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Cheers guys! Got the starter motor bolted up (I used a hex head perfectly fine but I took the exhaust manis off for working on the mounts) and got the base plate for the engine mount on the block now too

Just need to have the mounts made up now so the plates connect to the mounting points (which is ...

Glad to see you're doing better and out that hole, just do whatever you wanna do, best way to be man.

Cheers mate very helpful

Hey guys, I'm needing some help with some bolt sizes (thread, width and length) for a few bits on my Rover SD1 3.5 V8 if y'all could be so kinda :)


- Engine mount bolts (I think I've found on here that they're 5/16" and 7/16" UNC, but not seen what length they need to be)

- Starter motor bolts ...

LMAO!!!!

Cheers for the info. It's actually a Volvo ZF gearbox I'm using but it has tge UJ at each end of the prop rather than cvs but the 2 cvs work as a UJ so it's all good really then

Cheers guys. I managed to get it a bit straighter, so I'm now onto the mounting stage. Well, my mate is for me LOL

Cheers mate. Very helpful I gave a UJ on tge prop anyways (I call them CVs though but all the same thing)

Time to get on the engine mounts then

Thats cool. This gives an idea of how out from central it is at the moment. The fag is the central mark.

Thats cool. I think I have too much skew then as the engine, from an aerial view, is at about a 10 or 15 degree angle from the propshaft. So I guess that's way too much of an angle then?

I've only ever tuned engines that were already in cars, not fitting them so didn't have experience of fitting ...

I was just wondering how straight the 3.5 RV8 needs to be in the bay? Reason I ask is my engine in the Volvo points a bit to one side (the pulleys would have to be moved about 2-3 inches to the left as you look at it from the front for it to be perfectly inline with the transmission n propshaft.

It ...

How noisy is very noisy? I don't think I'll be able to afford to uprate the carb to a 4bbl due to having some stuff stolen out the car

I was wondering if this fuel pump would do the job nicely for my 3.5L RV8 running on twin SU carbs?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FACET-REPLACEMENT-Electric-Fuel-Pump-Electronic-/370396660897?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item563d5c84a1#ht_2259wt_905


I know Facet pumps are the ones to go for ...

That last dark green one is stunning and sexy as hell!! God I want it!!

Hmmm, louvres, giving me ideas there!!

Cars with uprated suspension CAN handle like go karts, I know as I used to race karts and I used to have a Honda Prelude with uprated suspension. The difference is though it was race coilovers, race arms, race everything, even a racing steering rack! There was about £2k work of suspension and ...