ROVER V8 FLATPLANE CRANKSHAFT / THE SURVIVOR

daxrush · March 31, 2020, 06:10:11 PM

ON SALE AGAIN : VERY RARE ORIGINAL & NEW ROVER V8 FLATPLANE CRANKSHAFT. The very last one existing of only a handful ever produced (maybe a dozen...). Die cast, 8 counterweigths, 71 mm Stroke - 2.3" Mains 2.0" b/e, fits 3.9/4.2 & 4.5 blocks.
Price and pictures on request. Please contact me by mail : synergy@neuf.fr

Moderator · March 31, 2020, 11:59:25 PM

Eric, that's a very cool item and your advertisement for it will be welcome here... but only IF you update your ad to comply with the short and simple rules posted in a sticky-thread at the top of the classified section.

I'd particularly like to direct your attention to this part:

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(Photos would be very cool too!)

daxrush · April 02, 2020, 10:11:49 AM

Asked price : 1.500 €

Moderator · April 02, 2020, 12:22:00 PM

Merci et bonne chance!

Young olds · April 25, 2020, 11:08:16 AM

Will it fit, or can be made to fit, in an olds block?

roverman · May 06, 2020, 05:32:12 PM

OOOH yezzz, I want to hear how a "diecast", flat plane, stroker crank, with little mains/rods hold up. Why none around ? Pieces of them are serving as door stops ? Sell to Mr. Key, for his 32v RV*... Art of doubting.

Young olds · May 14, 2020, 03:27:33 AM

A die cast crank does sound strange, wondering if that is miss information.

Young olds · July 01, 2020, 02:59:43 PM

I emailed about it, have not heard back.

minorv8 · July 08, 2020, 12:24:14 AM

Good luck finding a matching camshaft !

roverman · July 16, 2020, 07:42:26 PM

Jukka, only need (4) of them ! As in the ever-elusive Lotus 907 32 valve, head swap atop a much modded, RV8 block.
Fred Key, how did that project work out ? I might actually get mine built, if I don't run out of time..... Art.
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Young olds · July 21, 2020, 06:29:53 PM

I heard back, emailed back and forth. Claimed to be a rover/leyland made piece, he got in a parts lot but from a guy named D.J. Ellis. I'd like to go for it but it is a cast piece( cast steel/nodular iron I assume) not forged which is disappointing. I heard that roller cam cores are available, the cores I've seen in the past had full round lobe blanks which would make Grinding a flat plane crank cam relatively easy in my mind.