vougese39
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3.5 is the best but is under powered for the size of motor finding a good classic not full of rust is now becoming very hard.
the 4.2 started all the porus issues off as it came with lambdas fitted and cats. some 3.9 in the disco1 and late classics have the same problem again with catts and lambdas fitted.
p38a are no cheap and plentyfull dont suffer rot like a disco or classic and as stated do have block issues more so if fitted with mono point gas for some reason?
sofar this year i have rebuilt 12 engines and have 3 on the go for this month alone! only 5 have been pure petrol engines the rest were on gas!
as regardes the urban lengend status of porus blocks very untrue if you want to by a p38a v8 buy one get a 4.6 get all the toys you want then irontite the block and you should be ok i now offer this with every engine i do as we all know the top hat linnering is not a 100% cure for porosity only the slipped linner issue which is a spereate issue to the porus block problem which most engine builders will tell you is one of the same!
the 4.2 started all the porus issues off as it came with lambdas fitted and cats. some 3.9 in the disco1 and late classics have the same problem again with catts and lambdas fitted.
p38a are no cheap and plentyfull dont suffer rot like a disco or classic and as stated do have block issues more so if fitted with mono point gas for some reason?
sofar this year i have rebuilt 12 engines and have 3 on the go for this month alone! only 5 have been pure petrol engines the rest were on gas!
as regardes the urban lengend status of porus blocks very untrue if you want to by a p38a v8 buy one get a 4.6 get all the toys you want then irontite the block and you should be ok i now offer this with every engine i do as we all know the top hat linnering is not a 100% cure for porosity only the slipped linner issue which is a spereate issue to the porus block problem which most engine builders will tell you is one of the same!
