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The valve stems may need machining to accept the new seals, I have had this mod done on my heads, it's also worth checking the breather, I had a John Eales V8 that smoked a bit, it was due to not having a restrictor in the breather tube from the rocker box. Most likely it is the washer type thingys ...

Hi All I'm running a 214 cam and would like to know if I need to change the springs, any advice appreciated.

Hi all, happy New year everyone. I am in the process of doing this to my SD1 engine, John Eales supplied a crank damper that sits much further back, I have put a serpentine pulley, again from JE onto the damper. The front cover is a standard SD1 with a dizzy, I'm also running a Mezziere electric wat...

Hi Volvo rockers could be fitted to the Rover shafts, they were an upgrade made of steel, instead of aluminium Rover rockers. I used these a long time ago, and didn't think they were available now, also the steel rockers had a bleed hole at the bottom which needed to be sealed to stop the oil leakin...

Hi Skudd
I will take some measurements etc in due course, control wise I haven't looked into that yet, but I'm guessing it can work off an ECU, I'm thinking of something that will work with the fan and water pump. They are very expensive water pumps though.

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Just joined hi all, I have a 3.9 V8 with a Meziere electric water pump, gas flowed and large valve heads. Edelbroc inlet with webber 500 carb, Yella terra rockers with shimmed rocker shafts instead of springs. Engine isn't running yet not quite finished, hopefully to be sorted soon.