@@peterarmstrong3853 I'm definitely interested in a carb if you have one for sale what part of the UK are you
@smallweights
Ай бұрын
@@peterarmstrong3853 what area
@patrickcannell2258
4 ай бұрын
You can hear its Buick roots.
@alexandermathar7780
Жыл бұрын
I wonder what would have happened if Honda/ Rover had combined the 3.5 l V8 with the VTEC.
@rattedbug5003
Жыл бұрын
Would love to set up twins for a vw engine. Best carbs in my opinion.
@noelmintern8969
Жыл бұрын
Any on the road driving since this clip first appeared? If so,is it a good set up for driveabilitey?
@tommccay9796
Жыл бұрын
Not yet, the engine these are intended for is being built and the car restored. Hopefully later this year and I'll post another video.
@rorydunlop1501
10 ай бұрын
Hi, do you have any spares contacts or info on these? Struggling with a minnow fish carb on an MGB turbo at the moment @@tommccay9796
@tommccay9796
10 ай бұрын
@@rorydunlop1501 Hi Rory, unfortunately I have no contacts for any spares for the reece fish carbs. I had to made a float for one of these as I couldn't source one. There is also very limited info or instructions online and I ended up reverse engineering the carbs to understand how they worked which then helped me set them up. What issues are you having and I might be able to help. Tom
@rorydunlop1501
10 ай бұрын
Hi Tom, thanks for getting back to me. I've managed to get it set up pretty well in normally aspirated form. Set part throttle at 2000rpm in workshop, pen in centre hole of butterfly, adjusted until no change in revs. Done a load of power runs on a local straight road and have tweaked main adjuster to get it to pull cleanly to about 4.5k revs. When reconnecting turbo inlet it seems to be messing with fueling. Engine and turbo set up along with the Minnow Fish carb was fitted by Bob at Minnow Fish back in the 70's. Ive rebuilt the engine and had the RaJay turbo rebuilt but struggling now! @@tommccay9796
@tommccay9796
10 ай бұрын
@@rorydunlop1501 Hi Rory, I assume you are running this as a forced induction set-up where you are pressurising the air and feeding this into the inlet of the carb? I've never tried this but I suspect you will also pressurise the fuel chamber through the throttle linkage and hence force more fuel out into the mix. I would have though you would need some sort of one way valve in the fuel path to prevent this but I can't see how this could be achieved. The other option might be to set the turbo as a draw through system and put the carb on the outside of the turbo and pressurise both fuel & air. Similar in principle to how a supercharger operates.
@jeremyrichards8327
Жыл бұрын
Buick motor originally.
@samanthawoodward7551
Жыл бұрын
I can't change gear!!! My fuc*ing hands get burnt!
@RetroMuseumTV
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing sound from this feat of engineering
@marcinwentylatur782
3 жыл бұрын
Drinks by drip but in excellent condition;)
@davidives7997
3 жыл бұрын
Healthy.
@trevorquinnell8515
3 жыл бұрын
What manual gearbox set up trying to convert mine from auto
@tommccay9796
3 жыл бұрын
Just a standard LT77 5 speed Rover gearbox.
@bertiewooster3326
3 жыл бұрын
Good neighbours then ?
@tommccay9796
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, all petrol heads!!
@lilshag3472
3 жыл бұрын
What motor is this based off of?
@dominicrichardson5546
3 жыл бұрын
Rover v8s were licensed copies of the Buick 215 engine
@christopherhampson265
2 жыл бұрын
Originally designed for racing boats ! But not enough cubes for the Yanks 😁👍👍👍
@frigglebiscuit7484
8 ай бұрын
@@christopherhampson265 buick and oldsmobile kept running into issues with their casting methods, so olds stopped making them, and buick just made them iron.
@iansyme3535
3 жыл бұрын
Running rough and misfiring ......
@arewethereyet6413
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds alright to me. Not perfect but close enough.
@madhut3042
3 жыл бұрын
Cams
@frigglebiscuit7484
Жыл бұрын
it was cold, and also sounds like its got a bit more duration and a tighter lsa than stock.
@delukxy
3 жыл бұрын
Would have been good to see what was happening on a proper rev counter. Draper not up to it!
@tommccay9796
3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it was all I had. To be honest it's not far out.
@delukxy
3 жыл бұрын
@@tommccay9796 The comment was about it showing O.L. or something like that when you revved it. There must be a limiter, maybe 4000? Tick over looked about right.
@tommccay9796
3 жыл бұрын
@@delukxy The Draper multimeter has a RPM range of 600 - 3200 or 6000 - 12000 depending on the setting selected. I was on the lower range here.
@christopherhampson265
2 жыл бұрын
3.5 on carbs sounds sweet 😎😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@AlexDeLarge77
4 жыл бұрын
My dad used to trail Land Rovers with his pal. Both are serious mechanics. The lump they used was a Rover V8. It’s basically the engine that powered the vehicle I learnt to drive in. I was thirteen years old. You could rev the absolute bollocks out of em, and the sound was just incredible. I fell in love right there and then. Great fun.
@thenewviceroy
4 жыл бұрын
What's with the different exhaust manifolds? Good to see cast iron, but why the two?
@arnoudb3757
3 жыл бұрын
Pre-heated air for colder conditions is taken from the right hand exhaust manifold via an attached sheet metal piece and a flexible hose ,brought into the air intake. Not shown here, but hence the odd shape of the right exhaust manifold.
@Brunitoargentina
4 жыл бұрын
hola, que año es?
@andrewbarker821
2 жыл бұрын
2022
@overlanding4less419
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@stevo5222
4 жыл бұрын
Best smell in the world is fried onions, best sound in the world is a rover v8
@MegaProstreet1
4 жыл бұрын
but you cant beat a chevy v8 , great vid m8
@thefreedomguyuk
4 жыл бұрын
Vape That's an ignorant comment. Those Rover V8 3.5 were top notch. Very lightweight, reliable, reasonable stock output, and quite easy to get very high power from. You yanks may think your fabled "LS swap" is the bee's knees. In reality, for two decades, a SD1 swap was the holy grail. Take this Rover V8 apart, and do the same to a GM lump from the same period of time. Compare the quality of their parts. You will be surprised how much better quality the Brit had than GM had. And you'd be gobsmacked to find that....TA-DAAA.....The Rover 3500 WAS actually a GM design. Anything else we can do for you, Captain America ??
@stevebroughton4787
4 жыл бұрын
@@thefreedomguyuk Rover V8 was a licenced built Buick.
@stevesrover
4 жыл бұрын
Rover bought the rights from Buick and further developed it.
@GB-vn1tf
3 жыл бұрын
@@stevebroughton4787 Buick being a GM owned brand. And it was bought outright not just licenced.
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