“Merlin F85” heads for the Rover V8 from Real Steel
Discussion
Matt,
The runners are approx 7" from the back of the valve to the lip of the bellmouth.
You can just see the link tube, -10, at the back of the plenums in this picture.
Jonathan,
Rob at V8D sold me the heads, he explained at the time how the intake should be designed which i have stuck to it as near as i could.
Andy
The runners are approx 7" from the back of the valve to the lip of the bellmouth.
You can just see the link tube, -10, at the back of the plenums in this picture.
Jonathan,
Rob at V8D sold me the heads, he explained at the time how the intake should be designed which i have stuck to it as near as i could.
Andy
Finished the air filter housing pipework install today. Very pleased with it
Just got to tweak the mapping. There's a guy local to me that knows a lot about mapping Motec ECUs apparently so I am going to contact him to see what he can do for mine. Then get the geo set up professionally and I'm done.
By the way, I can't believe nobody wants my old inlet manifold and twin plenum setup, it was the nuts. Have to sell it cos it won't fit my new heads
Just got to tweak the mapping. There's a guy local to me that knows a lot about mapping Motec ECUs apparently so I am going to contact him to see what he can do for mine. Then get the geo set up professionally and I'm done.
By the way, I can't believe nobody wants my old inlet manifold and twin plenum setup, it was the nuts. Have to sell it cos it won't fit my new heads
Edited by Else on Wednesday 25th July 04:32
Need a bit of advice: I now have an oil catch tank instead of venting the crankcase into the inlet but the little foam filter at the back of the nearside rocker cover is pushing out a little bit of oil. I can pipe this into the catch tank as well but will this cause any problems?
I realise that I probably have positive crankcase pressure now instead of negative as before but will this cause any damage to seals or gaskets?
Thanks Andy
I realise that I probably have positive crankcase pressure now instead of negative as before but will this cause any damage to seals or gaskets?
Thanks Andy
Else said:
Need a bit of advice: I now have an oil catch tank instead of venting the crankcase into the inlet but the little foam filter at the back of the nearside rocker cover is pushing out a little bit of oil. I can pipe this into the catch tank as well but will this cause any problems?
I realise that I probably have positive crankcase pressure now instead of negative as before but will this cause any damage to seals or gaskets?
Thanks Andy
I had this same issue after my twin turbo install, in fact I had a major oil leak out of the valley, I disconnected the pipe to the catch tank and added another flame trap in place of the oil filler cap and vent boths sides to atmosphere the problem went away immediately,I realise that I probably have positive crankcase pressure now instead of negative as before but will this cause any damage to seals or gaskets?
Thanks Andy
Edited by slideways on Wednesday 25th July 05:32
Else said:
By the way, I can't believe nobody wants my old inlet manifold and twin plenum setup, it was the nuts. Have to sell it cos it won't fit my new heads
Wish I could afford it Andy Edited by Else on Wednesday 25th July 04:32
Hope to see you and your car at the Croxley show on August 1st?
Dave.
A friend of mine has purchased a pair of the Merlin heads to fit a 5ltr motor going into his Ginetta (the thought terrify me- anything over about 200 bhp is really to much for the chassis)- but anyway here a photo of the inlet ports, any ideas what the infill in the corner is for? Its going to produce a nasty little step when it butts up against the manifold?
Edited by blitzracing on Sunday 11th November 16:58
Was thinking about a set of F85 heads but in the end went with the V8D stage IV heads.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847483...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847474...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847483...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847474...
griffdude said:
Was thinking about a set of F85 heads but in the end went with the V8D stage IV heads.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847483...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847474...
Nice heads griffdude. Did you go for the Mk1 or Mk2 variant? http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847483...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847474...
griffdude said:
Was thinking about a set of F85 heads but in the end went with the V8D stage IV heads.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847483...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847474...
Nice mate, what size are the valves?http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847483...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/89816772@N07/81847474...
Andy
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