Having read all the replies I am a bit surprised you've not had one from
someone who has actually done it.
Chap I work with has a Rover V8 in his hurricane. He races all over the
place for fun...in fact we're off to the Nurburg in a month. I have a
feeling that he runs a pretty standard diff/clutch/gearbox and doesn't
have problems. THe thing he does say is to make sure everything is
working as it should. You'll get more info from his site.
http://www.vincenthurricane.co.uk/Te.../Technical.htm

Contact him through the vincent hurricane site. He's the founder of the
car.

Hope he can help.
Matt

Sean Hamerton wrote:

I was talking with my next door neighbour today, and he has recently
transplanted a 3.5 litre rover V8 into his mk1 Landrover.

I brought up the idea of putting a rover V8 into a Spitfire, and he thought
it would be fairly easy to acheive.

How realistic is this idea, and what would the major problems with such a
transplant?

Any constructive feedback is greatly appreciated.

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Sean Hamerton.

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