Hello from a newbie with an unusual car for this site

The Saint · Post by **The Saint** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:30 pm

Hello all, I am new on this site as I have just purchased what I believe to be a Land ranger kit car but I have nothing to support this. It has what I believe to be a Rover 3.9 V8 which I think has seen better days, so I will be asking lots of questions soon

I know this thread is worthless without pictures, so here you go. Thanks Ben.

richardpope50 · Post by **richardpope50** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:48 pm

That looks fun.

The Saint · Post by **The Saint** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:09 am

richardpope50 wrote:That looks fun.

It is fun when the sun is shining.

Post by **Rossco** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:31 pm

You dont want to sell it do you....I have a Buick 455 in need of a good home

The Saint · Post by **The Saint** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:35 pm

Rossco wrote:You dont want to sell it do you....I have a Buick 455 in need of a good home

Sorry no, I've only had it a week. Been out in it this morning and it's still putting a grin on my face.
Not sure what a Buick 455 is but I might be able to give it a good home

Post by **Rossco** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:38 pm

The Saint wrote:Not sure what a Buick 455 is but I might be able to give it a good home

It's 7.4 litres of pure American muscle. They fitted it to numerous cars but the grandaddy of them all was the Buick GSX Stage 1........the unrivaled king of the 70's muscle cars.

I've got two engines in the workshop, a standard 455 producing about 420bhp and a slightly tweaked version with 502 cubic inches and around 600bhp

The Saint · Post by **The Saint** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:10 pm

Rossco wrote: I've got two engines in the workshop, a standard 455 producing about 420bhp and a slightly tweaked version with 502 cubic inches and around 600bhp

I don't think my home is robust enough for those.

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:43 pm

Nice motor.

Chris.

Post by **Rossco** » Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:28 pm

ChrisJC wrote:Nice motor.

Chris.

OI Chris I've got first dibs

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:20 am

Rossco wrote:
ChrisJC wrote:Nice motor.

Chris.
OI Chris I've got first dibs

I got enough projects on!, 'tis still a very nice motor though.

Not sure what a 455 would do to it, apart from make it drive around with the rear wheels in the air though.

Chris.

Post by **Rossco** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:27 am

Ah someone else who mistakenly thinks the 455 is a huge lump of heavy iron.

In standard trim it weighs the same as a Land Rover diesel lump, or about 11kg more than a Chevy 350 and 70kg less than a Chevy 454

With alloy heads and an alloy intake it's about half way between a Rover V8 and a Chevy 350

The Saint · Post by **The Saint** » Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:32 am

Thanks for the comments.