Simon, Lar...et al.
As to the manuals, I can help very little except that the "Tuning the Rover
V-8" is a very good source book.
The Datsun/Subaru diff conversion in a Spitfire or GT6 I know just a bit
more. The Datsun 510 (don't know what they were called down under) has a
R160 diff in it, with the exception of the 510 wagon and the Roadster, that
both had a live axle. The R160 is smaller in dimensions than the 240Z R180
or 280Z R200.
The diff out of Subaru full size autos is the same as the the R160, and the
have offered limited slip clutch packs (earlier cars) and viscous LSD (later
ones). One would have to swap stub axles from the 510 to use the Subaru
diff with U-joints, as the Subs use CV joints.\
I have a Spitfire that has a Rotary 13b sitting in it as of now, not
running, but on it's was as a conversion goes. I am planning to use the Sub
diff and CV joints.
I also have a GT6 that I will drop a P6B 3500 and TR7 5 speed into. I plan
on using a Datsun R200 diff.... if the R160 would handle the extra
torque......hmmmm....
My 62 Bucik Skylark is getting a 64 300 Bucik later this month, the
machinist is turning the crank now. It was a four speed car, and I am
putting a TH350 behind the 300. This engine (as all of you surely know)
had the alloy heads and intake to keep weight down.
**I had an extra set of alloy 300 heads but I traded them for something or
another, can't remember ;0) *** Can you help me on this one Simon?
There is a fellow in New Zealand or Austrailia that has a R160 (510) diff
mock up on a Spit frame. I have seen pictures. Would like more info if it
is out there.
Good luck!
Curtis the Yank.
-----Original Message-----
From: sandm <sandm@eisa.net.au>
To: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>; buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net
<buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, October 08, 1999 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: Manuals
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Lar Kaufman <lark@world.std.com>
>To: <buick-rover-v8@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 3:08 AM
>Subject: Manuals
>
>
>>
>> I've encountered a series of obstacles getting manuals for the 215. I do
>> have a Chilton master manual that documents the '61 BOP engine
>sufficiently
>> for gross maintenance. I tried to track down the Hardcastle books, but
>> apparently they've been sold to the UK division of a U.S. publisher whose
>> name I forget at the moment; the website I was referred to only came up
>> with an "under construction" notice...
>>
>> And can someone tell me whether I want "Tuning Rover V8 Engines" or
>> "The Rover V8 Engine", or both, and why?
>>
>> I want enough documentation to span the various configurations of the
>> engine, so I looked further. Curiously, it seems that if you want to
>> buy from an online automotive bookstore, Australia is where you have
>> to go. (Obviously the guys at Amazon.com would be clueless as to the
>> contents of an automotive volume. I tried to find that great automotive
>> bookstore in London that I had visited, but apparently they aren't online
>> yet...) So I need some info about some volumes I ran across, if y'all
can
>> help me.
>>
>> Is "Holden Improved Performance L6 and V8 Engines", a Holden publication,
>> a viable resource for the Holden version of the Rover V8? If it covers
>> the engine, does it do it well? Oh, and what's the exchange rate from
>> US to Aussy dollars now?
>The exchange rate is around 65 cents au to $1 us
>and yes the book is from Holden and it sells for around $25 au
>Simon
>
>>
>> What is a "typical Brooklands publication": that is, are the Brooklands
>> volumes technical or (as I fear) collections of magazine articles on
>> a particular make or model of vehicle?
>>
>> Should I get a workshop manual for "Rover 3 and 3.5 Litre Saloon and
>> Coupe", "Rover 3500 SE", "Rover SD1 1976-78", or some other workshop
>> manual (including Triumph or other variations)?
>>
>> . . . And now for something completely different. Someone on this list
>> suggested using a Datsun 510 rearend to handle Rover power in a, um,
>> Spitfire conversion? I ran across an article recently in Import Tuner
>> or perhaps Turbo magazine commenting that the rear differential of the
>> Subaru Impreza is a drop-in replacement for the 510 rearend. This would
>> make it also a drop-in replacement for the Datsun Roadster and Z cars'
>> rearends as well, if I remember correctly. And it should be durable
>enough
>> to handle V8 power, and it incorporates a sophisticated torque-biasing
>> limited slip. Note: in Impreza WRX form, the Subaru 2.5L turbo
reportedly
>> puts out an estimated 680hp in competition form, of which 70 percent is
>> directed to the rear wheels (except when Colin Macrae (sp?) knocks off an
>> axle and has to gimp around on three wheels, of course).
>>
>> Thanks for any advice,
>>
>> -lar
>>
>> "We, too, who look upon the loom are deafened; and only when we escape it
>> shall we hear the thousand voices that speak through it.... Ah, mortal!
>> then, be heedful; for so, in all this din of the great world's loom, thy
>> subtlest thinkings may be overheard afar." - Herman Melville, _Moby
Dick_
>>
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