Aluminum Buick/Rover V-8 info request

I'm collecting parts for a 215 powered project too.

 

sure look like chevy to me. damn i guess these things are catching on. im going with the 2x2 and 2g carb setup, with an s10 t5 behind it. most likely offy v-covers too. i am probably going to pull it apart to inspect but really dont want to rebuild it yet, id like to mock it all up and get everything fit, drive it, see how i like it before building it. who knows though, you know how everything snow balls. i liked the rover as its real short and light. i wont have to chop out my firewall. nothing against that but this car is real clean.

 

What book is best for the ins and outs of these Buick/Olds/Rover V8's

I know there are a few.

 

This is a great site for more Rover V8 info.

http://www.v8developments.co.uk/

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I'm going to put in another plug for D&D Fabrications,Inc - www.aluminumv8.com - their web site has most of the info you're looking for - interchangeability, speed equipment, replacement parts, using 300 ci parts to make a big engine, etc. I have 2 aluminum V8's - one in a 62 Skylark and another in a 49 Crosley (??), and have used these guys a lot. Dan LaGru has worked with these engines for MANY years and knows about everything - and is great to work with. His son Mark is now handling most of the day to day stuff now. AND he is a hot rodder !!

 

I know that adaptors are available to fit Chevy rocker covers on the Rover heads... I don't remember who makes them tho..

 

I told you before,guv,try Real Steel in Middle***,England,they have a lot of dealings with Rover lumps.I think the owners are John thaw and Dennis Waterman?'ave that!

 

I did go & have a peek at their site but couldn't see them...
http://www.realsteel.co.uk/

They have absolutly everything & anything a person could want for a Rover-V8 & then some....

 

Thats weird,I just got thru straight off your link.They got the parts on Adobe,maybe you need that?There is a contact e-mail address
[EMAIL="sales@realsteel.co.uk" ]sales@realsteel.co.uk[/EMAIL] \its a long list,have fun and hide your wallet

 

anyone know what thermostat housing to run on the 2x2 offy intake? i have a 3.9, the original housing bolts up but the intake has a small thermostat byp*** hole. is it just a buick housing?

 

So do I!

 

Both the Buick and Olds 215 thermostat housing have the byp*** hose connection - I believe the later 300 engines do also.

 

These sound awesome!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZqsxkDbphQ

 

There is one sitting in the South Omaha u pullit. they want a buck forty with a core and two without

 

If these engines get hot, they will drop the liner down and the rings will hook on top of liner. I've got a dis***embled 96, 4.0 out back if you want it. Needs lots of work, price FREE. Frank

 

Frank, was the 4.0 the same size main journals as the 3.5 (I think it was, but I'm kinda tired now too).

 

I put one in a Datsun 280Z about 20 yrs. ago. Used one of the D&D adapters and it worked out well. Have a couple of the '64 Buick 300's with aluminum heads that I'm thinking of putting together one of these days.

 

Dont bother with the old stuff ,too many reasons to p*** on it all .....like worn ali oil pumps that are part of the timing chain cover and idle at zero oil pressure ,stuff like that .Why not just rip a newer 4.4 litre 4bolt mains block from a range rover discovery .? They are a heaps better plant while remaining basically the same form externally .

 

triumph stags came with rover motors starting in 73 or 74. They are good reliable motors as long as you stay on top of them. dont let it run hot, or you'll have problems. they'll see well over 200k with a little care. I think we have 2 3.5's sitting in our shop, maybe one is a 3.9, i forget. if you're interested in one, send me a pm, i'll ask the boss if he wants to move it. they were both running when we pulled them a little over a year ago...they are complete minus the computer as far as i know. maybe missing a few little bits, but the carb. manifold would fix most of that anyway, we do lots of rovers here, so if you need oddball parts, we might have them layin around. but as someone else said, be careful with the old oil pumps...