I didn't say it would be easy, nor common sence, but... 350 cam is necessary Lifters that have oiling are available Oil through pushrods are available Aftermarket inlet manifold is required, Offenhauser, etc. And, yes, it will need different pistons to keep the compression ratio where it will still work But...even wioth all that work and parts, it is still do-able, just like I said previously. Why somebody would want to defies any level if intellegence and sanity, but still, doable. Forget the later Rover chambers, they are stone age, go look at Stage series aluminum Buick V6 stuff, heart shaped, they work.
Actually I was hoping that the Rover heads would have the heart shaped (high swirl) combustion chambers. Since they don't, maybe I'll have to wait on the new 350 street/strip heads and adapt from there.
Finally found an image of a Rover head. www.v8developments.co.uk/perfup.htm And the Almighty Wildcat head. www.roverv8engine.co.uk/index2.htm
Appreciate all the input, people. Thanks to all for the info, alistair, ignition man, rickwrench, greg and everyone. Igniton Man, sounds like you have a killer engine. You know your stuff when it comes to distributors and all, too. Well, when I win the lottery maybe I'll get a set of the Wildcat heads:bglasses:
An old thread but someone sent me the link so here's a little update just for the sake of other searchers. First, the best heads you can get for the 300 are also the best heads you can get for the Rover and that is the TA Performance Rover/TRS aluminum head which is closed chamber with a heart shape and flows 225cfm out of the box. They flow even better than the brand new TA Buick 350 heads so you are not giving up anything by using them and the 350 heads will not work on a 300 or 340 anyway. That is the second thing. We did look into this and it wouldn't be worth the effort. The earlier blocks have decreasing bearing sizes on the cam where the 350 uses all the same size and the inner lifter bores are spaced on different centers, as much as 3/8" offset. The cost to do it would be excessive and the benefit nonexistent so there's really no point in it. Now the TA Rover heads have a small chamber so although you can make use of the quench pad the pistons need a deep dish in order to keep the compression ratio down to a usable level. As far as using Rover heads on the 300 are concerned, though it might work there's the same compression issue plus the smaller ports and valves so not generally a great choice. Jim
