Edd gets to work on improving a Land Rover V8's engine by changing its camshaft and adjusting its crankshaft. For more car clips from Wheeler Dealers just head to: / wheelerdealerstv Subscribe to Wheeler Dealers TV: www.youtube.com...
@@rustywrench500 I don't think that's fair. Everyone learns differently, someone like Scotty Kilmer is gonna appeal to some people and not others and Edd/Ant will have different appeals to some people too, of course there is an objective right way to do things and explain things, but I've noticed that on the internet at least, mechanical methodology is largely subjective among the huge demographic interested in teardowns.
@@984francis It was aluminium from Buick --- just too expensive in US heavy cars, and made no difference in weight, too expensive compared to other manufacturers en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_V8_engine
@@984francis It is based of the Buick all aluminum 215 V8. The later Buick "small block" (for lack of a better word) is indeed iron but is not the same motor, but similar.
@@984francis Marvel's hero it's not called Aluminum Man without a reason. The truth is that Rover block sucks. Any day I will pick up Buick 350 over Rover 4.6 there's plenty of aftermarket parts. You can buy aluminum heads and multiport fuel injection for the SBB 350 and bolt it to a 200R4 or a manual T5.
Firstly the cam is worth $230AU dollars. Next you need to also change the valve springs to suit the new cam. The OEM springs have 85lbs seat pressure not good for a performance cam the motor will lose power at high speed.
The sad part is the Buick aluminum V8 was the best small V8 ever produced, and the main idiots at GM sold it to Rover and Rover degraded it over the years until they turned it into total rubbish, plagued with engineering snafus galore! The Buick and early Rover's were the best, the late Rover V8's were termed by a rep as "fragile engines" Sda cuz this little engine was truly amazing!
How does fitting something to increase flow improve performance on an engine with a worn cam which by virtue of low lift and shorter duration is not flowing sufficiently in the first place? it won't make a bit of difference and would almost certainly cause bogging and pooling in the manifold. Anyway that 2 barrel Holley is enough for that low compression 3.5 litre,with the less than ideal ports these heads have,not to mention that that Edelbrock manifold and the factory bog iron exhaust manifolds are dire, I would be more concerned with getting the fundamentals correct first. I ran a 390 4 barrel with vac secondaries on a 3.9 litre,10.1:1 cr RV8 with big valve heads, cam,manifolds etc. For years,it was more than adequate.
Should've swapped in an Edelbrock Performer manifold while you're at it, Edd... to help maximize the low-end torque that high-lift cam is going to produce, and that heavy "Landy" is gonna need! No, wait... that thing's topped with an Offy 360? Never-mind...! ;)
@@timothylanders3189 I don't remember what I was thinking at the time. I'm agreeing that cast iron is an alloy. Who knows what I was thinking? Probably had one too many Martinis. Do you have a clue?
It might be a good idea to mention ventilation, if you're going to sit in the car for half an hour in a closed garage. Perhaps the need for care is so second-nature to Edd that he didn't feel it was necessary?
1bikesale precisely why I always thought the show was headed in the wrong direction when Discovery took over the show. It went from a car guys show to another Hollywood show with drummed up drama smh
@1bikesale Ant was a Police Officer in the UK. He retired to make a career out of car building. Yes he has made works of art like sculptures but I don't think that makes him less of a car builder.
Edd left so new guy took over..edd tried to set up his own show but ratings were low .new wheeler dealers ratings were low so the only way to get ratings back on top is to get edd back..edd doesnt look too happy hes back but has no choice as bills need to get paid.simple as that
@@durksam Because after seeing new episodes with the new tech, its pretty obvious that edd was better tech and host for the show. Nobody tunes in to watch mike.
Before this V8 was a Rover engine, it was a Buick engine, and still retains the BOP bellhousing pattern for transmissions. Transplanting a 5.7 Olds diesel...rebuilt with ARP studs and fasteners and NO torque to yield "stretch" bolts to insure reliability... would make a cheap but efficient powerplant ideal for a 4x4.
Lol nice. I previously heard of a possibility of swapping a Buick 3800 engine (supercharged) in a Discovery V8. It's to achieve the same goal, improved reliability.
You only need shims if they're out (my TVR engine has no shims under the pedestals), but you're right he didn't check them. It's one of those weird ones. It's not "correct" to ignore it, but a lot of people do, and get away with it. Also the official engine manual from Rover doesn't mention even checking the preload, and if you use shims to do it rather than fitting (expensive) adjustable pushrods, you will never get all 16 right anyway.
One should always replace the lifters on a flat tappet cam. They and the cam have mated to each other and cant be interchanged in other bores or with other cams.
Always prime the oil pump to 30-40 psi after rebuild........ I use to do it with a slotted 14mm threaded rod driven from cordless drill But later serpentine front end Gems & Thor 4.0 4.6 this is not possible 🙃
This Land Rover was made back when they were made with quality and were made to last. Today you lease them, you never buy one or god forbid you buy a used one unless you want an money pit after 5 years.
1973 Oldsmobile Rocket 350 v8, replaced cam, lifters and pushrods after pushrod fell into oil pain.....oiling was so bad in those engines, one of the cam's intake lobes had completely rounded...engine was only running on 7 cyls.
Like Ant, Loved Edd.... Ant is too much of an actor - tries too hard. Edd was the real deal mechanic and is missed.... Where's his new show though?????
Yeah but it wouldn't make the same amount of torque. And it won't get peak torque at low revs. You need that for offroading. It's a 4x4 truck not a bike.
Well that’s an interesting “fact “GM cast the block with the liners in place , while Rover fitted after casting so this method resulted in a more reliable engine, in fact a great engine!
