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Shakey
20th July 2014, 01:57 PM
So just rescued a series 2a from a field and I'm trying to figure out what engine it has (is it a hemi?) (as I want to put an original petrol back (which I have access too).

Any pointers gratefully received!

PhilipA
20th July 2014, 02:37 PM
Valiant 245 or 265.(hemi)
I think the capacity is printed on the block.
Regards Philip A

cookey
20th July 2014, 02:38 PM
Definitely a Chrysler/Valiant hemi.
Looks like a 245 to me, the engine number will tell you exactly.
Cookey

Bigbjorn
20th July 2014, 03:31 PM
Hemi 6. 215-245-265. The engine no is on the pad where the distributor bolts to the block. The engine no. will reveal all. Best petrol engine conversion ever for LR's. Hard on drivelines if you are fond of a lot of throttle.

Disco_Fever
20th July 2014, 03:37 PM
Check the number on the dissy pad. It will start with a D. The number after that will tell you the capacity - 1 for 215, 2 for 245 and 3 for 265.
If you tell me the whole number, I can even tell you what it was likely put in originally. I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to Vals...

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Shakey
20th July 2014, 05:05 PM
It just has a 33 below the distributor, 2651 the other side, a number starting A36 and another starting 5F. Any of those help?

Disco_Fever
20th July 2014, 06:00 PM
The number on the dissy pad should look like this.
The top one has the important bit. The 33 - is the following the d?

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Shakey
20th July 2014, 06:11 PM
Thanks those other numbers were stamped elsewhere. I think it's D343300735

Disco_Fever
20th July 2014, 06:17 PM
Numbers mean:
3 - 265
4 - premium/high performance
3 - had 3 speed manual in the car it was built for.

Just out of curiosity - the final character on the top line should be a letter. What is it?

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Shakey
20th July 2014, 06:23 PM
I can barely see. If I had to guess I'd say a B? 80833

Disco_Fever
20th July 2014, 06:49 PM
Small chance it could have come out of a vh pacer, but most likely a Regal or 770.. Any way of telling what colour it was originally?
Sorry to keep bugging with questions...

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Shakey
20th July 2014, 07:29 PM
No worries, happy to answer - it's interesting to try and find out more about it (don't get cross but as a pom I had no idea what a valiant was until today!).

I think it was red by the looks of it.

Disco_Fever
20th July 2014, 08:01 PM
Ok. Sounds l Iike it is most likely out of a VH Regal 770. The B would represent it was built in '71.

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isuzurover
20th July 2014, 11:25 PM
Shakey this motor is a better option than swapping to a 2.25p or god forbid a 2.6. Much better than the ubiquitous holden conversion.

Bigbjorn
21st July 2014, 06:59 AM
If it is a '71 model then it should have the pre emission controls camshaft. Fit decent carburation and exhaust and it will rev like a turbine. The later CL & CM had emission controls including a camshaft that made them into low speed high torque engines. It is a 265 so already has the big valves. Get a four barrel manifold and Quadrajet, CM split exhaust headers or extractors and hang on.

Shakey
21st July 2014, 07:30 AM
Thanks everyone - think I've got a fair bit of work to do before it can be driven but I'll try and see if I can start the motor first - it's not seized so that's a start.

Bigbjorn
21st July 2014, 07:43 AM
So just rescued a series 2a from a field and I'm trying to figure out what engine it has (is it a hemi?) (as I want to put an original petrol back (which I have access too).

Any pointers gratefully received!

Keep the Hemi.

isuzurover
21st July 2014, 11:25 AM
OT - did any of the wagons come out with the HP 265?

mick88
25th July 2014, 08:22 AM
Who manufactured the Valiant conversion kits for Land Rovers? Were they commercially made or just one off home made jobs?


Cheers, Mick.

Disco_Fever
27th July 2014, 03:34 PM
Isuzurover - the trim level of the car is what determined what performance level the motor was - if it was Regal or similar, it copped the better motor.

Chrysler got desperate to sell cars later in their life here - if you could invent it on paper, they would build it for you. There were some pov pack sedans (Rangers) that snuck out of the factory with E38 and E49 motors - the ultimate Valiant sleepers.

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Johnno1969
7th February 2016, 11:19 PM
Hey Shakey,

Whatever ended up happening with this Landy? It already had the greatest motor in the history of the universe....

John

Shakey
7th February 2016, 11:57 PM
Just about to drop a 2.25 into it as I've been rebuilding it. A guy over east had the engine for his valiant

Johnno1969
8th February 2016, 06:04 PM
Fair enough. The 2.25 is, after all, THE Series engine - and I am sure that some Val fan is very happy to have a nice 265 back where it belongs.

So - all in all - not a bad result.

Still.....I'd love to have a drive of a Landy with a Hemi in it.....

Shakey
8th February 2016, 06:07 PM
Yeah, I was tempted to keep it but it wasn't engineered with the hemi so I wouldn't have got it over the pits!

dickyjoe
13th February 2016, 11:48 PM
Interesting stuff

What did you end up doing with the conversion kit and flywheel?

Rich