History Crazy shit at the junkyard

Not that hard to find Landie V8's here; Range Rovers don't suffer poor upkeep from lackadaisical owners very well.

 

Rover made improvements to the GM version of the engine when they bought the manufacturing rights. They are a nice lite reasonably compact engine. If memory serves me The aluminum heads from a 300 Buick (one year only ?) (I think 1965) are very desirable for them and the 300 crankshaft. The Rovers grew to 4.6 Liters (280 cu in) and can be made to go to 305 with the right parts. Depending on the year of manufacture they came with both carbs and fuel injection. The biggest problem with the Rovers was that the cylinders in them were known to leak due to thin aluminum walls surrounding the liners. Many people thought they were buying an engine with a blown head gasket only to find that it was a cylinder problem. There are a couple of British/Australian websites with info and there was/is a company stateside that specializes in parts for them. They do also have replacement cyl liners. AND..........they also had a turbocharged version of the Olds F-85 in 62/63...........so technically you could have a Hamb legal car with a turbocharger.

 

Man that hideous HEI distributor

 

What about the Cosworth Vega, they were pretty quick cars. HRP