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Rover firing order 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2

Hi Andy,
Chesman engineering in Coventry have a look at The website. Might be a little run for you but quality workmanship and they are doing this work constantly .
Cheers
Mark

Chessman engineering in Coventry check out the website, Cheers Mark.

Hi yes John Eales is the guru with rover engines and his son Richard followed in his footsteps. If it is one of John's engines he has camshafts made to his own profile.
Excellent people to deal with and his knowledge is unbeatable. I like the gt40 is it a KVA .

Sounds like a nice set up! it seems to be a JE engine and could possibly be John's cam in as well.Why don't you give John or Richard a call they will answer all of your questions and sell you quality gaskets etc. Give them your engine number if John built it everything is on computer for traceabilit...

Jenko have a look at Mulberry Fabrications they build sumps for John Eales they do some cracking sumps www.mulfab.co.uk Cheers Mark.

Forgot to mention I am using a tin RR sump as much heavier than sd1. The sump you are showing is baffled and should be fine it is all I am using as well Richard Eales suggest this sump.I F you are track day your car, then there are some manufacturers who make nice rover v8 sumps and JohnEales uses t...

Hi glad you are getting there. I am assuming your engine is going in a Westfield, alloy sumps are nice but I am always critical of ground clearance and metal sumps will take a little knock alloy sumps normally crack. My 4.6 engine same as your block a late LCF came new from John Eales serpentine set...

Hi I see you have a lcf block, the pick up pipe on a serpentine timing chest bolts to the bottom of the chest and the pick up pipe bracket goes on to a main cap the one in your photo with a tapped hole in the middle. It attaches to the main as a stud screws in the cap then a spacer approx 1" th...

Chessman engineering at Coventry first class work they have a website, Cheers Mark.

Hi Paul Red block that is champion, standard head casting numbers, if they have not had any work done on the heads Darkspeed is right the heads are the downside of these, a Rover v8 with your cam etc I would say 200-220 tops. You would see a big difference in going for a pair of stag3 heads they rea...

Hi Paul, Yes these blocks are very good especially the red blocks. Some people tend to get them top hat lined but this is really not necessary, you would be very unlucky to suffer any issues with this block. John Eales does not top hat line these as a matter of choice. I have a John Eales LCF block ...

Hi Paul Just read your post again so to clarify you have a late LCF 4.0 ltr factory replacement engine supplied to a land rover specification no engine number stamped on the block but supplied with an engine identification Plate which was the norm. Compression ratio 9.35/1. Check your head numbers a...

Hi Paul your LCF block is one of the last to leave the factory they were not normally stamped in the usual place on the block but came with an identifying plate as the factory had a lot of trouble with the 4.0/4.6 Ltr blocks these tended to be factory replacement s in a lot of vehicles. They were gr...

Many thanks for the offer of the cam retaining plate I have sent you a PM, cheers.