There were actually 2 slightly different 215 engines-the Olds engine has an
extra head stud or two over the Buick version. In addition, the Buick 198 V-6
of 1962 was made at a 90 degree angle in order to use some of the components
from the V-8!
The 215 had a lot of problems back in the early sixties with mechanics who did
not know how to work on aluminum engines. When I got my '61 Cutlass (used) it
had 3 heli-coils installed to repair spark plug holes that had been striped.
The manual said to only pull the plugs when the engine was "stone cold"-meaning
that it should be left to sit over night. If not, you might unscrew the
threads with the spark plug! I loved the car and the performance but teh
automatic transmission was bad news.
Jan
"Scott E. Christie" <schristie@mail.usfli.com> wrote:
> I'm finding nothing on the web to substantiate that claim. I did find some
period articles by GM engineers discussing the engine's in-house
development. I doubt the 215 was a pre-war BMW design.
Scott Christie
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Subject: Re: Rover V-8
> Hi all:
>
> This brings up something I thought was interesting:
>
> I was talking to an Arnolt Bristol owner about his car at the Coronado
> vintage races this weekend. He mentioned (which I'd heard before) that
> the Bristol engine was a pre-war BMW design which was, as war
> reparations, given to Bristol to manufacture.
>
> What he next said, and which I hadn't heard, was that the
> Buick/Olds/Pontiac 215 aluminum V-8 engine was ALSO a pre-war BMW design
> that was a reparation that GM was given.
>
> I had always thought the 215 was developed in-house. Anybody out there
> heard anything to substantiate if this aluminum V-8 really was a pre-war
> BMW/German design?
>
> Regards
> David Sosna
> 65 S4 GT V6 (and wishing Ford had gone in for aluminum 171's back then)
>
>
> jeyerman@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >
> > Won't fit, Carroll Shelby tried it initially for the Cobra and it was
too wide (it was a Buick engine back then) and it would be too wide for an
Alpine. The Ford engine is surprisingly narrow for a V-8.
> >
> > Jan
> >
> > "BMT (John Goodby)" wrote:
> > > Don't forget that the P76 also donated that great 4.4 litre engine to
gointo Range Rovers and give them some get up and go.
> >
> > I've always wondered how one would go in an Alpine. They put them in
MGB's.
> >
> > John Goodby
> > Perth
> > Alpine SV
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Heuer"
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2000 1:36
> > Subject: Leyland P76 (was Aztec, was Paint color)
> >
> > > Vic Hughes did a good job of describing the why and what, but for me
the
> > > best memory is the fact that Leyland chose to market car by
demonstrating
> > > that you could carry a 44 gallon drum in the boot (trunk)!
> > >
> > > There is one of the seven two-door coupes built at the National Motor
> > Museum
> > > near Adelaide in South Australia.
> > > Cheers,
> > > Paul.
> > >
> > > NO ARCHIVE
> > >
> > > >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 06:29:01 -0400
> > > >From: "Berghult, Bob" >Subject: RE: aztec
> > > >
> > > >What is a "Leyland P76" ????? Got any pictures??
> > > >
> > > >Bob
> > > >Series IV
> > > >B9405637 LRX
> > >
> > >
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