Thread: V8 engine identification

You'll have to check, but I think these guys: Land Rover Parts - Home have P76 parts listed.

I'd use ARP studs since the block is so old.

Excellent info guys thank you both very much!

Shiftit, are you familiar with Hypertune?

Hyper Tune British Motors Land Rover - Home

V8 Ian, hi, yes I know of hypertune, I've been there in the past, do you think they'll be able to help?

I'm not sure Shiftit, but worth a go. I haven't been there Since Colin owned it; what he didn't know about petrol Land Rovers wasn't worth knowing. Both Colin and Gareth, who bought the business from Colin after being employed there, are decent guys who will go to great lengths to help. I see that the name and address have changed (used to be in Hartey St) and they are no longer Land Rover exclusive, so is Gareth still there?

It could also be one of 2 other types,the 4.4 P76 block bored to 5 litres,which Peter Brock used in competition,or,the block from the Leyland Terrier truck,which used a petrol V8,to my knowledge most of the Brock 5 litres and the 4.4's were bought by Tom Walkinsure when Leyland Aust. closed,and taken back to England and used by his racing team,that is why there has always been a shortage of P 76 blocks/motors here,so if it is a"Brock" it is a rare find,from memory it also has a different cam grind to that of a standard motor,carby Range Rover 9.35 compression comes to mind.

cheers

The engine prefix 4400 indicates a base model P76 production engine. Many were turned to 5 litre engines in Queensland (Supaspares) and SA (Chris Milton) AFAIK.

It could be a Rockhamton 5lt conversion. yes they did use Holden 202 pistons.

Be very carefull with these engines, if it has the original sleeves they require a special head gasket. Many were rebuilt with stepped (top hat) sleeves which would make them better.

They have very little meat around the outside of the sleeve, have a reputation for overheating, need a tropical core radiator and large oil cooler. With the Holley carby they are very thirsty

I had one of the originals back in 1987, it was replaced under warranty with an engine that wasn't as good as the original. Rockhampton Engine reconditioners went broke because of them and John Davis in Sydney almost went the same way. In fact my vehicle had four engines within its first 140K because of the Rockhampton engine. The superspares name was a trade name of Rockhapton Reconditioners.

The best thing I ever did with the engine was replace it with an out of the box 4.6 Rover engine.

Diana