Misty dials

[jakesmig]

Hi Ian,

I have checked and it seems the Engine came from a P6... don't know if that's good or bad.. but its interesting, my wifes aunt said she thought it came from a Range Rover.. I guess there all the same in the end.

David

Generally you can tell if it is an early engine just by glancing at the cylinder heads, earlier engines had 3 rows of head bolts, 2 under the rocker covers and on along the line of the spark plugs. Later varients did away with this 3rd row because it was thought unneccessary and contributed to 'raising' the edge adjacent to the V. People who are far wiser with RV8's than I advise torquing up this row to only about 20/30 lbft to avoid this. You can use old heads on the newer block, and even do without the outer bolts on the elder engines if you wished.
Also the front end changed and with it the type of oil pump. In the earlier engines the oil pump is driven off the bottom of the distributor drive, and on later engines (referred to as serpentine) the oil pump is driven off concentric gears driven directly by the crankshaft. If you are adjusting the timing on the former type, take care if running the engine with a loose distributor, it can lift up off the pump drive rod disconnecting the drive. only slacken the distributor clamp bolt enough to get slight movement and make sure the engine vibrations don't slacken off the clamp without you knowing. Oil pressure on a good RV8 is generally 40-50 psi with hot tickover at 20psi.

Rgds
John

[Guest]

Ahh..some oil info!

Thanks John.

[Mimosa Stag]

Thanks John, my only problem is all of what you just said was translated inside my head into..."blah blah blah can't compute system error blah blah blah" as you will gather I am not the most technically minded so any engine issues I have will more than likely be resolved by "Robsport", they are about a half hour drive away from me so Ideal for any jobs that come up.

Thanks for the info though as I can pick bits out and ask my wife's Uncle who I bought the car from, he will certainly understand.

David

[Mimosa Stag]

Thanks for the tip.... I actually used to deal with flood restoration and naturally used dehumidifiers all the time, I have tried a similar product to help eliminate moisture inside the back of my van but that didn't work, I will take a look at these ones if the problem continues.

Just going back to the original thread ...

My Stag is garaged (unheated) but the dials still mist up. 'Er indoors' suggested putting one of these in the car ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REUSEABLE-DAMP-MOISTURE-ABSORBING-DEHUMIDIFIER-EGG-TWIN-PACK-PORTABLE-BRAND-NEW-/140685192916?pt=UK_Campervan_Caravan_Accessories&hash=item20c17daed4

I've had one in the car for a fortnight now and both runs I've had in the Stag since then have been misty free.

I've also got one in my daily driver which is parked outside - it's also helped with the early morning demisting of the windscreen.

Both are just placed in the passenger footwell.