[ROVERNET - UK] Help!!!! Rover V8 Motor Question
David Sheuring
rovertcv8 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 18 13:54:22 GMT 2006
Good Morning,
I guess I should had been more specific about
something here. I am back in college with 2 teenagers
so money is a bit stretch.
So, I should have asked for the least expensive repair
parts price. I know that there are so many ways to
increase and to modify but I just want to get the car
back running
When I finish college, I will then rebuild the whole
block and do what I REALLY want to, but until then,
the wife and the kids get most of the perks that money
does.
Thanks so much for your answers. I know Ruth and will
give her a call and I am going to chech in witht the
local NAPA store for the valves and gaskets
Cheers
David
--- Kent Kinard <kkinard at wcc.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:52:36 -0800 (PST)
> David Sheuring <rovertcv8 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Hope you and your families are having a wonderful
> > Christmas.
> >
> > I am having to take my V8 motor apart because I
> have a
> > intake or exhaust valve that is burnt and I need
> to
> > ask some question:
> >
> > 1. Are the valves on the 70 V8 the same as the
> 61-63
> > Buick heads?
>
> Valves are the same, but springs and retainers are
> different. Using stock Buick or Rover valves
> (pre-76) may
> be marginal with unleaded fuel. Consider replacing
> the
> heads and valves with a set from a US Range
> Rover(87-'95).
> Slightly better breathing and less valve recession
> on no
> lead fuels.
> >
> > 2. Are the head gaskets you get from Fel-Pro, as
> long
> > as they are the metals ones, will be correct and
> how
> > bout the intake pan gasket?
>
> Using composition (sandwich type) gaskets is a good
> idea
> on high compression engines as it will bring down
> the CR
> slightly. Use a Range Rover intake gasket (coated
> type)
> and Range Rover neoprene rocker cover gaskets. Be
> sure to
> leave out the bottom row of head bolts and torque
> the
> heads according to post '95 specs (ten bolts per
> side
> only).
> >
> >
> > 4. If I have to get new valves, where in America
> or
> > Canada can I get intake and exhaust valves?
>
> The Buick/Rover valves (through '75) come up on Ebay
> from
> time to time, but may still be available locally as
> Buick
> 215 '61-'63 parts. Egge Machine may list them as
> well.
> Land Rover dealers offer competitive prices on the
> later
> parts. Ruth can supply all this stuff as Lance
> points
> out. Rovers North and other Land Rover specialists
> stock
> much for the later heads and I've been very
> satisfied with
> Rovers Down South in New Orleans.
>
> Lance, did you have to pay duty on the stuff Ruth
> sent
> you?
>
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help and look forward
> to
> > hearing from you all
>
> Standard advise: Check the cam lobes and lifters
> for
> wear. Replace if not perfect. Replace the timing
> chain
> with a true roller set (Cloyes, Edelbrock, etc.) or
> else
> you will have to do the same work at some point in
> the
> near future, and if you've stripped the front of an
> NAS
> P6B once, you will not look forward to doing it
> again.
>
> Roveroverhauledly,
> Kent K.
>
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