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Posted: **Sun Jun 23, 2019 11:26 pm**

Would you pay $15k for a billet block?
Have a look here...https://discoweb.org/index.php?threads/ ... ock.98037/

Think about it hard...

A "genuine" (potentially slightly improved) Rover V8 block that will suffer absolutely none of the problems associated with blocks currently on the market. It would be full custom and machined from scratch, but it would bolt right in; being set up as a 4.6. Anyone would be able to build a complete engine in there without special catalogs.

Once and done.

We're talking about maximum precision, here; a block that'll be happy for a lifetime. I need 20 for it to make sense, and I know the people are out there. I just don't at this time know precisely where they are, but I'm going to do my best to cure that ignorance.

General Land Rover use, TVR restoration, race cars, rally vehicles, boats... It would still be one of, if not the lightest "production" V8s on the market. It just wouldn't ever f**k up.

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2019 10:00 am**

If you were going to build a billet block and pay that kind of money, making it stock displacement would be idiotic.

I estimate the market size at roughly zero +/- zero, including the OP over there. Have seen the same sort of knucklehead on various forums over the years.

Posted: **Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:28 am**

perhaps a slightly different approach would be to re-engineer an LS block to make it a drop in replacement in terms of bell-housing and engine mounts?

Because after $15k on the billet rover block, you are still stuck with the crappy heads, intake and plenum which is going to cost another few grand to address.

The only upgrade i performed on my dakar was to remove the rover and replace it with a sbc.

Posted: **Wed Jun 26, 2019 6:01 pm**

A completely and utterly pointless venture.

It really does serve no sensible purpose.

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