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saw this a while ago and yeah, whilst it does go against the grain a bit, it is very cool. I like the fact that he's not some eco tree hugger hell bent on killing cars/petrol/fun. He's just a talented guy putting his money where his mouth is and showing the world another way if they care to see it. ...

can't believe it's taken me this long to find this section! £12 is the cheapest resource I've found for V8 building, and for this kind of help and info it's an absolute bargain!!! Thanks all for your help so far and have a great Chrimbo! Coops - paypal'd you £12 for gold membership, my email is the ...

just for the noise alone, I like!! the rest, I love.

Honestly, I thought I'd seen the best/ worst of the snow driving lunacy and incompetence up here 'round our way, but that is one biscuit well and firmly taken!!

I fell in love with Stratos' as a child and then saw the Hawk stand at the stoneleigh kit car show some years back so I like to think I'll build a HF2400 with the Ferrari 308 V8 in it at some point, but if I had the money I'd take an original every time 'cos it's, well, original!

for me this is easy: the practical one - Modded Mk2 Discovery. 300bhp V8, overland/ expedition spec. http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae108/james_hennessey1/discooverland.jpg the fun one - Lancia Stratos, ferrari engined version. http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae108/james_hennessey1/stratos.jp...

ZDDP, I'd never heard of that. One quick google later and some very interesting stuff! I don't know why but it has never occurred to me that oils would have changed so much in such recent times. I mean from the 50's to now sure, but the 90's?! :shock: thanks for the tip :D , the machinist also advis...

Thanks Mike, reassuring and sensible words, particularly keeping an eye out for filings, might invest in a magnetic sump plugs just in case! I'm putting it all back together today (assuming my toes and fingers don't die and fall off, it's pretty nippy out!! :lol: ) If folks are interested I'll updat...

Ok, a quick update. I went back to the machine shop today and to cut a long story short it transpires that they have over 40 years experience in rebuilding these "old style" cast iron heads (vauxhall CIH, ford CVH etc..) and they've never ID'd and matched parts when rebuilding. They claim to never h...

Seriously??!!!

A few thousand miles? balls.


Thanks though Ron, that is useful info. just saddening too....

thanks guys, it is as I thought.
bit pi$$ed off but not much I can do now.
I'll gaffer it all back together this week sometime and hope for the best.

as for free HP,

Good evening one and all, this question kind of follows on from a recent thread of mine about overheating problems. After much testing and replacing bits it was concluded that the head gasket on my 2litre mk1 cav (sorry, still not a V8 ) had indeed blown and would need sorting. So I bit the bullet a...

Top Man Mr Monkey!!

Cheers,

Cheers for the explanation Mike, makes sense to me now. as they say: "every days a school day!" :D maybe one day I'll get into Fords, chevy's etc.. but I'll stick to learning about Rovers for now I think, more than enough for me to start with! Good luck with it Swede, I'll watch any build threads yo...

there you go Swede, told you. not the last time I'll be wrong I'm sure!

I'll get my coat........