Thread: V8 rebuild. your opinions

Originally Posted by PhilipA

apologies for the spelling /grammar, but I Have forgotten how to chnage the setting onthe post from replace character to add.

You might just need to press you INS / Insert key.

M

thanks for the replies. i was really asking on your opinions on what the guy wrote about a rebuild and if his views were reasonable or he was going overboard which would result in additional work having to be paid for. my current set up runs ok, though it uses/looses a little oil albeit only a tiny amount.coolant levels are steady with the gauge sitting a ball hair under half at most times. i had thought wether it would be more economical to have a 3.9 installed in standard tune, as it would still produce more bhp/torque than the re-worked 3.5.
one other thing. why does everyone regard stromberg carbs as the antichrist??

one other thing. why does everyone regard stromberg carbs as the antichrist??[/quote]

Cause they catch fire easy and do lotsa damage ive seen 2 rangies burnt to the ground
Cause The airfilters caught fire with a backfire

Wouldnot have happened with std filter set up tho

Originally Posted by lokka

one other thing. why does everyone regard stromberg carbs as the antichrist??

Cause they catch fire easy and do lotsa damage ive seen 2 rangies burnt to the ground
Cause The airfilters caught fire with a backfire

Wouldnot have happened with std filter set up tho[/quote]

i too have seen lots of cars on fire, would not have happened if..., some idiot hadn't of poured petrol over it and ignited it....,hadn't of driven it into another vehicle at over 70mph...., had removed the blanket he placed over the engine 'cos it was freezing cold at the time.............. the list goes on.

"wouldn't have happened with a std filter set up though"
so it wasn't the carbies at fault at all then.

Jasper 110,

I agree with all the comments regarding rebuilds as per your mech, but I would also add that if your mtr is using little oil, has no coolant loss, and is just feeling tired, I would lookat fitting a decent camshaft and followers, some HIF Su's from a P6B, with the appropriate needle profiles, and subject to the fuel available, run heaps of spark advance. I recently re needled a low compression (8.13)3.9 V8 County that had had a new disco short mtr fitted and already had the HIF SU carbs and found a huge increase in go and a lack of detonation and overheating on our standard ULP, 91RON here in Tasmania.( Which for you sporren wearers is a long way away from 5 star gasoline...)I think that if your compresssions are even, then knowing the good old 3.5 I would stick a cam in it and keep on keeping on.

Enjoy the Haggis,

JC