The whole story on that one is that they wanted Ferrari to design a head for
them that used the Weber carb setup like they did for the lotus elan. lotus
had a head with integral manifold that was standard with Zenith Strombergs.
They eventually swapped it for the head with webers. Increased performance
considerably! sunbeam wanted the same, but never got it. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell & Neola" <rmaddock@petrie.hotkey.net.au>
To: "Alpine List" <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 3:45 AM
Subject: Re: Rover V-8
> Speaking of expensive, according to Langworth's book, Rootes also
considered
> a Ferrari engine.
>
> Hmmmm. Anyone out there got a scrap Ferrari? :-)
>
> Russ Maddock
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Sunbeams hit the Gold Coast in June 2001 - www.qld.sunbeam.org.au/national
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Victor Hughes" <v.hughes@student.canberra.edu.au>
> To: "T.J. Higgins" <tjhiggin@chris.iss.ingr.com>
> Cc: <alpines@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 9:00 AM
> Subject: Re: Rover V-8
>
>
> > According to Richard Langworth ("Tiger, Alpine, Rapier") the SP 250 V8
was
> > considered for the Tiger but was too big. Apparently Ian Garrad (a west
> coast
> > Alpine dealer) went out measuring V8s - also discovering the GM V8 was
too
> > big. That small block Ford must be really compact.
> >
>
>
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