Nice V8 article in Sprint this month

[adam quantrill]

Great to see there's life in the old dog yet! Although the article was quite superficial (I suspect there's going to be some more in-depth follow ups) it gives a nice summary of what upgrades are out there.

Has anyone seen the new Cossie RV8 block? What improvements have they made - is it stronger for example?

[blaineuk]

sprint looked like a big advert for tvr power this month

[rev-erend]

Adam - yes you are right .. the article looked great but ultimely was just selling Mark Adams services .. which is no bad thing I suppose..

I talked to an engine builder yesterday and talked about the cossie block ..

In short the old company that took over from Rover a few years ago doing the forgings - collapsed..

Looks like Cosworth Foundry bought the business .. in short there are no changed to the block at all..

And you probably would not want changes anyway - after all - any existing parts would not fit..

If you look at what could be improved -

Camshaft location (too close to crank sweep) - limits high lift cams
Crank - Mains could be bigger ..
Heads .. Not that great..

Many existing parts would now not fit ..

[adam quantrill]

Yeah but - if the bottom end were stronger (e.g. if they did a cross bolted bottom end cradle) that would improve things.

Some of the oiling could be improved, for example to the timing chain/oil pump drive area.

There are probably lots of improvements that can be made that retain compatability with the other parts. Reading between the lines I thought that Cossie had done something, but there was no detail about what.

[rev-erend]

The block is already x bolted..

If you put a steel crank in it - it's good for 8~9K rev's..

[adam quantrill]

Is that how much you make a year then?

;^)

[rev-erend]

adam quantrill said:

Is that how much you make a year then?

;^)

They don't pay us that much for saying ..

Would you like fries with that you know

[.Woody]

Its good to see, I'll gert round to reading most of it one day!!!

I did notice that according to a couple of dates in the article it was written 2 years ago!!

It would be nice to have some service guidelines as, since my extra chassis bill, I want to do my own servicing on mine, and front pads if possible. I suppose I should find that in the bible or the wedgepages anyway?

[rev-erend]

Woody

Servicing is easy .. what is in the service is in the back of the cars owners manual..

From what you have done on your car so far - I'd say you are more than capable..

[.Woody]

Thanks Rev, yeah I think its about somewhere, will get on to it soon! I just got a call for a CAD job working for Caparo Dya think my vast mechanical knowledge would win me the job

[rev-erend]

.Woody said:

Thanks Rev, yeah I think its about somewhere, will get on to it soon! I just got a call for a CAD job working for Caparo Dya think my vast mechanical knowledge would win me the job

Did they mention you need flame proof overalls