New Rover Blocks

[castlesid]

Art,

Re your post of the 9th, I can think of a lot of guys who would be interested in theUK of the mods to the Mahle Rover block.

The problem is money not lack of interest, the mods you suggest would be beneficial to serious racers and certainly an upgrade to tophat liners would give peace of mind and shouldn't be very expensive to incorporate, most of the feedback I have seen about the Coscast/Mahle blocks is why didn't they fit tophats, you can clearly see the much higher quality of the casting in the pictures I've seen and I believe they come with a three year guarantee so obviously they are confident in their product.

In the Uk there are plenty of used 4.6 engine coming onto the market, usually because they have had a liner problem, mainly they get rebuily with tophat liners to solve the problem which costs £800 - £1000 so the cost of a new Mahle is quite competitive.

Kevin.

[roverman]

About those Rover/Buick blocks, Anyone got/share a dimensioned drawing for Rover and 300-350" girdle? I plan build from billet alum. Regarding movement between the decks, Rover discovered early-on, in their developement, that a well secured one-piece intake manifold tied the two decks together and reduced related movement problems. Anyone willing to share pic's of welded valley areas? about 27 years ago, I built a 215" out to 300", all alum Buick with billet alum. main caps , std. mains with studs. Worked out well in a 77' Celica Liftback, (baby Mach I Mustang),50lbs less weight on front end, somewhat of a "sleeper". roverman.

[BlownMGB-V8]

No doubt you saw the thread on the V8buick smallblock forum about girdles, the title was something about header flanges, multi-page thread. Tom is working on a CAD file and has a connection with a waterjet guy but it may be a couple more weeks before he has anything to look at. The 215 has a different pan rail from the other SBB's. I'd be surprised if anybody here has done anything, but you never know.

Jim

[NixVegaGT]

OMG Art!! That '77 Celica GT sounds like a totally bitchin' project. I had one of those in High School. I absolutely LOVED that car. It had their 8" rear end. I bet it worked out great.

You got any pix of it??

Thanks man.

[roverman]

Car belonged to a friend, Steve McLeod. We lost touch 20+ years ago. Facebook anyone?  Build: new, close ratio.T-5, Mopar 8 3/4" re. w. 3.55 posi, std. width,(fit), and 84 Vette,"Turbine" wheels. 300"BU., Offy, "cold" man. w. 600 Holley,custom headers, windadge tray, baffle and pistonless acumulator. As I recall, car weighed less when completed. Handled pretty good. Some folks don't know that this motor is lighter tha most cast iron 4 cyls. and has a lower c.g.  I'm considering getting a similar car. Maybe an alum. hemi/later. "Elanor" on a diet? Hard car to find.Pictures even harder. Regards, roverman.

[Hack]

Sorry for dragging up such an 'ancient' thread, but...









And yes, it goes quite well :-)
(When I can keep cams intact...)

Hack

[NixVegaGT]

I love it, Dude. That is frickin' sweeet. I'd love to build one of these. It's always been a favorite.

[roverman]

Hack, "cams intact"? More than one? You may want to follow our "serious roller" thread. We would love to see a "how it was done" Looks like a Rover/Triumph BH.? Should weigh pretty close to a stocker? Thanks, roverman.