110 V8 cam replacement needed and if so, where?

My 1984 110 V8 is starying to get a bit noisier on top. Actually
quite a bit noisier

It's always had a slight tappet noise, but it seems now that more
tappets are coming out in sympathy. Given it's done 105k miles and
the fuel consumption is spiralling downwards (although it still pulls
fine) is a new camshaft and tappets on my horizon? Noise is
definitely from the top of the engine.

It has regular oil changes, oil pressure seems good (by my test of
seeing whether the pressure light comes on whilst trying to stall it).

I see that a camshaft kit seems to be around the £100 mark. Would I
need anything else?

I would also like to find someone reliable in the Portsmouth/hants
area to do the job - any recommendations?

Thanks.

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On or around Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:03:22 +0100, danny
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>My 1984 110 V8 is starying to get a bit noisier on top. Actually
>quite a bit noisier
>
>It's always had a slight tappet noise, but it seems now that more
>tappets are coming out in sympathy. Given it's done 105k miles and
>the fuel consumption is spiralling downwards (although it still pulls
>fine) is a new camshaft and tappets on my horizon? Noise is
>definitely from the top of the engine.
>
>It has regular oil changes, oil pressure seems good (by my test of
>seeing whether the pressure light comes on whilst trying to stall it).
>
>I see that a camshaft kit seems to be around the £100 mark. Would I
>need anything else?
>
>I would also like to find someone reliable in the Portsmouth/hants
>area to do the job - any recommendations?


camshaft, followers, pushrods, rocker shafts and at least some rockers,
camchain and sprockets, front cover gasket, front cover seal. That about
covers it.

if the cam's bad, then the other stuff will almost certainly need doing too.
There's a school of thought that you shouldn't put old rockers on new
shafts, but then again, for the most part, it's the shafts that wear. If
money's not too tight, then worth replacing the rocker set as well, but
there are 16 of them and a full set is about 64 quid.

Real Steel do some nice heavy duty tubular pushrods, which look the bees
knees. I've a set here, together with a barely-used 3.9 cam and set of
followers, as spares potentially.


depending on which cam yours has to start with, it might be worth putting
the 3.9 one in instead on replacement - worthwhile upgrade for some engine
builds. No doubt Badger will be along sometime to tell us if yours is one
such.

all youll need is a gasket set , new cam and lifters and maybe a timing chain
kit if you want to change it .

i put rover SD1 cams in those engines and they run a treat in landrover low
compression engines or high comp .

theyll pull from very low revs and have plenty of low down torque .

try REAL STEEL for an SD1 cam kit and or additionally a timing chain kit and
gasket set .

you may also try adding an oil pump booster plate kit and high pressure relief
spring , easy to fit .

if you have a combined vacuum retard and advance distributor the ignition
timing will be as per haines manual > 1985 range rover , ie checked with both
hoses on the distributor and idle revs set according to book .

you wont need new rockers or valve springs if you dont want to fit them and the
cam will fit the engine without any mods reqd .
..
there is only one problem you may encounter and thats the thread of the bolt
hole in the front of the camshaft , there were 2 different threads used on
rover v-8 cams , it may be advisable to buy a new camshaft bolt to fit the
actual cam you buy , just in case .

i tapped mine out but you might not have the eqpt to do so , so better safe
than stuck .

..