Land Rover Engines.

The V8 motor used in Range Rovers and some Land Rovers has a long and interesting history. This one is out of a 1981 Range Rover.

Block out of a Range Rover HSE 4.6, heads from an ex-Walkinshaw racing Rover SD1. This motor is now in a Land Rover FC101 hence the cast-iron exhaust manifolds where you might have expected elaborate "headers"; there just isn't room for anything else. It is a four-bolt block; you can see the side-bolts that hold the main-bearing caps to the side of the block for extra rigidity along the lower edge of the block.		Roller rockers (non-standard) reduce friction. Rollers are fed with oil from the hole drilled in the rocker arm through to the shaft and its oil-way; oil runs down the groove onto roller. - 4wd.sofcom.com/4WD.html
		Left: The Iceberg, a turbo- charged diesel based on the 3.5L V8 and developed in conjunction with Perkins. It did not go into production. There is a heavy steel truss across the bottom of the block to add rigidity.

Left: the 2.5L 6-cylinder BMW turbo-diesel, the fuel efficient alternative for a 1998 Range Rover.

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