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spanky

posted on 22/2/07 at 08:26 PM Reply With Quote
rover p5 help

hi a friend of mine has a 1971 v8 rover p5 coupe, does anyone on here know the head settings for one? many thanks
if this isnt the right site for this kind of question im sorry

[Edited on 22/2/07 by spanky]

[Edited on 22/2/07 by spanky]

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Wadders

posted on 22/2/07 at 08:34 PM Reply With Quote
Try here M8
http://www.roverp5club.org.uk/




Originally posted by spanky
hi a friend of mine has a 1971 v8 rover p5 coupe, does anyone on here know the head settings for one? many thanks
if this isnt the right site for this kind of question im sorry

[Edited on 22/2/07 by spanky]

[Edited on 22/2/07 by spanky]







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macnab

posted on 22/2/07 at 08:35 PM Reply With Quote
What head settings? Valves, bolt torques?






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spanky

posted on 22/2/07 at 08:38 PM Reply With Quote
the bolt torques.... sorry
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miniconverter

posted on 22/2/07 at 08:39 PM Reply With Quote
Head bolt torque is 90-96 Nm or 66.5-70.9 lb ft
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spanky

posted on 22/2/07 at 08:40 PM Reply With Quote
great thanks ! your an angel xx
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02GF74

posted on 22/2/07 at 08:41 PM Reply With Quote
the question is somewhat lacking in sense.

if it is torque for the head bolts, there is a more up to date sequence that shold be used to avoid warp.

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spanky

posted on 22/2/07 at 08:44 PM Reply With Quote
well i only know what i was told to ask sorry if it appears to be the minimum of info but i am female!
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miniconverter

posted on 22/2/07 at 08:55 PM Reply With Quote
Information is from 2006 autodata and gives no sequence so the assumption is it is tightened in the normal manner. On something this old bearing in mind when it was last put in a new car it is vary doubtful there is any revised sequence and even if there was tightening in the normal manner wouldn't cause problems as they didn't suffer with head or head gasket problems

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jollygreengiant

posted on 22/2/07 at 09:47 PM Reply With Quote
1981 Autodata :-

single stage only 90-96Nm

bolt sequence
5, 4, 1, 2, 3,

10, 9, 6, 7, 8, front

14, 13, 11, 12,





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mark chandler

posted on 23/2/07 at 10:55 AM Reply With Quote
But you have 4 smaller bolts on these, the longer bolts should be torqued down to 90-96Nm, the short ones 82-85Nm, or 10% less !

In the ideal world get the heads skimmed and use proper head gaskets, not the pants tin ones.

If it was me I would install some later heads from an SD1, bigger valves.
Regards Mark

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rusty nuts

posted on 23/2/07 at 07:35 PM Reply With Quote
The P5 originally used a sealant on the head bolts and all bolts tightened to the same torque setting. Rover experts do not tighten the third row of bolts nearest the exhaust to the same torque as the main bolts , the theory being that the heads "tip" ISTR the torque for these bolts is half the normal torque . Nice cars if well looked after
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Bob C

posted on 23/2/07 at 09:09 PM Reply With Quote
When I was building up my 4.6 RV8 I got new heads - the bolt holes on the head were missing on that extra row of holes. In other words rover themselves eventually realised these holes were counter productive & stopped using them. So I'd suggest you could leave the bolts out entirely, though a gentle 'nip up' might be less of a worry!
Bob

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