Roller Rockers
Discussion
markh said:
Anyone have any experience with roller rockers on a Rover V8
I used the Kenne Belle items years ago. Nicely made but the geometry wasn't perfect. With hindsight I probably wouldn't bother with them again. Are you planning on high rpm's? Yella Terra make nice RR's for the rv8.
Boosted.
in my opinion, and who has ever taken that seriously
Roller rockers are good in any Rover when considering the issues with cam wear, soft std followers against steel etc.
We all tend to forget that the Rover V8 originally produced 135hp. our engines with anything from 250hp plus actually have pretty wild cams in std TVR form. let alone you mad tuners out there who feel they need more than 320hp
They dont necessarily give more power, unless specified with a higher lift ratio. What they do do is significantly take the valve train loads away from the engine which in turn can allow even wilder cams than the already wild ones fitted.
in short. long life to a std engine or more reliable operation with a wilder cam.
Its just a shame that Rover compared to US engines are quite scarse and as such rover parts are too expensive for what they are. US sourced spares often work out as good value.
Neil.
Roller rockers are good in any Rover when considering the issues with cam wear, soft std followers against steel etc.
We all tend to forget that the Rover V8 originally produced 135hp. our engines with anything from 250hp plus actually have pretty wild cams in std TVR form. let alone you mad tuners out there who feel they need more than 320hp
They dont necessarily give more power, unless specified with a higher lift ratio. What they do do is significantly take the valve train loads away from the engine which in turn can allow even wilder cams than the already wild ones fitted.
in short. long life to a std engine or more reliable operation with a wilder cam.
Its just a shame that Rover compared to US engines are quite scarse and as such rover parts are too expensive for what they are. US sourced spares often work out as good value.
Neil.
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