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Originally Posted by txjake

If building up a Rover V8 for a transplant, easy to fit the block with top hat liners, which alliviate the dropped liner. Cylinder head studding will eliminate the head gasket problem, and along with a good copper head gasket, allow you to turbo the engine. Heads are ok, port work is fairly easy and these engines really wake up with a better cam.

Rover did have a bad lot of early 4.0 liter engines, core shift from the foundry, but if you avoid those, you can build a nice 4.6 L V8 that will bring in a good bit of power, esp if you turbo it or supercharge it.

3.9 engines stock are almost bulletproof, I had one in a 94 Disco that went 315K miles without going into it. Still running when the truck was t-boned and totalled.

TBS, I don't know if I'd put one in a 924/944. I'd rather go with an Audi turbo or some such mill.

Always thought these engines started with Buick?