the Rover V8 weighs 320#...lighter than a lot of iron
block four cylinders!
CAB
--- Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@Bigfoot.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure that having the car's center of mass
and
> polar moment located
> at the crank is necessarily a good idea, though!
>
> KeS
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-autox@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
> > Behalf Of Peter Gulliver
> > Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 10:17
> > To: autox@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Chevette
> >
> >
> > A few years ago a Guy in UK fit a a Rover V8 (old
> Buick Alum block) into a
> > British Chevette. Claimed that a V8 was nothing
> else than a 4 cyl with 4
> > extra cyl added. Motor mounts almost identical etc
> was a extremely Rad
> > looking machine Supposedly wheels spun in 2nd gear
> all the way up
> > an uphill
> > straight, in the wet. Guy thought clutch was
> slipping. Article about it in
> > Car & Car Conversions about 4 years ago
> >
> > Pete Gulliver
> >
> >
> >
> > >Subject: Chevette
> > >
> > >I was just wondering, has anyone ever seriously
> prepared a Chevette for
> > >SP or P? Anyone have any stories?
> > >- --
> > >Patrick Washburn <washburn@dwave.net>
> >
> >
>
>
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