylinders heads from a "vendor" in the UK. These have valve guides - seats uncut and not a great deal else. With a little negotiation I got him down to 250 pounds. So I purchased a set of Ferrea 5000 series as valves (2.08 inle...

Yes, he is a top guy! We had a long chat after at took his card for V8 UK! Really nice people, as is everybody I have met at the pod! We are both learning as I am also a newbie and we will use each other as a benchmark I think. I reckon I got lucky at the start:-). My starts are the real problem!! W...

BTW - won that race!

Great day at the pod today- had a lovely time with all the top guys who were there! He'll of a head wind for my "brick/shed"!!;-)

But I think Landy has found his purpose in life!

Great! Glad you found that- I would replace it for the sake of a shell! You will only worry about it - and she'll problems can lead to crank problems Etc. if there is a dent in it then that may cause poor contact and a drop in oil pressure etc

Just an update guys so if anybody wants to look this up as a later date - the cycle is complete:-) The noise was a leaking CHG that had blow on cylinder 6 The rockers were shot (and a few cam lobes) due to far too much pre load - this also wrote off a lovely set of rhoads lifters Heads cam off and h...

If the crank has been heat treated it my no longer be straight, this can be fixed, if the block was fine before then it is likely to be still fine. But as states if they are the wrong way round etc this can be the problem. If it is a different block or it has bee overheated etc it may be warped and ...

Sadly almost no cost effective options! 4.2 crank will fit but it's a rare beast - but you won't get 4.2 as that need the 3.7 inch bore. TVR 500 crank - as rare! Bob expensive - ground customs are available but are dear. As I said mate, re-liner a 4.6 is the c Best option. In reality - you have NO c...

Am watching with some interest- as planning my own chevy build - which are the more easily available in terms of heavy duty clutches etc??

The 4.0 is the most prone to this, then the 4.6 (if they were in a rlate model range rover running hotter due to emissions and LPG then more so. The 3.9 less so but any 3.7 inch bore can do it. The 4.0 used the thinner blocks as tested at the factory and colour coded that way (dab of paint in the bl...

As fa as I am aware the 3.9 block also suffers from a liner failure rate that is significant! Ok the 4.0 was the worst, but on crack testing prior to tip hat linering Wards see a great deal of failures! My 5.0 is essentially a 3.9 block but it dropped a liner! Keep your crank and rotating assembly, ...

I think Mike made some great comments! What is the current seat configuration on the TA heads? On my stage 4 rover heads the throats were blended etc but I re-cut the setas to a proper 3 angle configuration and then gave each of the valves a quick lap. I looked at the contact patch of the valve and ...

The early 2 inch big end TVR 500 crank will slip in - has an odd rod and piston set with it and is rare. I have one. Famously quoting 340 BHP(lol)

There is no rubber non return visible on the k&n and halfords filters I have - but none visible on the britpart