Heads off, sump off, pistons out, new rings,new big end bearings,new valve stem oil seals, hone bores and reasemble. If you can DIY then only the parts to buy, probably less than £150 if you shop around. Not a 5 min job.
You may not be able to register it even when its repaired, i would check with DVLA first, and to be honest a car thats been written off and repaired twice is gona be worth **** all when you want to sell it, and if you crash it is it going to stand up to it again?? I wouldnt trust it. Buy it and...
Wasn't me that said about them, twas someone else, I said about my cherry bombs or try super traps. But I can and do take off the end Caps but my ears bleed after a while! Lol
yeah when I take off the header Caps it's load! Have driven it like that before on cruises at shows, all road legal even tow a Rapido folding caravan with it!
Just had my air con recharged at the local branch. "Didn't work mate, compressor not cutting in". Bugger! Ok no worries do I owe you? "No should do but don't worry". Got in car, pressed the a/c off button to on and drove home in a nice cold car! Cheers! Just hope it don't all leak out!
The 4.6 is more prone to hg problems because of the car they are fitted to. As the p38 has to run so hot for the emissions. If the engine was fitted to another vehicle and it had a decent cooling system it would be as good as any other Rover v8. The cooling system on my 4.2 is well sorted and...
If you used an earlier one from a shadow they have points and twin su's, so it would be easier. I had a Bentley T1 for a few years, smooth and **** loads of torque! Do it!