After pretty much finally deciding that I will have to rebuild the old smoker P6 RV8 I have, a tiny local paper add turned this up.

Brand new block, built and blueprinted by a reputable local engine builder 10+ years ago for a stillborn racing car project. Never been started, still with assembly lube inside. Oversize valves, gas flowed heads, roller rockers, dry sump, even came with the dry sump pump bits. Unfortunately somebody has pinched the lifters and pushrods, but it did came at the right price.

An invoice with the engine shows the intake manifold cost 127 UKP from RPI in 1995!

Cheers

Fred W B

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mmmmm nice

has the inlet been matched to the heads?

very nice find

Everything has beem ported, blended, matched......



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[Edited on 17/4/07 by Fred W B]

Lovely, those Huffaker manifolds and rockers are worth a mint on there own.

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[Edited on 17/4/07 by Fred W B]

Engine looks fantastic and well prepared..

I would just be carefull of that paint on the timing cover.. I could be wrong but it looks like some paint has been allowed to go inside the dizzy hole. If it flakes over time it could end up blocking oil feed holes...

Just a thought looking at the pics.

Paul.

[Edited on 17/4/07 by Paul (Notts)]

No disrespect (looking at your car) but the paint will be going!

Cheers

Fred W B

nice one fred, when finished you'll have to do a top gear style epic road trip to the uk, how about stoneleigh next year? I'm sure enough people on here could put you up en route

Ned.

Nice idea Ned, but it would be a hell of a long way to go with 80 mm ground clearance

Plus it's a lot of work to go yet:

finish body pattern
make body molds
make body
mount body on proto chassis
make real suspension
make real chassis
build up car for real
get it on the road

so more like 2 to 3 years to go?

Cheers

Fred W B

[Edited on 17/4/07 by Fred W B]

Excellent find there sir! Good to see some luck going you're way. Only a few minor bits left to do.......