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Hi All, I know this has probably been done to death, but, I have finshed putting together my engine, 4.0 block/pistons, unleaded heads, Edelbrock 500, P6 front cover, uprated oil pump gears & Mocal take off plate (type e I think) remote oil filter mounted under crank pulley horizontally. All sta...

Hi all, Well I'm nearly at the stage where I can think about firing up my new engine but I would like advice on what dizzy/ignition setup would be best. Its a 4.0 Rover V8, unleaded heads, Edelbrock 500 carb, P6 timing cover coupled to a BW35. I have a Lucas 35DE8 dizzy, but no coil, no ballast resi...

Hi All, Thanks for all your help, finally got around to sorting it out once & for all. So its all done, engine put back togaether & last weekend actually managed to put engine in car. One issue is that the oil pressure switch is now fouling the steering rack, where can I get a 90 deg. male t...

Thanks for the info Chris.
Your lucky that you have a countersunk cap head there.
Is there a different type of pump head or a sandwhich type plate?
Also, does everyone receomment that a oil pressure gauge is absolutley necessary? because I havnt got one or really got the room for one.
Cheers, Lee.

Hope these pics comes out.....! http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6039/6345502358_510b5850f0_b.jpg http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6221/6345500682_2357ac6356_z.jpg http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/6344739741_15a1701438_b.jpg Well, hopefully that should all be clear to show my plight!! I dont really w...

Bugger, right time for a real newbie question, tried to upload pics but cant figure out how to do it on this forum, I dont have an online photo account.
Can I email them to anyonr who can upload?
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Dave, your spot on, thats the cover I have. Trouble is I dont really want to unbolt the crossbolt as the engine is almost together & it was supplied as a short block with heads seperate. I have already fitted the uprated oil pump with the spacer plate under the mocal head plate. So I can only th...

Hi guys, Dave, thats it, but as its a brand new engine bought from a supplier, I dont really fancy modifying any part of the block or the crossbolt head or the actual bolt thats there as its a fully crossbolted engine. The cover I have is a little different to the one in that ebay ad, mines the Moca...

Hi All, In the process of assembling my engine, I am using a cross bolted block & a P6 front cover. I have the uprated oil pump & using a Mocal pump head/cover to feed a remote filter. Problem is when I tried to fit the front cover, the oil pressure releif valve part hits the crossbolt not a...