Rover V8 startup

[landyladv8]

Awesome sound! Water flow a little slow but at least you bothered to cool it, wouldn't want to spoil a rebuild with an overheating engine!

[sergiohgjgukgy]

what is the price?

[cmoes]

@sergiohgjgukgy

Its not for sale.

[sergiohgjgukgy]

price??

[nick1012ish]

i would not run that engine that long with such a small amount of water going through it a hose pipe is not anuff

[trainman665]

My favourite engine of all time!

[akkudakkupl]

Ignition seems to be set a little too late. :-)

[cmoes]

Yes thats right. It was about 30 degrees out :-o

[akkudakkupl]

@cmoes Does it perform well now? :-)

[DaBoogie049]

WHAAT?! No, don´t waste a rare Kapitän!

[cmoes]

Yes its a Buick 215 design that Rover bought in the early sixties.

[Motorfordtoyota]

Wasnt the Pover 3.5 a Buick design? I would imagine that since Americans are the best v8 builders!

[mondyboy81]

@Motorfordtoyota Yes, started out as the Buick 215CI alloy V8, and it wasn't very popular because it was thought too weedy for the big US cars. Rover spotting a chance bought the design rights and turned it into the Rover V8. It was over 30lbs lighter than the Rover 3 litre straight six engine yet offered better BHP & torque. It transformed the P5's performance and made its name in subsequent Rover cars.

[cmoes]

Its buildt as a standard 3,5 EFI from 1987 Range Rover going into a hotrod project - Opel Kapitan from 1952.

[rbow4949]

Well done guys..love the sound of Rover / Buick V8 ..... what car did you uput it into?

Rob of Western Australia

[cmoes]

@rbow4949

Its buildt as a standard 3,5 EFI from 1987 Range Rover going into a hotrod project  - Opel Kapitan from 1952.

[cmoes]

@rbow4949

The engine is for a Opel Kapitan 1951 hot rod project.

[017matt]

Well done guys - awesome engine!!

[EXTREME4YEARSTOCOME]

1:33 gr8 view

[kazimann]

I love engine bench tests!

[tepids]

awesome fun, carbon monoxide poisoning always makes me happy :)

[2007GanJaMan]

Phat engine, get a bucket !!

[throughthedark]

Use a bucket for the water!

[sparkie231]

The 215 Buick lives on

[JasperGordonTurner]

sounds awesome. Ive got headers on my 3.9 with a holley truck avenger 4 bbl and a magnaflow exhaust. Oh the sweet sound of a rover V8.

[cmoes]

Rebuilding this enaiges are not difficult, but a bigg job with 8 cylinders instead of 4. All the bearings are cheep to renew. A cam kit also. Good luck.

[pooperscooper71]

I'll be swapping the 3.9 from my disco into my defender soon. Should be nice once I match the ports with the headers and edelbrock manifold plus 500 webber on top. Was your reuild a big job?

[cmoes]

yes, petrol burning in the pipe. First we thought it was a valve problem. The timing was not optimal. After ajusting and new plugs it now runs fine.

[nipperoid]

is that petrol coming out of the pipe?

[cmoes]

Wather for cooling.

[camerondavo]

listen to a holden v8 304 best sounding v8 in the world.

[praizedalord]

bet its not better dan my dads 3.5 v8

landrover with defender cab carbs stainless steal big bore exgahsut

[landybob]

rovers dont like idleing after rebuild but if she's still good

good on ya loveley sound well done

[isbj0rn12]

I love the sound of a Rover V8!

Great stuff!

[hilaliviz]

Good stuff, how long it take you and how did you rebuild it? standard or upgrade?