spaximus
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| posted on 25/1/05 at 09:52 PM |
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Rover V8
I am putting a Rover V8 into a bedford cf motorhome to tow my car and trailer on track days etc. The engine came with a distributor which is
electronic but nothing else. What is needed to get it going and could I just use a points distributor from a P6 on this SDI engine. Any advice
appreciated.
Jeff
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 25/1/05 at 10:18 PM |
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Drive key's at the bottom of the distributor that mates with the oil pump are different so you would have to change the oil pump internals as
well.
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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craig1410
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| posted on 25/1/05 at 11:54 PM |
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You can usually get SD1 dizzys on ebay regularly. You probably need the Lucas 35DE type or maybe the 35DM if it's a later engine. The 35DE is
sometimes called the Opus type.
Hope this helps,
Craig.
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blueshift
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| posted on 26/1/05 at 01:30 PM |
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There are two electronic types, one has the amplifier module screwed to the side of it (this is the later type), all you need with that is the coil
and away you go. The other one needs an external amp which is a boxy thing the coil is fixed onto.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 26/1/05 at 02:00 PM |
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The early SD1 dizzies gave a lot of trouble -- the ribbon cable used to fail due to movement of the base plate under vac advance.
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Simon
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| posted on 26/1/05 at 09:01 PM |
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Bedford CF Didn't think there was any of those left
ATB
Simon
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britishtrident
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| posted on 26/1/05 at 09:14 PM |
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I knew of one working away until quite recently -- the CF2 with the Opel engine not the bag of nails OHC slant 4.
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spaximus
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| posted on 26/1/05 at 11:10 PM |
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Thanks for the replies, yes it is 1976 and to be honest it is okay with the slant four so long as you don't need to hurray. It is a coachbulit
motorhome which will eventually tow my car to track days etc at a reasonable speed, hopefully.
jeff
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v8kid
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| posted on 27/1/05 at 03:12 PM |
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Make sure you use a ballast resistor I knackered a dizzy by missing one out 
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James
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| posted on 27/1/05 at 04:47 PM |
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Put a nice cheap to run diesel in the van and save the nice V8 for a kit car!
James
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