Thread: BUICK BITS INTO ROVER V8

Here's some reading you may find interesting. I've only skimmed over it but there maybe some nuggets in there.

http://www.roversd1.nl/sd1web/capacity.html

Have a look at this page too;

Boost Performance UK for ls1,ls1 engine, new-used, ford and scorpio, cosworth ford scorpio, specialists

Ive seen buick heads on board, I dont know how much work was done to get them on and I'd presume that if it wasnt a stupidly huge effort that since the rover v8 was based on the buick that theres good odds that the crank would fit.

I thought this was interesting..
LANDROVER V8 4BBL + MANIFOLD OEM BUICK | Car Engine Parts | Gumtree Sydney Region

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

I have been told by a guy whose word I would not fully accept that the longer stroke crankshaft from a Buick 300 will go into a Rover 3.5 V8. He also reckons that the uncommon aluminium heads from a Buick 350 will go on the Rover V8 and are far superior as to flow.

I searched the internet and can't find any reference to these fitting a Rover V8, nor can I find a reference to aluminium heads for a Buick 350.

David Hardcastle in his book Tuning Rover V8 Engines says (p.21) the Buick 300 alloy heads (1964 only) fit the Rover V8 and pore-76 are virtually the same but he doesn't mention the 350 heads. Later in the book (p. 112) he mentions 1968 Buick 300 aluminium heads.

Hardcastle says on p.23 that crankshafts from the 1964-67 cast iron Buick/Olds engines, known as the Buick 300, can be made to fit the Rover block. The 300 has 2.5" main bearing diameter so will not drop straight in. It is also externally balanced. It is also longer, "i.e., the flywheel flange is 14.2875mm (0.5625") further back". It also has a different rear seal. The 300 crank has a 0.6" longer throw than the Rover.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

I have been told by a guy whose word I would not fully accept that the longer stroke crankshaft from a Buick 300 will go into a Rover 3.5 V8. He also reckons that the uncommon aluminium heads from a Buick 350 will go on the Rover V8 and are far superior as to flow.

I searched the internet and can't find any reference to these fitting a Rover V8, nor can I find a reference to aluminium heads for a Buick 350.

Any Rover gurus out there able to shine the light of knowledge on these claims?

G`day ,

It`s been a long time since i looked at their site , untill today .

D & D fabrications .......... USA .

www.aluminumv8.com/


These people have for 30 , they now say yrs played with the 215 Buick .

They do the 350 crank , i`m fairly sure .

I don`t know about an alloy 350 head but there is an aluminium head from a 300 Buick that is a bolt on .

It has much larger ports and the combustion chambers are 48cc or 62cc can`t remember which and of coarse the rovers are around 36cc 14 bolt and 28cc 10 bolt .

Peter

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

I have been told by a guy whose word I would not fully accept that the longer stroke crankshaft from a Buick 300 will go into a Rover 3.5 V8. He also reckons that the uncommon aluminium heads from a Buick 350 will go on the Rover V8 and are far superior as to flow.

I searched the internet and can't find any reference to these fitting a Rover V8, nor can I find a reference to aluminium heads for a Buick 350.

Any Rover gurus out there able to shine the light of knowledge on these claims?

I remember reading somewhere about stroking a Buick 215 that the crank will fit but requires modification beacause it's too long, Not sure about the heads.

I will try and find the article because it had all the various pistons and rods needed depending on how far you wanted to go. Works out a lot cheaper than a kit.

Is the RRv8 a direct copy of the Buick or did they change anything ?