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Here’s some pictures of the pistons.

Real steel don’t offer the stroker kit, but this would have been high compression.

Didn’t think it would be so hard to find parts for a top
Hatted 4.6.

Guess it’ll be custom.

John Eales was the 1st person I’ve tried and everyone since has said to go to him. After several emails to him, he has said he has nothing suitable. Real steel haven’t anything. I think out piston issues were cause by incorrect fuelling, the rods, unsure of reason. Previous engine was a 3.9, 8.13 pi...

Hello all, I’ve another project in the go. I’m looking at building a 4.6/4.8 top hatted block for a super charged engine. The current 3.9 has bent rods and melted pistons. I’m looking for forged pistons and rods. Really struggling to find anything. Are there any suppliers that could help? Be using m...

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It's got ported big valve 4.6 style heads, ported offy manifold, crower 232 cam, uprated pushrods, rhoads lifters, balanced bottom end with piston pockets, 11:1 compression ratio, Malory dizzy with msd ignition.

Maybe I'll keep it for a future project.

Hello, My triumph TR7 has seen better days and the body needs to much work for me, I'm thinking of stripping it but don't know where to start. its a tuned 3.5 cross bolted engine with ported heads, manifold and cam. Made 255bhp. I hear the engines are rare. Where do I stary with a price? Many thanks...

Sorry for delay. I havent had much to do with this engine until i was given a box of bits. As far as i can see the engine was a standard low compression on SU's with a home made turbo kit, dont know what turbo, with an external waste gate running 1.5 bar. No intercooler. Was in the car running for 5...

Hello, My i'm helping a friend give his engine a freshen up, Its a 3.5 turbo, the engine code is 25G, cant find out where its from. It was running 1.5 bar boost up until the head gaskets gave up. The block is stamped as 8.13:1 compression with tin head gaskets and 36cc chambers. As im new to turbos,...

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Does anybody know what thread size is on a bolt for a holley float bowl, mines pulled a thread.

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Hello, I've finish my old engine so old 1s in the way. Bottom end is good, 4000 miles since 20thou rebore 10.5 piston, p5 block, I think. Heads, sd1 type, both inlets and exhausts have been ported and fitted with uprated springs. Cam is a typhoon from realsteel. All Just needs a clean. What's it wor...

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I'm going to fit my rocker gear to my engine today and noticed that there are no marks on either end of the shafts, how do I know which bank they belong to? Does it matter?

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Does anyone know the torque of the cross bolts for a rover?

Might be a strange question, I brought a new 4.0 litre engine, with it came a spacer, where does it go, using a old sd1 engine for rest of pieces, told I'd need it.

Can I uses more than 1 rocker shim to get correct lifter preload?

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Hello, does anyone know what sort of clearance I should have between pistons and valves. I'm using a crower 50232 cam in a 4 litre. I have contact and need the pistons pocketing.

Hello, hopefully an easy question, does anyone know the compressed size of a comp head gasket for a rover in mm?
Thanks.

I'm using a new 4.0 short engine, SD1 sump, oil pump and front cover. Ported late type heads.
My 3.5 made 256bhp. Fingers crossed for the 4 litre.

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The new engine I'm building hasn't got any dowels in the block to locate the head, does anyone have the sizes of them so I can have some made.

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