5.2 litre

[Transmitter Man]

I'm just the messenger and in no way connected to the seller but thought it may interest someone here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2666594.htm

Let us know if you purchase it.

Phil
420 SEAC

[mrzigazaga]

Yummy...mmm..now wheres my wallet..aarrgghh..bloody moths have ate all the cash..

[Number 7]

mrzigazaga said:

Yummy...mmm..now wheres my wallet..aarrgghh..bloody moths have ate all the cash..

You can afford a wallet??? I'm still saving up for one.

I'm puzzled by the px on this lump though: an Indian motorcycle. Does he mean something like the RE Bullet made in India, or an Indian from the USA?

[Alexdaredevilz]

Number 7 said:

You can afford a wallet??? I'm still saving up for one.

I'm puzzled by the px on this lump though: an Indian motorcycle. Does he mean something like the RE Bullet made in India, or an Indian from the USA?

Whats a wallet?>?

I think hes talking about the yank v-twin bikes

[mrzigazaga]

Ive been saving this for such an occasion but like i say the moths have eaten into it..The wallet has been munched to bits..

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

Would have been tempted, if I had not spent a fortune on the mods on my 4.6

[Transmitter Man]

Leigh,

Anything special about using Chevy rods to stroke a RV8?

Would this be a 5L block (if there is such a thing) with slightly longer rods?

Phil
420 SEAC

[Wedg1e]

Transmitter Man said:

Leigh,

Anything special about using Chevy rods to stroke a RV8?

Would this be a 5L block (if there is such a thing) with slightly longer rods?

Phil
420 SEAC

You can't change the stroke just by changing the rods, that's determined by the crank throws - ie the distance between crankshaft centreline and crankpin centres.

[Boosted LS1]

Aftermarket chevy rods can be bought for sensible money. They also allow the use of chevrolet wrist pins etc. The rods are a bit longer then a rover rod and need thinning down to fit the crank which probably has 2" pins. Id guess the crank is rover though.

[Transmitter Man]

Hi Mike,

The suns getting to me.

I should of realized it's not just a rod change.

Of course a wide variety of Chevy rods out there in the after-market so one could if one wanted to go for some stronger but lighter rods if necessary and at reasonable money stateside.

Thanks for your comments.

Phil
420 SEAC

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

Transmitter Man said:

Leigh,

Anything special about using Chevy rods to stroke a RV8?

Would this be a 5L block (if there is such a thing) with slightly longer rods?

Phil
420 SEAC

As said Chevy rods are cheaper and easier to source, plus you can use Chevy pistons.

As for blocks there is only 2 types of block, large Journal and small journal, all large Journal are X-bolted, but you can get some small Journal X-Bolted, but they are rare.
Also there is the new cos-cast blocks, there are the same as the large journal ones, but just with a more accurate casting method used.
A 5ltr block is the same as a 3.9/4.0/4.6 etc just with a bit extra machine to remove some of the block to allow for the size of the 5ltr crank.
The Wild cat block is a Large Journal cos-cast block but with top-hat liners fitted at standard.
All the about is from memory so I could be wrong, or made small mistakes.