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What V8?
V8MoneyPit:
I have to agree with bigant about the Rover unit. It's a mighty expensive unit to rebuild compared to a US crate motor. If you can find a good one in a Disco, that's fine, but many will have had poor servicing and ended up with knackered cams, etc. Then they need a thorough overhaul anyway.
bigant:
aye a rover is a fragile unit :( oil pathways get clogged up something scary yanks a much cheaper and tougher unit that produces alot more power. no brainer imo
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: bigant on August 31, 2010, 16:54:00 ---aye a rover is a fragile unit :( oil pathways get clogged up something scary yanks a much cheaper and tougher unit that produces alot more power. no brainer imo
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To be fair, they are a fantastic unit if well looked after. The power to weight ratio that can be achieved is astonishing (at a price!). The only reason Buick rejected it was because it was made of funny metal!
littlepow:
It is a nice option - but it will cause issues getting parts without having to get them from a limit market of specialists in Europe and England.
Rover is cheap and easy to find (not always best) but toyota/lexus is good just a little harder to find them scrapped in the first place!
Drift:
A V8 4.2 Supercharged Disco possibly :dance:
http://www.macsport4x4.com/page17.html
Did get stuck when out with us in the snow though :-$
A tad to powerful
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