V8 engines

overview

At B.H.Engineering, our aim is to provide you with a quality product tailored to your needs, that will perform correctly for many years, at a sensible and realistic cost.

As we are only a small company with small premises we do not have massive overheads, therefore our labour charges are realistic, not telephone numbers!

I have been personally rebuilding rover V8 engines, amongst others, since 1990, and at no time has an engine ever been returned under warranty with any kind of failure.

In fact, in this year’s Scottish Hillrally, both 1st and 2nd place finishers in class G (6th and 10th overall, amongst some considerably more exotic machinery with larger capacity engines in class H) were powered by our competition 3.9 engines. This is due in no small part to the attention to detail during the rebuilding process, the absolute cleanliness during assembly and also certain component preparation processes that are carried out.

All engines are subjected to a thorough examination on stripping, all consumables such as piston rings, crank bearings, oil pump gears, camchain and gears, and camshaft and lifters are replaced as a matter of course, crack-testing of certain components, honing of cylinders, weight-matching of pistons and con-rods (end to end), de-burring of the cylinder block oil return paths, modifications to the oil system, a time-consuming piston to block deck height equalisation process and where required either shimming or the use of adjustable pushrods to set the correct lifter preloads. The standard crank is good for up to 6200rpm without any further balancing.

I use only trusted component suppliers with a proven track record regarding quality for all parts, there are cheaper parts available but at what ultimate risks to engine reliability?

Around 95 % of the engines that leave here have further modifications carried out, the most popular being improved oil drainback to the sump, a main bearing stud kit on non-x-bolted blocks and simple gas flowing of the cylinder heads to approximately stage 1 specification, which yields around 5-10bhp depending on the original condition of the head castings.

As a guide, the labour cost for our engine refurbishment service is around UK£320.00 for a fully rebuilt engine, cylinder head port gas flowing modifications are UK£80.00 and to skim qty 2 cylinder heads and re-cut all 16 valve seats, UK£70.00

All engines are unique and tailored to your individual requirements and are therefore priced individually.

Please feel free to contact us for further details, advice or even just a chat.