Anyone know about these?

[TV8]

Has anyone any experience of this as a crank change option for the earlier engine? Thanks in advance

http://www.v8tuner.co.uk/product.php?id=407

[saml666]

Not a practical experience, only that the early engines are not cross-bolted and have smaller journals so a rather weak base to build large capacity engines from possibly?

V8Tuner did once advertise an R380 gearbox years ago, I bought it and received the earlier LT77. Response was "it's a good gearbox, who cares whether it's R380 or LT77?"

Just sayin

[TV8]

Thanks. Not sure if the small journals are weak or the cross bolted stronger than the small journals. Just curious if this a viable route or not. I left v8 tuner a message earlier and wait to here what he hays to say

[v8 racing]

to keep to a 5 litre you would need to have a block top hat linered to 96mm and custom pistons

[TV8]

v8 racing said:

to keep to a 5 litre you would need to have a block top hat linered to 96mm and custom pistons

I suspected it might not be as simple as it seemed! The advert said 4.8 litre on standard rods and I assumed pistons

[wuckfitracing]

I had a 3.9 non cross bolted block line bored to take the 4.6 crank and pistons, then raced it for years, no liner cracks, bullet proof.

[v8 racing]

TV8 said:

v8 racing said:

to keep to a 5 litre you would need to have a block top hat linered to 96mm and custom pistons

I suspected it might not be as simple as it seemed! The advert said 4.8 litre on standard rods and I assumed pistons

It will be 4.8 on standard piston size, but you would need new rods and pistons to get the right deck heights

[TV8]

v8 racing said:

It will be 4.8 on standard piston size, but you would need new rods and pistons to get the right deck heights

But would it work ok at 4.8 Rob?