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I heard Elring make the best, but they only do gaskets for 10 bolt heads and there's a lot of other types available which fit my heads (Elring are 10 bolt and I need 14 for the dipstick mounting). Are the 14 bolt ones ok quality wise as well?

What is the best quality composite head gasket and bolt type for a 3.5 Rover v8? Should I replace the bolts with standard early ones again or use the later stretch bolts? Or even ARP studs? Its only a mildly tuned engine (holley, Hurricane cam, tube headers etc), nothing mad.

Will it work? I have some Elring 3.9 gaskets but my engines a 3.5. Are they still compatible?

The Elring gaskets are the larger 94.4mm bore size for the 3.9. Can I use these on a 3.5 with 89.9mm bore?

Even on a 3.5 lump I would not fit the outer bolts (well not torque them up), they just put a side load on the heads which causes the head gaskets to blow in the valley area of the engine. This is what I have heard. So it sounds like I can go ahead and buy a set use Elring 10 bolt gaskets. Thanks g...

Can I use the later 10 bolt head gaskets on the earlier 14 bolt cylinder heads of my Rover v8, provided I just nip up the omitted outside 4 head bolts?

Is it possible to swap the drive gears from a later slot drive type distributor drive gear to an early blade type for P6 engine use? The distributor in question is a secondhand Mallory dual point non-vac advance P/N 2564301. I thought these all came with the short blade type drives as standard to fi...

I can't help you but would be interested to see what advice comes. Also (at the risk of hijacking your thread) what do people think of the Accuspark offering? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181051826752?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Accuspark one looks like the same thin...

Has anyone had first hand experience with one of these ? They look like good value, if a little too cheap??? I am pretty sure the Powerspark electric pickup I already have, which I bought from them last Autumn, has failed. Would rather replace with something better instead of just the same again, bu...

I have a RWYB drag car with a mildly tuned Rover v8 3.5 and a BW35 gearbox. Not being drag racer friendly gearboxes (although there are or have been quick cars which have ran with them), what sort of upgrades are available/possible for these gearboxes? I am thinking along the lines of shift kits, di...

I ask because I have an engine which is leaking oil between the head and the block at the front and rear of each head. The front is obviously because the oilway is there, but I wasn't sure about the rear.

It is so the heads are not handed, and yes, there is no hole in the block at the rear. Chris. So no oil should come to the back hole of the head, or it does but is blocked off? The hole in the back of each head is blocked off by the fact that there is no corresponding holes in the block. I see, so ...

ChrisJC wrote:It is so the heads are not handed, and yes, there is no hole in the block at the rear.

Chris.

So no oil should come to the back hole of the head, or it does but is blocked off?

Got a question or three about RV8 oiling. Rover heads have two oilways on the gasket face going to the block, one at the back and one at the front. I know the oil gets to the head at the front oilway and feeds back down the rocker shaft, rockers and pushrods, so why is it there's two oilways in the ...

Can I use 6mm or 1/4" fuel line on a bone stock p6 v8 on SUs??