Rover V8 EFI ECU or carbs dizzy?

[Talonmotorsport]

I'm looking in to dropping a rover V8 in to my work horse heap of a truck, Boris says it's not allowed past the M25 any more with the LEZ.
What I need to know is are all rover V8 blocks the same castings, can you swap an EFI with ECU for carbs and a dizzy and vice versa? I'm looking at running it on LPG as I can't see fuel prices dropping any time soon.
Besides as I can't afford the money or parking space for a fake snake I might as well have a nice sound to my daily driver.

[ayjay]

Fake snake?????

[Jimmyd]

Originally Posted by ayjay

Fake snake?????

Cobra kit

[robo]

Originally Posted by Talonmotorsport

I'm looking in to dropping a rover V8 in to my work horse heap of a truck, Boris says it's not allowed past the M25 any more with the LEZ.
What I need to know is are all rover V8 blocks the same castings, can you swap an EFI with ECU for carbs and a dizzy and vice versa? I'm looking at running it on LPG as I can't see fuel prices dropping any time soon.
Besides as I can't afford the money or parking space for a fake snake I might as well have a nice sound to my daily driver.

You must be listening to the music in you head phil ,V8 rover and daily driver dont belong in the same sentence. Gas conversion or not that will be one juicy beast to run. Thats coming from a v8 fanatic, I reckon with fuel prices the way they are the v8 is for pleasure miles only and if its to be a daily driver there is only one choice and thats diesel. Might pay to upgrade to a compliant lez engine. 2002 or newer.

Bob

[Cyberbeej]

Am i on the right forum......?

Thought this was for the Haynes Roadster, Someone jumping ship to a COBRA?

[Cyberbeej]

In response to your question on the rover V8,
I'm not sure, but i think they are all based on the same block.
Which V8 you looking at? 3.5L 3.9L 4.0L.
The early 3.5L runs on carbs and Dizzy where the other 2 have some form of injection.
I have heard of some of the guy's retro fitting the injection engines with carbs but i have no more info so it can be done.

Why the rover V8? Considered the Lexus LS400 V8?

[Talonmotorsport]

I only use my truck for lugging crap to the dump that won't fit in the car or for doing local runs to pick up gas bottles and steel. My 2.5 oil burner only has 70bhp does 20-22mpg and you need to shout to the passenger at full throttle which is 62mph on the flat, up hill is 3rd gear and 35-40mph. A LEZ truck which needs to be 2002 or newer is around £1800-2400 which I just don't have. I'm going with a rover V8 as there dirt cheap and the transit mt75 gearbox is easy to mate to it as they where fited to LDV riot vans. I've been looking at LPG kits on ebay so the whole job could cost £200-300. I'm also not to savy with ECU's and bundles of wires so some thing with carbs and dizzy will do me, yes it's nice to have injection but I'll never make it run with out frying 5-10 ECU's first.

[Davey]

Just don't go into the LEZ, or is that too simple .

D.

[robo]

That ldv probably had the r380/lt77 gearbox which would go straight onto the engine. . The rover flywhell would not go in a mt75 bellhousing. Cost is going up.

Bob

[bigtel]

Phil I think you will find the LEZ only covers diesels inside the M25, if you register change of fuel, engine, & MOT accordingly, so its on the big brother databank as petrol or petrol/LPG for the ANPR cameras, then it should be exempt.