Re: Chevette

["Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>]

>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!

The Buick/Rover V8 is lighter than a lot of 4-cyl engines.


>> 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