Rover SD1 V8 3.5 Vanden Plas EFI Engine Rebuild Part 1 - Crankshaft and Pistons 

The ring end gap is normally measured 1 inch down the bore on American V-8 engines but the thing is if your just re ringing a used engine the bore will be worn tapered with more ring end gap clearance at the top of the bore than the bottom of the bore so checking the gap at the bottom of the pistons travel is good advice for just re-ringing an engine that has just been de glazed with a ball hone for instance if the engine has been bored and honed by a machine shop then just checking the gap at the top is fine since the bore won't have much taper cylinders wear more near the top due to higher combustion pressures

Really enjoying watching you do this rebuild.

That's looking absolutely beautiful. Nice quality work and very cool making sure you didn't use seals with a question mark over them!

Old pint glass full of tea ha love it. Great video engine starting to look a beut 👌🏽

I have a handful of these early 215ci. Buick's & Oldsmobile's sitting here. They were given to me by my Boss who had them in one of His many Scrapyards since the mid-to-late 60's when they were only a few years old. All have 4-Speed Borg-Warner's behind them None were ever rebuilt or stuffed into any Chassis since I've had them. I DO have one mounted mid-ship in a '65 Chevy Corvair and a few in stock Buick Specials and Oldsmobile F-85's. Neat engines but they were soon superseded by more modern designs,not counting the very popular Small Block Chevy...

thats going to be a beast of a engine when its built..👌 don't forget the free flowing exhaust manifolds. from what ive been watching off other youtube sites they seem to get rid of gasses more efficiently. will go nicely with that cam..... fuel&air in and exhaust gasses out! 👌👍

Very very nice indeed. (Personally I’ve always preferred the efi motor for general road use). Should be a really sweet ride 👍

Wonderful videos. May need to do my Griffith engine soon; got a link to that workshop manual please?

great stuff James...very satisfying. ..that's going to be a sweet engine I reckon.

Just when we've had a drought of videos, you upload several at once! Not complaining James, excellent viewing. How many projects have you actually got on the go? I don't know how you don't end up getting confused with what to do next and which bit is which engine or car! Credit to you excellent knowledge and skill.

Skillz dude 👍🏻

YES

Enjoyed watching that Nice one

Great video and content. Just building my fourth rover v8 and I always grind away the casting bits at the bottom of the valley where the bottom of the follower bores are. Think this helps with oil drainage back into sump but also main advantage is small bits can break off over time and hinder bearing life. What are your thoughts please.

Didn’t you remove the plastic bits on the oil rings prior to installing the pistons. Only saying this as I have a set here and some of these plastic bit have already fallen off in the packaging.. surely these would just melt in situ..

Hello!! I'm about to build a LR v8 3.9 engine!! And I have a question!! The brand of the pistons on the left side point forward and those on the right side point backward? (LR V8 3.9) thanks

Hello, what is the workshop manual you’ve got please? The one I’ve got is crap, I’ve looked on eBay but they relate to a whole car, not just the engine

Where did you get that book?

Time for new pants ????

Who did you get to do your engineering work?