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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    Correct - it’s a 2.6 litre 6 cylinder.

    Is it yours? What plans for it? Very smooth motor when running well, quite thirsty on fuel though. Getting hard to get parts for but they’re still around if you look hard enough.

    Took me a couple of years to get everything together to rebuild one, I just need the machining done and a gasket set and ideally a new cam with better specs but the only person I knew that had that info has passed away unfortunately.
    neither I, dwyane or any of the guys I know that do these engines are dead yet.....

    Getting the cam ground however....... Thats the hard bit.
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    Looks like the Land Rover variant of the engine as it has the exhaust manifold with the engine pipe coming out nearer to the front, which is why they had issues with getting rid of the exhaust gases and retaining heat.
    Apparently the Rover sedan engines had the engine pipe central on the manifold and didn't suffer the same gas/heat issues.
    As Gav say's, they are a beautiful engine when in tune and running sweet.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Blknight.aus View Post
    neither I, dwyane or any of the guys I know that do these engines are dead yet.....

    Getting the cam ground however....... Thats the hard bit.
    I know that "Crow Cams Australia" will build cams up, then regrind them, and no doubt there would be others who will/can
    do it too.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Blknight.aus View Post
    neither I, dwyane or any of the guys I know that do these engines are dead yet.....

    Getting the cam ground however....... Thats the hard bit.
    Cooky is - he had cam blanks to suit them and a local cam grinder that could grind them to his specs - no idea who it was or where the blanks came from and I've been unable to track them down. All ears if someone else can come up with that info.
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mick88 View Post
    I know that "Crow Cams Australia" will build cams up, then regrind them, and no doubt there would be others who will/can
    do it too.


    Cheers, Mick.
    Yes, but it was the specs Cooky had to grind them to that I needs first - they were completely different to the standard grind and it made a huge difference - I drove his vehicle with the cam done and a set of his extractors on it - didn't feel like any other 2.6 I've driven. Pulled from 20 to 100KPH in 4th gear easily and was much more free revving and powerful. Would sit on 110 with standard gearing too - if you were prepared to keep the fuel up to it.

    Should try and see if Diana knows if he wrote this stuff down anywhere.
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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