4.4 rv8 build thread (Doc evil need not post)

[Dr_evil]

stay on topic Doc or I will re-activate my abuse campaign

Blame Blue I can re-activate my tangent campaign too and we all know how that goes

 

[fett]

1 thou bigger is better than a poor surface, especially one that the rings will polish straight off ,but if you check size frequently you wont

yeah but thers 8 of them to do and I am too lazy to keep measuring

I will have to see if I can find a machine shop to polish the crank anyway so I could ask what they offer if I can find one I can bear to leave it with

 

[Dr_evil]

yeah but thers 8 of them to do and I am too lazy to keep measuring

I will have to see if I can find a machine shop to polish the crank anyway so I could ask what they offer if I can find one I can bear to leave it with

Have you got a uni or college nearby that would rent you the machine grinder for a couple of hours and then literally just clean it up with a superfine stone ?

 

[jamesmartin]

you cant just borrow the use of a crank grinder and just bung your crank incrank polishers do use very fine belts

 

[Dr_evil]

you cant just borrow the use of a crank grinder and just bung your crank incrank polishers do use very fine belts

Was just wondering its the ones they use for the Pinto engines, superfine stone and take off a tenth of a human hair at a time

 

[fett]

I wouldnt trust em at them places

I want an expert!

 

[discomark10]

Wow, only just seen this thread!

it may be hard to A. get in there and B. not bugger the seat for the pushrod
Thats why I was wondering about the coke (we have lots of pepsi left from New year etc)
However has anyone actually tired it? and would it knacker the wear face lol

It would work but very slowly.

Also looks like my piston may have more dish than yours. (your 1st pics?)

Ok whats the deal with these pistons:
Land Rover Zone - fett's Album: Pistons - Picture
Looks like bore lubrication to me

Looks normal.

so question is do we trust real steel to buy all from without worrying about there knowledge or quality of parts?

All my bits are from real steel - look on post 12 on my build thread for the part pics. Very knowledgeable, would recommend them!

Sorry for the late entry :fighting:

 

[fett]

thats cool mark, I am thinking real steel for th bits I need but it adds up to about 1k for all the best bits I want, the stud kits add up when you need more than one lol

I am sure I saw somone doing a pre-stretched duplex timing chain and steel wheels. I want a non vernia type. very hard to get exaclty what you want lol.

what cam did you get and how is the quality (bar the rust?)

I got my rocker gear cleaned only to find the heads cracked on one side but luckily ebay supplied two rebuilt ones delivered from aus for £300 all in, just mean I have to wait 12 weeks for sea mail lol

 

[discomark10]

thats cool mark, I am thinking real steel for th bits I need but it adds up to about 1k for all the best bits I want, the stud kits add up when you need more than one lol

I am sure I saw somone doing a pre-stretched duplex timing chain and steel wheels. I want a non vernia type. very hard to get exaclty what you want lol.

what cam did you get and how is the quality (bar the rust?)

I got my rocker gear cleaned only to find the heads cracked on one side but luckily ebay supplied two rebuilt ones delivered from aus for £300 all in, just mean I have to wait 12 weeks for sea mail lol

I got the bog standard stuf, not going to bother with studs and just a steel timing set, cant remeber if its vernia or not, the cam is good! just rusty lol. got my new one delivered a few hours ago actually!

 

[fett]

does it look like an india or china job or does it say made in uk or owt?

 

[discomark10]

made in the u s of a, only strange thing is the box with the sticker has half of it removed
http://www.federalmogul.com/en-US

 

[fett]

made in china USA lol.

well I may well get the same as they are a lot cheaper then the performance cam that turner offer at £200 plus the vat, they dont do a standard cam at all now

 

[discomark10]

has yours got a dizzy?

 

[fett]

yeah same as early 3.5

 

[discomark10]

have a word with real steel, im sure they will be able to advise the best parts to suit. what i did easy peasy just have a list of what you need.

 

[fett]

sure, thats the plan for the common bits to the 3.5 anyway. the other parts have to come from aus.

btw I called a local machine shop and they quoted only £40 for a crank polish and a bore hone if you wanted to do your before the bits go back together

 

[fett]

bit of an update, just seen/found out it doesnt have any little end bearings or circlips on the gudgeon pins.

they are press fits in to the pistons and run directly in the rods, never seen that before

 

[jamesmartin]

bit of an update, just seen/found out it doesnt have any little end bearings or circlips on the gudgeon pins.

they are press fits in to the pistons and run directly in the rods, never seen that before

though you were a v8 bloke ,you need to be carefull if changing rods or pistons ,you can soon distort piston and make them tight

 

[fett]

I have not taken them off james! and I wont as they seem good. never had cause to take the little ends apart on any v8

 

[jamesmartin]

i was just surprised as all rover v8s ive seen are semi floating pins