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Simon Austin
Simon Austin
Surrey, British Columbia
(107 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 01:44AM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB V8 / 1970 MGB GT V8 project Rover 3.5 / Rover 3.5

Crane distributors and Rover engines - question
Posted by: Simon Austin
Date: March 03, 2011 11:40PM

Can anyone tell me what (if any) Crane distributor will work with a Rover 3.5? I've been helping on a conversion and the owner is thinking of going this route.

Can't seem to find a part number so thought I'd ask you guys.

Thx!


mgb260
Jim Nichols
Sequim,WA
(2465 posts)

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02/29/2008 08:29PM

Main British Car:
1973 MGB roadster 260 Ford V8

Re: Crane distributors and Rover engines - question
Posted by: mgb260
Date: March 04, 2011 08:58PM

Simon , Crane XR700 ignition can be had for GM 215 V8 distributor, don't know about Rover.


jimbb88
Jim Stuart
Maryland, USA
(47 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 07:43PM

Main British Car:
1966 MGB V8 conversion Rover 4.0 fuel injected

Re: Crane distributors and Rover engines - question
Posted by: jimbb88
Date: March 06, 2011 01:46AM

There was a Crane Fireball something conversion in the distributer on the TR8 I bought a few months ago. DPO had just installed it. Good for almost 75 miles before it crapped out.

I have almost 500,000 total miles on Pertronics in Rover/buick engines and would never run anything else.I bought a complete new Pertronics distributor for less than $200.00 fot the TR8. They are available for both Rovers and GM 215, or you can buy the Pertronics conversion unit under $100.00.
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Bruce Mills
Bruce Mills
Vancouver Canada
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Registered:
11/28/2007 09:31PM

Main British Car:
1974.5 MGB Roadster 3.5 Rover

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Re: Crane distributors and Rover engines - question
Posted by: Bruce Mills
Date: March 06, 2011 11:17AM

Simon

I got my distributor for my Rover 3.5 rebuilt by Advanced distributors [www.advanceddistributors.com] and with my Petronics ignitor all seems to work well.


Bruce


Simon Austin
Simon Austin
Surrey, British Columbia
(107 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 01:44AM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB V8 / 1970 MGB GT V8 project Rover 3.5 / Rover 3.5

Re: Crane distributors and Rover engines - question
Posted by: Simon Austin
Date: March 06, 2011 11:54PM

Thanks for the info, guys. I believe we'll be going the Pertronix route as it is a TR8 distributor in the engine right now. As well, based on personal experience, I'd rather the owner use the Pertronix anyway.

Found this bit of bling on the Pertronix website last night: [pertronix.com]

Fate? I think so....:) I've sent them an email asking about prices.

Bruce, I had Jeff do some work on the RV8's distributor a while back. Good guy to know.


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