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mickjo wrote:
Mine made it 97k before I hauled out the engine to replace crank and bearings. It still had standard bores and the heads were in excellent shape. The crank was also on standard bearings IIRC. BUT 3 of the main bearing caps had broken - and it also suffered from low oil pressure
I rebuilt the TV8 around another block which I had sleeved back to standard and a clean crank on its first grind installed. In retrospect I should have kept the original crank, it was clean and I would probably have found it needed light work to give it another 100k service life.
Anyway back on topic. TV8 all the way. I drive mine like I stole it and regularly run it up to 5k if only for the noise. :dude:
Plus what happens when you are showing your car to a doe eyed enthusiast and they tentatively ask "as it got the original engine in it mon brave?" you could only answer "no I binned it and stuck in an RV8" and watch their dissapointment:P
joking
Ultimately your car, your decision - personally I run my 3.9EFI RV8 in my Range Rover Classic and it does a very good job in there.
for the 3k mile per year I do in the Stag it simply is not worth messing with EFI etc but if I were to, I might take a close look at the modded manifold and twin stommy throttle body setup that I saw recently. That way at least it still looks standard'ish under the bonnet.
Not that I am a rivet counter
mickjo wrote:
Dave,
Thatsgottabe exceptional fora TV8engine,An enginefrom the seventies to get to 100k without major rebuildwas for the reserve of volvos or Saabs.
Or was that 90,000 miles on the back of a trailer taking you back home? Only kidding
Still though must be pricey for that kind of work though Dave?
Mick
Thatsgottabe exceptional fora TV8engine,An enginefrom the seventies to get to 100k without major rebuildwas for the reserve of volvos or Saabs.
Or was that 90,000 miles on the back of a trailer taking you back home? Only kidding
Still though must be pricey for that kind of work though Dave?
Mick
I rebuilt the TV8 around another block which I had sleeved back to standard and a clean crank on its first grind installed. In retrospect I should have kept the original crank, it was clean and I would probably have found it needed light work to give it another 100k service life.
Anyway back on topic. TV8 all the way. I drive mine like I stole it and regularly run it up to 5k if only for the noise. :dude:
Plus what happens when you are showing your car to a doe eyed enthusiast and they tentatively ask "as it got the original engine in it mon brave?" you could only answer "no I binned it and stuck in an RV8" and watch their dissapointment:P
joking
Ultimately your car, your decision - personally I run my 3.9EFI RV8 in my Range Rover Classic and it does a very good job in there.
for the 3k mile per year I do in the Stag it simply is not worth messing with EFI etc but if I were to, I might take a close look at the modded manifold and twin stommy throttle body setup that I saw recently. That way at least it still looks standard'ish under the bonnet.
Not that I am a rivet counter
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