Kai, you'll find the prices to be around $100-$300 for a builder 215CI or 3.5L.
Used 3.9L FI are expensive and hard to find. I did hear a story about one that
went for $475 (those dollars might be a bit off, but it was cheap), total luck.
The prices you are getting are similar to the pricing I see in the Denver area.
If you end up with a 3.9L FI make sure you get ALL the FI parts. Expect to
punch a hole in the hood, or make a bump in the hood, the FI sticks up higher
than a carb.
Don't get fooled on the Stag engine, that's a completely different engine.
Larry Hoy, Denver CO USA
1967 Vintage Racer
1969 MGB Roadster (soon to be a V8)
1970 MGB Roadster
"It's not how fast you go, it's how fast you go fast"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Kai Radicke
> Sent: Monday, November 16, 1998 2:40 PM
> To: MGB-V8 List
> Subject: Rover V8 prices...
>
>
> Well with the possibility of purchasing a local rust free shell that I feel
> sorry for, I figure it would be best put to use in an Rover V8 conversion.
> So I started calling around on prices, well let me tell you... it is tough
> to find anyone local that even knows what a Rover is. And when I finally
> give them a list of models they came in (TR8, Stag, LandRover, RangeRover,
> etc...) the prices hover at $2-3000. That is damn expensive for an
> engine... or at least I think.
>
> So does anyone have a Rover V8 (3.9L FI preferred) or know of anyone wanting
> to sell one? I'm willing to spend $2k, but not when the engine has 100k
> miles on it (the lowest quote I got).
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Kai Radicke -- kmr@pil.net
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