On Mar 26, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Cotty wrote: > On 26/3/08, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> One presumes that the old cast iron design didn't lend itself to >> being >> transformed into an aluminium engine. > > As long as you don't let it overheat, the aly blocks are fine. Very > lightweight. > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_V8_engine>
Besides, the Buick engine design that it was based upon was developed quite a bit further by all the engineering folks who bought it over the many years that it was in production. It was hardly just "take the dies and cast the engine in aluminum rather than iron". We had a customer at the shop I used to work at that had taken one of those engines, hotrodded it, and stuffed it into a TVR Vixen along with a Jaguar rear end. The whole thing was painted flourescent orange. Weighed the same as the Vixen with its stock 90 hp motor, made 280hp or so. "The Little Laughing Pumpkin Car" ... with serious go juice backing it up. It was a hoot to drive ... never in the wet! ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
