Overfinch P38 - LT1/4 running on Bosch Management?

[StangGT5]

2000 Range Rover (P38) Overfinch 630R for sale by auction in Hope, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

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I was always curious how Overfinch made the Chevy V8 work in the P38.

Looking through the mechanical pictures on this auction, it looks like the Bosch idle air control unit, mass airflow meter, and coil packs are running that thing. That means no Optispark. The alternator and AC compressor look like Rover units as well. The brackets look familiar, but have to be custom or drilled to bolt to the Chevy block and heads.

All-in-all, on appearance alone, it looks like a P38 could be fooled into working with a LT1/4 with a bellhousing adapter and some ingenuity. Of course, with LS engines and 4L80s/6L90s out there, that may be the way to go.

Just an interesting (at least to me) observation.

 

[robertf]

thats a tpi engine, not an lt1 or 4.

Its hard to tell from the pics and maybe I overlooked it, but I didnt see any reason to think it wasnt running the factory distribitor and batch fire ecm

 

[StangGT5]

thats a tpi engine, not an lt1 or 4.

Its hard to tell from the pics and maybe I overlooked it, but I didnt see any reason to think it wasnt running the factory distribitor and batch fire ecm

It could be a TPI, it does have a long runner intake.

The coil packs on the rear of the heads, MAF sensor, and idle air control valve are in pic 188/198. Definitely not AC Delco stuff.

I assumed LT1/4 because it'd be easier to key a cam position sensor from. If it's a TPI, they could've put a cam driven sensor in the distributor hole like a late 90s Jeep or Volvo. Wonder what they did for a crank sensor.

 

[robertf]

i see it now.

a mixture of 96-99 truck 350 timing cover and topkick or kodiak cam sensor that drops in the distributor location would do it.

 

[DiscoClay]

Corvette valve covers, aftermarket runners...and 100% Tuned Port Injection
Man, that thing is PACKED tight in the front. Those ceramic headers are nice! My next build will have the spare-no-expense heat-insulating ceramic coating for sure.

 

[bri]

Sweet vehicle.