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I am playing (to use the term loosely) with a 3.5l RV8 from an SD1 which is mounted into a kit car, the rad looks to be from a Ford Sierra and is mounted at about 45 degree angle (top half of rad towards front of car and bottom half towards crank pulley) When I had the car it looked like it had been...

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It came off of a RV8 engine fitted in a Range Rover.. how do you tell it has the correct jets in it ??

Thanks for your help !
I binned the SU's for the Edelbrock because of bonnet height..

I am in Braintree, not far from Stansted airport..

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Yes it is, its how should I pipe up the crankcase vent pipework on the Edelbrock carb with the single outlet I have on the rocker cover ?

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I am in Essex

Not sure if this will work but pipe like this.... http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://fs.christonium.com/fs_files/12211531181286_edelbrock1406.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.christonium.com/mustang/Installing_a_New_Edelbrock_1406_Carburetor&h=562&w=800&sz=86&tbnid=cuFrenQ8N8xb...

Hi Mike, OK let me try, if you are standing at front of the engine looking at the carb from LH to RH on front of carb I have 3 ports, LH small which is the pipe going to the distributor then a 10mm ish size oulet in middle, this was blanked with a rubber blank pipe, then about an 8mm size pipe on fa...

Ouch ! I hope that I have not damaged mine... ordered a new oil filter today, and will change oil before i try and start her again..... What the best grade of oil to use in the V8 ?

I only have one rocker cover with a breather fixed to it, the otherside is the oil filler cap, I am sure I have seen somewhere a Rover V8 with a pipe to the back of the engine near the lifting eye above the bell housing, I guess if I can put pipe from rocker to Carb vac with a T piece to a fresh air...

Yes, thanks... I was reading about using the port to go to the breather, I have a pipe from the top of the RH rocker cover, the port at the rear of the carb is blocked with an threaded bung, the front has the 3 pipes small meduim and large in the middle.. I think i will try and connect the middle la...

OK update..... I have no idea what I have done but it started, the only thing i had done was push the car out of the garage and out into the sun ! I had tried to start it this morning again with no results (outside).. left it outside this afternoon in a little sun and I thought I will give it anothe...

On the front of the Edelbrock carb there are 3 vaccum ports, one (smallest) goes to vac the dissy, the other 2 are blanked off.
On the RPI website they state that the middle port (the largest) is used and connected to the breather on top of the rocker cover...... has anyone done this ??

ok, another update, took all the NGK spark plugs out and re gapped them 0.80 mm, they were all wet and smelling of petrol, I still dont think its a fuel issue. applied the taco strobe and adjusted the timing 10 degrees BTDC with VAC pipe on and done it again with it off... still no different. What I...

Yes it was a dose of clutch and brake cleaner in the inlet manifold !! i was clutching at straws and I read it was less aggressive than easy start... I removed the rocker cover on RH bank of the engine, turned her over on crank pulley until no 1 came to top, both valves closed, removed the sparkplug...

OK, its not a nice place at home for my wife at the moment as she is learning new swear words every time i go out to the garage and the car does not start, please could someone help me with a sanity check..... PLEASE !!!! So a bit of background, I am running a 3.5 l (of SDI parentage I think) in a k...