markoll Mark Ollerton Victoria, BC Canada (7 posts) Registered: 08/31/2014 01:43PM Main British Car: 1980 Rover 3500 SD1 3.5 litre |
ID my Rover v8 ?
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88v8 Ivor Duarte Gloucestershire UK (1041 posts) Registered: 02/11/2010 04:29AM Main British Car: 1974 Land Rover Lightweight V8 |
Re: ID my Rover v8 ?
9.37 is the compression ratio.
I think, and I am open to correction here, that 09D indicates an engine from a Discovery with sequential injection. Ivor |
MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4511 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
Re: ID my Rover v8 ?
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markoll Mark Ollerton Victoria, BC Canada (7 posts) Registered: 08/31/2014 01:43PM Main British Car: 1980 Rover 3500 SD1 3.5 litre |
Re: ID my Rover v8 ?
ok thanks for that info. i knew cr was compression ratio.
i was told the motor was a 4.6 from a range rover but i am not sure. ive been trying to verify if it is a 4.6 tx mark |
DiDueColpi Fred Key West coast - Canada (1365 posts) Registered: 05/14/2010 03:06AM Main British Car: I really thought that I'd be an action figure by now! |
Re: ID my Rover v8 ?
From what I know the "D" identifies a 94mm cross bolted block.
Which means that you need to figure out the stroke to determine the engine size. Pretty easy to do really. Remove a spark plug and insert a thin steel rod or wire to touch the top of the piston. Turn the engine over by hand and measure the piston stroke directly. 82mm means it's a 4.6 71mm means it's a 3.9/4.0 Live like you mean it. Fred |
roverman Art Gertz Winchester, CA. (3188 posts) Registered: 04/24/2009 11:02AM Main British Car: 74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L |
Re: ID my Rover v8 ?
OR, if the pan is off, crank counterweight will say 4.0 or 4.6. The safer way to buy an RV8 is with both heads removed, for a close visual inspection of all 8 bores, ( no water stains/etc), and NO distance between top of liners and decks. Good Luck, Art.
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markoll Mark Ollerton Victoria, BC Canada (7 posts) Registered: 08/31/2014 01:43PM Main British Car: 1980 Rover 3500 SD1 3.5 litre |
Re: ID my Rover v8 ?
tx for all the advice guys
we are going to be changing the pan prob next week so i will check the counterweight then. i went to the local jag land rover dealer and they couldnt find anything with the engine # either |
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Re: ID my Rover v8 ?
Pretty sure its a 4.6 out of a late Disco 2. Probably a 2003. I have a 4.6 from a late 2003 built in the summer of 03 that starts with a 08D. It has the same 9.37 to 1 CR.
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MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4511 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
Re: ID my Rover v8 ?
These links point to the 09D being a Rover 4.6L engine.
[www.getallparts.com] ECM for 09D 4.6 [goecm.com] Quote: |
Re: ID my Rover v8 ?
Over the years my dad had 3 of those SD1s. All of them still had the 3.5 but I installed cams and 4 barrels in them. They were a blast to drive. Interiors fell apart, but they were fun. There's an 04 disco for sale right down the road from me for $1800. Seriously thinking about adding it to the fleet for my 17 year old daughter's first car. P38 Rovers are abundant and cheap around here. My wife's 01 Range Rover HSE only cost me $1000, and a couple of months after she registered it, someone tapped her rear bumper. We got $1400 for the "damage".
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