- 1. Re: clutch disc (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 14:45:32 +1000
- The P76 flywheel is not flat. It has a depressed center where it bolts to the crank and a heavy toothed ring gear around the outside where the starter motor engages it. BTW - any OZ listees know of a
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00026.html (11,454 bytes)
- 2. Leyland parts in victoria (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 09:30:50 +1000
- I need some help in locating a phone number for a company that sells p76 parts in Victoria (OZ). I believe its located in Beaconsfield. Alternatively, if someone has a phone number for the Victorian
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00074.html (6,574 bytes)
- 3. 4.4 into an ummm Nissan/flexplates (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 14:49:26 +1000
- Interesting article: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/street/5770/aron.html BTW - thanks to the listers that responded - one actually HAD a flexplate! But I had already obtained one by then. My mec
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-10/msg00075.html (6,747 bytes)
- 4. P76 - Muddy Water Summary????? (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 14:17:54 +1000
- Curious to know how the P76 4.4 litre block fits into this equation. I dont have an oil pressure guage in the car, and am pretty sure one was never fitted . However, Im thinking it might be a real go
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-09/msg00048.html (6,890 bytes)
- 5. P76 V8 seals, gaskets, pumps, misc oil leaks (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 16:13:19 +1000
- Hello listers, well thanks for the advice on EFI. Im looking for a secondhand EFI Rangerover manifold and will probably go down the Haltec EFI route using the RR setup modified. Lifted the bonnet on
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-09/msg00000.html (7,551 bytes)
- 6. P76 inlet manifold (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:55:53 +1000
- Im looking to go to a 4 barrel or Holley Projection EFI. So a few questions have popped into my head I hope folks can assist me with: I've heard that Projection is designed primarily for small block
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-08/msg00026.html (7,362 bytes)
- 7. Re: Exhaust Manifolds (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 11:58:00 +1000
- Five or six years ago I saw a set of OUTLAW brand four into one 2.5 inch extractors at a speed shop in Melbourne (OZ). As parts for the P76 engine are fairly rare, I bought em. They are MUCH better t
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-06/msg00018.html (8,726 bytes)
- 8. Re: Rover V8 Coolant Recommendation (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:16:50 +1000
- I have a 4.4 P76 V8, I use the tectalloy premix from autopro. I go for the 90 strength premix. 12 litres of that and the car never overheats (except once in Alice Springs on a 46 degree day and I was
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-06/msg00049.html (7,240 bytes)
- 9. Re: starter motor (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:02:41 +1000
- In my experience starter motors are a known weak link in the P76. I have been through three in about 9 years. The one I have now was from an International. I think it was a Scout. Its much longer th
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-04/msg00057.html (7,831 bytes)
- 10. Range Rover 4.6 efi heads (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 09:50:19 +1100
- Has anyone on the list mated a set of recent Range Rover 4.6 efi heads, manifold and efi setup onto a leyland 4.4 block ? I have been thinking of getting a recent range rover V8 and transferring the
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-03/msg00013.html (6,774 bytes)
- 11. Re: Which heads to use on my 266 CI engine? (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:35:12 +1100
- Will these Buick V6 covers bolt onto the 4.4 Leyland blocks ? Plenty of Buick/Holdens floating about in Oz. Damien
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-03/msg00028.html (8,930 bytes)
- 12. Re: Letter from Down Under - Part 1 (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 11:11:57 +1100
- It always irritates me when people slam the P76, but add the rider that 'the engine was OK though'. If you compared it to the direct competition, Valiant, Falcon and Kingswood - the P76 is ahead in e
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-02/msg00038.html (14,323 bytes)
- 13. Buick V6 heads on a B-O-P-R-L block (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 14:19:35 +1100
- Has anyone welded V6 heads together to suit the BOPRL blocks ? There must be some special V6 heads out there,including alloy ones. Are the blower heads any different to the regular V6 heads ? Damien
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-02/msg00048.html (6,655 bytes)
- 14. Re: Buick - BMW? (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:19:49 +1100
- Yes, I have 'read' that rumour. I think I might have mailed you something on it a few years back... The problem with owning 20 years of car magazines is FINDING particular articles. IIRC the aluminiu
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-02/msg00060.html (7,894 bytes)
- 15. Buick 300 heads on a P76 Block (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 15:37:19 +1100
- I'd like to hear from anyone who has put Buick 300 heads on a P76 block. What manifold is required for this mod ? How do ported P76 heads compare to Buick 300 heads ? Is it easy to pick up a pair of
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-12/msg00026.html (7,370 bytes)
- 16. Re: Off Topic Question (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 10:57:52 +1000
- The vehicle from Mad Max that I think you are referring to is a General Motors/Holden EH ute. 1963/64 from memory. The other jap vehicle is I think a datsun 1600 ute. Lots of them here in Oz. They ke
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-09/msg00031.html (7,822 bytes)
- 17. Re: Rover V8 Auto Gearbox options (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 10:20:03 +1000
- The Borg Warner Type 40 was used behind the 4.4 litre P76 variant. It was often replaced with the BW35 when the original BW40 died. Damien Haas
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-09/msg00072.html (8,329 bytes)
- 18. Re: engine for sale (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 14:18:24 +1000
- I have one of these in my car, only difference is 'red' rocker covers and plates between block and heads. Otherwise identical. I did get mine rebuilt as a car motor though, and mildly worked. Never h
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-09/msg00086.html (7,081 bytes)
- 19. Re: alloy in 32 chevy/finned valve covers (score: 1)
- Author: Damien Haas <damienh@defcen.gov.au>
- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:05:26 +1000
- Do these Offenhauser valve covers fit teh P76 4.4 heads ? I have an article in a 1991 American Rodder on a track-T fitted with a Buick 215 and these Offenhauser valve covers look really nice. Damien
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-09/msg00122.html (7,130 bytes)
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