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Evening all. Is changing the compression ratio of a standard 3.5 as simple as just swapping for a different type of head or is it to do with stroke etc as well?

Phil

Hi all. I am about to plumb in a 3.5 into my Landy. The lump originally came out of a police defender. The carbs currently have a link pipe between inlets that also has unions for supply and return pipes. I do not intend to use a return. I currently have a facet red top pump with filter king regulat...

I already have a 3.5 on carbs. I had just finished putting it back together but it is clearly something wrong with 7 & 8 - very tight. Have been offered a 'good-un' from under a bonnet in a car thar has terminal rot. I didn't think £200 was too bad for 'all I need to make it go'. I have never ha...

I am about to remove the above on saturday from a donor Range Rover. I only have access to the vehicle for one day and after that it is being collected as scrap. What do I need to remove with the engine in terms of electrickery?

Regards
Phil

I have finally tracked down John Eales as being the man that built my engine in the first place. He has put me in touch with Chesman Motorsports in Coventry (02476 689665) who did the re-machining of the conrods at that time. They are happy to do me a couple of replacement rods and at a very reasona...

I'll need to move fast to get East of Scotland to oversize my rods before they close. Off to bed to sleep it off. Just taken the dogs out for a short walk - can hardly make progress in a straight line

To add insult to injury Pistons and Components at Drumbrae have also gone bust about 3 months ago - will we still be able to make anything in ten years? Throw away societies..............

I have just checked my old 3.5 block - it is goosed where it threw a rod so time for the bin. I have also looked at the '3.9' rods in more detail. It looks very likely that the little end bushes have been bored out to accommodate the larger pin of the very non standard early 3.9 pistons. I am thinki...

I have measured the bores and they are indeed 93.5/93.6mm! I have rehoned the bores and don't think they need taken out further if only I can sort out the rods and pistons. The rods in my old 3.5 (also broken) have the part # HRC1037 SDF 45 The existing rods in my '3.9' have the part # 602393 STSDF8...

should have said the rods fit the crank - doh

Problem is I just bought a new set of rods and pistons from DJE. The rods fit the bores but the 'standard' sized pistons actually seem oversized. I don't want to have to rebore. I really want to find a rod that will fit the crank and my existing AE pistons. The existing pistons fit the bores but hav...

Hi this is my first post here. I am currently rebuilding a 3.9 for my trials L/R. Two of the big ends picked up and have damaged the rods. The engine was originally a 3.5 from an SD1 but has been bored out to 3.9 prior to my ownership. The pistons look fairly new and are AE items. Everyone keeps tel...