The original Buick engine was aluminum as well. i built several of them when I worked in a race engine shop in the late sixties. Much later, I worked on one that was going in a TR8. Save for the carburetion, it was the same engine. A good engine, but the same engine. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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.
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