Paul,
The engine rebuild was done by a sort of hush hush Ministry of
Defense repair outfit called ABRO Ashford so god knows what they
did. I must look for the number on the engine - where is it
stamped? The engines probably were originally in military vehicles
so the numbering may be very different. So really all I can say is
that it was rebuilt in 1996 !
At 03:57 AM 10/22/2008, Paul Hunt wrote:
>FWIW that list doesn't seem to include the factory MGB V8 engine
>numbers, maybe not the RV8 either. Mine (original engine) is
>4860-2328 which is obviously close to some of the numbers given, but
>can't be included in the closest series beginning 4850-0001A as they
>are 10.5:1 and mine is 8.26:1. The description tallies better with
>the early Rangie engines but the number ranges of those are further away.
>
>Is that the number on paperwork or actually stamped on the
>engine? If the latter could it be interpreted as something else
>i.e. a bad stamping? If the rebuild was done by the factory then
>maybe they changed the number to something completely different like
>they did for the Gold Seal factory rebuilds.
>
>PaulH.
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>From: <mailto:barrie@look.ca>Barrie Robinson
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>Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:42 PM
>Subject: [Mgb-v8] Rover engine number
>
>I have papers dated 23 Jan 1996 from my Rover 3.5L engine rebuild
>done for the Ministry of Defence UK and then sold on to me.
>The engine number given in 95601473A which is nowhere near the
>numbers shown on
><http://www.capriracing.co.uk/RoverV8EngineNumbers.htm>http://www.capriracing.co.uk/RoverV8EngineNumbers.htm
>There is another number E (?) 14/950008
>Can anyone shed light on this please/
>
>Thank you in advance for your responses
>
>Regards
>Barrie
>
>Barrie Robinson
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