<div dir="ltr">Aluminum heads are great. I own a NADA 3500S that I installed a 4.0 Discovery engine in about 20 years ago. It is still going strong. This winter, I installed a Ford 302 engine in a 1995 Volvo 960 station wagon. This was Volvo's last rear wheel drive model. I built an '89 Mustang 302 engine up to moderate power, with a carb and Edelbrock aluminum heads, a cam and my parts car's 5 speed T5 trans. I will take it for it's first drive in a few days. It should be fun! A 302 might be fun in a Rover if weight was not too overwhewlming for it!<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 8:58 PM scott kohl via Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> If you want the SBF to be as light as the Rover V8, you'll have to fit ally heads.<br>
On Saturday, June 15, 2019, 5:55:56 PM PDT, gjkzscruggs--- via Rovernet <<a href="mailto:rovernet@rovernet.org" target="_blank">rovernet@rovernet.org</a>> wrote: <br>
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It's a direct swap. Years ago I went from the 3:48 to a 3:08 in my '67<br>
2000TC by replacing the entire diff. Swap is an easy remove and replace.<br>
Caution though as I understand the 2000 differential is not as 'strong' as<br>
the 3500 diff... look at those extra fins. <br>
<br>
I used to correspond with a guy in New Zealand that swapped just the gears<br>
from his 3:08 diff to the gears from a 3:48 which retained the stiffness<br>
from the 3:08 diff case for use in his 4 spd 3500S. <br>
<br>
Never a fan of the BOP 3.5 V8... I'm still considering a swap to the Ford<br>
302. Let's see... the Ford oils, it cools, it has power, it's good enough<br>
for Cobras and Mustangs... hmmm. <br>
<br>
Gross Scruggs<br>
<br>
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Subject: [Rovernet] Differential gears<br>
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Going to install a set of 3.45 differential gears in place of my current<br>
3:08 set. Got to make it up those hills in San Francisco. Any advice on<br>
installation is much appreciated!!!<br>
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