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are you talking about packing the motor out from the engine block so that the starter gear gets full contact with the ring gear (when the starter is pushed out, if its a solenoid starter)?? if so its certainly possible, but a custom plate would have to be made to get proper area contact not penny wa...

I have built a 4.6 engine up with the older timing cover / sump / ancillaries / ignition / carbs. There's a couple of nuances, but it's not hard. The 'flapper' type fuel injection as fitted to the SD1 and earlier Range Rover EFi's has no notion of an immobiliser, and can be transplanted easily if o...

I have built a 4.6 engine up with the older timing cover / sump / ancillaries / ignition / carbs. There's a couple of nuances, but it's not hard. The 'flapper' type fuel injection as fitted to the SD1 and earlier Range Rover EFi's has no notion of an immobiliser, and can be transplanted easily if o...

thanks again dave and chris, wise words, I know the rover makes plenty of torque, (well over 300? if I remember right) from all of the peak models, but the rev line gets very low on the 4.6, 4750rpm?! cmon for a petrol thats poor, at least 5000! I am assuming its land rover's safety margin. I am no ...

yea this is what I am assuming TVR changed to get 340 from the 5litre?

are there many aftermarket heads which are copies of the tvr type or higher flow at least?

or are people supercharging?

steel liners on the 4.6? they only make 220hp though, I was looking for a bit more, any other common faults? and any way to get them towards the 250mark?

thanks again guys, just testing the water

but the 5.0 HC is a "factory engine" am I wrong?

Hi everyone, I am from herts, I build pickup trucks and have been looking at the rover v8 as another possible engine swap, my parents old P6 is sitting in the barn rusting away and that is all I know about the rover v8, and all that wiki can tell me. I am interested in the 300+ hp 5litre versions fr...