not realy a great engine to hot up less ya get a later model one ie 4.9 liter in early 3.5,s the factory pistons gave out at big revs but thats easy fixed with some slugs out of somthing else or after market bottem ends seem strong and a good after market timeing chain is a good option... heads/valves have double springs standard inlet manafolds for the stromberg carbs are good for torque and nothing else but there was an su option made more power and used less there fuel injection on early rovers was primitave stuff like all early injected stuff and made them un reliable

thay all piss oil that lets ya know that thay still have some in em lol but there good strong engines i got a 50 year old landy in my shed starts first hit of the button the v8 was first made by buick/chev? and thay did a poor job thay had big over heating problems so thay sold the design to rover in the 60s some time thay inproved them alot super charging/4 bolt mains ect ect ex factory standard 3.5 liter rover v8 has enough tourqe to pull a 2 ton range rover in top gear from about 15 mph

sorry to burst ya bubble mate but the patrol has been round long before any toyota 4wd and land rover even longer than that and of course jeep longer again and patrol is a top 4x4 still fitted with a tranmission mounted hand brake like a real 4wd and make there work trucks with coils no hard as hell no travel leaf springs like toyota i have had both tojos and a nissan and 2 land rovers and a range rover all much better in the bush than a toyota only after ya spend big dollors do thay realy perform and there THIRSTY... no im not pissed again there facts lol

i once lifted a ford 250 cross flow off a trailer its probly as heavy as the a12 with the gear box #### it was heavy im only about 5,7 and 98 kgs boss was pissed cause i broke the number plate light

porting is a link to a porting site its there to flog there porting gear but has some ####in good digrams and tips for anyone porting heads... i would go the ovel port .. a gx head would be the ducks nuts not sure but i think thay have bigger valves and double springs

im not too sure about stats but im prety sure there were more xd and xe falcons sold than vb vc commies hell why wouldent thay the 250 6banger is a top donk compared to holdens 202... just about every commie we get throu has cracksin the floor pan panhard rod mount where its atached to the body and around the lower control arms facts are commies fall apart..... chev like a rock NEVER MOVED NEVER WILL

can have 100,00000 psi but with out volume what u gunna do with it? anyways i recon try a electrick pump from a wreckers or somethin and see if that fixes it.. but maybe your mechanical pump is just plain ####ed.. thay normaly put out lots of volume and should keep up

mmm no point hangin here to get chicks ... do we have any female members. would be good to hear from em

im a lurker i hang in the shadows waiting for girls

holden= holes oil leaks dent engine noises or hold on ladys dick extension needed or even hold on luv d engines nackerd thay go on and on but hell if i had a dollor for every time some moron said found on rubbish dump i would be a rich man but mind u in the scrap yard where i work we get around 5 holdens to 1 ford that tell ya somethin