Worth a gamble II?

Even if it was free.... :shock:

The lifters need to match the lobe from which they were initially fitted, else it is just a matter of time.

Ron.
 
Much as I respect Holly and his skills, I would never fit a second hand cam and lifters. I do wonder what RPI is thinking on this one.

Richard
 
You have to remember that any business will advise as strongly as it can, but ultimately has to act on its customers instructions....

Mind you, I think if that had been me I'd have told the customer to take it somewhere else.

Chris
 
My understanding is the parts have been pulled from a Range Rover and are now for sale.
Because they are respected in regards the Rover v8, I felt more confident in the possible purchase and "wisdom" of fitting said parts.
 
if you can buy a new cam and lifters in a kit for £130 you'd have to be mad considering the effort and time involved to fit anything less than a new cam and lifters? Compared to the time and effort the brand new parts are cheap arent they?
 
quattro said:
Much as I respect Holly and his skills, I would never fit a second hand cam and lifters. I do wonder what RPI is thinking on this one.
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From a company that prides itself on doing things correctly, I'm totally baffled on this :?
 
Hi, I agree with most of what has been said. However,as is said in the text it is for
a budget rebuild.

It is a calculated risk, after an inspection of the camshaft and followers if you decide
against it you still have the timing chain set so all is not lost. If you do fit it and it
doesn't work out how hard is it to change cam and followers? Half a days work and a
couple of gaskets, it is not even an engine out job. After all it is not as if it is going
to damage anything else. Plus a better man than us seems happy to risk his reputation.

Worth a gamble? I think so, but I wouldn't get in bidding war over it.

Colin
 
Whether or not to buy it depends on how deep your pockets are
If it lasts a couple of years because you do low mileage , then it was worth it
Not everyone has unlimited money to spend on their hobby cars
 
In perspective, It's only the price of a few gallons of fuel at the moment.
If someone wanted a quick fix to replace a 40 year old worn out cam, and preferred to spend their money on fueling the car and actually driving it...
Then why not?
ps Is that your bid on it billoddie?
I had been watching it prior to it being posted on here, at which time it had no bids..
Jim
 
Hi Jim.
It isnt my bid...at moment. I sent RPI a quick email, asking for the freight price to Aust.
If that isnt prohibitive, i would bid up to the point where it was no longer viable... probably around 50 pounds.
By the looks of things, most don't want to pay much more than the present bid anyways... although the last few minutes will reveal the lurkers.
Brenten
 
there aint much point fitting a 3.9 cam my friend fitted 1 to his 3.5 range rover hardly worth it later on he changed it for a stage 1 piper and done a weber conversion and went much better :) not sure if you can still get that piper anymore tho!?
 
Hi Herts 2000

What was the problem with the 3.9 cam? Not enough torque? Not enough revs? not enough power? And in what way was the Piper better?

I belive many of the RPi cams are actually rebadged Pipers.

Chris
 
herts2000 said:
there aint much point fitting a 3.9 cam my friend fitted 1 to his 3.5 range rover hardly worth it later on he changed it for a stage 1 piper and done a weber conversion and went much better not sure if you can still get that piper anymore tho!?
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This is precisely what rpi recommended when i emailed them.
Said "bUDGET rebuild only"...get a piper cam and weber conversion.

On some other forums they say the holley 390 is better...some say weber.
Apparently the weber is the old edelbrock and is regarded as an "economy" carb...holley is seen as the "performance" carb.
IMO, i have no idea which is correct
 
After experience with Lucky, I can say that none of the downdraught carbs are any better than properly sorted SU's. Spend the money on a decent filter system and getting the SU's set up on a rolling road. Nrver assume that the manufacturer got it right and that the only way forward is to change components!

When I were a lad, and there was no such thing as fuel injection, the world divided into two camps - the SU and similar camp and the Weber and similar camp. Weber's were broadly supported by the racing brigade, who were only interested in full throttle and full revs. SU's by those who drove their cars in ordinary traffic. Webers win at full throttle and full revs because there is nothing to disturb the air flow, so they generally shift more air. They can be made to work in normal use - but it is a work of genius to set them up. SU's are vastly easier. This is because Weber type carbs rely on all sorts of supplementary widgets - extra jets, accelerator pumps etc etc - to cope with part throttle running. The SU dispenses with all of these and manifold vacuum does most of the work. Downdraught carbs all belong in the Weber camp. nuff said,

Chris
 
PS

RPi have an agenda in lliking rhe Weber carb - they build all their LPG conversions around it. And they're arrogant enough to think that no one would want to run a Rover V8 other than on LPG. Personally, if I wanted LPG I'd go for one of the modern sequential injection LPG systems.

Chris
 
Actually the prices have really dropped recently, although maybe different on a V8 but 4 pot kits are < £400
 
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