Rover 3.5L V8 Standard Engine vs Stage 1 Upgrade

Good stuff 👍

Interesting. 👍

I wonder how much difference just changing to 10 bolt heads alone would be worth?

Good gain Graham , very rarely did i get 150 out of a stock engine i use to do a lot with the 4x4 brigade. Weber at the time did a replacement 4 barrel bit like the Holley it came in a kit with a Offenhauser inlet and a big round K&N as you know this totally transformed them and with some nice manifolds on sometimes you would see a good 30hp gain and similar with torque ... then they started snapping half shafts lol . But id say your on the money with that gain. Just think with a good head job and bigger valves and a 270 cam and manifolds u might see 200+ ...

loving the v8 vids ,When fitting the 10 bolt heads which head gasket did you use tin or composite?

Hope your camera man had his ear defenders on when recording that second run and leaning over the top of the engine like that , 😂
another great video 👍🏻

I took a 4.6 out of a range rover and rebuilt it using 3.5 front cover etc, edelbrock carb/manifold, distributer. 3.9 cam. Care to hazard a guess at power?

Did you put new crank bearings or one of those fancy duplex chains in Graham?

Love the kind of understated mod. Perfect for the classic enthusiast who wants to keep everything close to original.

That is the sound of money turning into fun

Good job !
Grinding away the edges and flushing the inletports of the manifold alone , does allreddy miracles !
You can hear nr 2 run more " round " beqause of better breathing .
I have done this in the 80s to the in and outletmanifold of my Alfa 2 liter engine , and with its twin Webers won about 10 BHP , just by this simple grinding alone .
Old school tuning , lovely !!!!

What kind of power do they make with a Holley carb ?

Hi, love your informative channel. I have an early 3.5 in a TR/7, have run it in sprints and hill climbs for 12 years and was always reliable. installed new rings and bearings and timing chain and now having problems chewing out the cam drive gear this has me stumped can you help me. Pump is free moving, cam the same, early, no retaining collar. Thank you. Michael Simington.

Interested in having some work done on my 4. Ltr V8, it’s going in a Defender 110. How do I contact you?

Im not sure there is any point doing engine mods with those twin SU carbs. Its like forcing usain bolt to wear wellington boots in the 100m.

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I have a SD1 standard v8 what is a rough cost from tuning it up to around 200bhp?

Hi question for you
If I buy 3.9 engine and I wanna fit ignition distributor instead electronic ignition whats I need to change
Thanks

These great engines would work great in an Jaguar XJS

You might Add a winterburn CDI ignition

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Power of a 4 cyl, with the fuel economy of a big HP V8 😂