Henry_b
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I agree me old mateI feel we could chat for ages over a beer in real life!!Very interesting reading!
I seem to recall you saying you have a RRC V8 ready to restore?
Which V8?
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I seem to recall you saying you have a RRC V8 ready to restore?
I agree me old mate
I seem to recall you saying you have a RRC V8 ready to restore?
Yeah that's right mate! It's a 1982 2 door! I bought it when I was 20, it looked quite good, and was just before they started to soar in value. It had been sneakily bodged with filler made to look like seam welds on the rear arches etc (I think it would of been faster to just weld it properly
), but I drove it for a year and fell in love with the shape and engine! I just love them!Older and wiser, I'm ready for her! I've stripped it down to the bare shell, I've got all the replacement panels and have a load of parts from rpi to do a top end rebuild on the enjun!
Watch this space....
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Yeah that's right mate! It's a 1982 2 door! I bought it when I was 20, it looked quite good, and was just before they started to soar in value. It had been sneakily bodged with filler made to look like seam welds on the rear arches etc (I think it would of been faster to just weld it properly
Older and wiser, I'm ready for her! I've stripped it down to the bare shell, I've got all the replacement panels and have a load of parts from rpi to do a top end rebuild on the enjun!
Watch this space....
Can't wait to see the car and progress
Does the haul from RPI contain a nice Cam
Can't wait to see the car and progress
Does the haul from RPI contain a nice Cam
It does indeed! A piper 'torque max' cam to be precise! Do you have any experience of these? I also bought the duplex vernier kit, and all new hydraulic tappets!
I've also gone for a lecky dizzy upgrade, because the worn out points were pizing me off, having to adjust them almost before every outing, and the dizzy itself was fairly worn. To complete my crazy ten year spending spree I splashed out on an edlebrock intake manifold and single barrel weber 500! I'm looking forward to doing the engine work the most, in fact I had thought if I can't physically do the work to the rangie, of converting my tratter to real fuel and putting this in...
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It does indeed! A piper 'torque max' cam to be precise! Do you have any experience of these? I also bought the duplex vernier kit, and all new hydraulic tappets!
I've also gone for a lecky dizzy upgrade, because the worn out points were pizing me off, having to adjust them almost before every outing, and the fizzy itself was fairly worn. To complete my crazy ten year spending spree I splashed out on an edlebrock intake manifold and single barrel weber 500! I'm looking forward to doing the engine work the most, in fact I had thought if I can't physically do the work to the rangie, of converting my tratter to real fuel and putting this in...
I do indeed have experience of the Torquemax Cam and it is the best fitment for the Rover V8, of course the application has to be taken into consideration i'm assuming it is a 285?
The electronic ignition will be one of the most noticeable upgrades IMO points were/are a pain in the ass..
As for your Carb and intake choice it sounds good If a definite improvement over Stombergs or SU's the throttle responce is far better, I managed to snap up an Offenhauser manifold a few months ago for a customers 4door..
Nice bit of kit it was
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The HP22 is a good box so long as it isn't left unserviced, the Motorway Patrol used Range Rovers and they used to slam them into Reverse at speed to bring the car to an almost instant stop
What a wicked way to treat a motor, still if it ain't yours …nb thought there was an inhibitor to prevent R being selected above walking speed. Not that I'm about to test out the theory with my own motor.
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