Re: Rover 3.5L, 3.9L, 4.1L?

[Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>]

Scott Gardner wrote:
> 
> > Was your choice of the Rover engine done because there are pieces readily
> > available to bolt it into the B or was it because you wanted to keep it all
> > Brit?.  I have thought about a couple of Buick engines which I wonder if
> > anyone has used.  I am thinking specifically about the 3.8 V6 and the 2.8
> > V6.  The old 3.8 can be a real bomb and there are lots of them around.  The
> > 2.8 was used in a rear wheel drive configuration in the Camaro and the S10
> > pickup.
> 
>         Also, I remembered seeing a web page for a company that did
> installations of Rover v-8s in early Chrome-bumpered B's, but I tried
> to find them with a search engine today and couldn't locate them.
> Anybody have any clues to what the company name might have been?
> 
> Scott

Costello did early conversions in the UK, predating the factory car.

PaulH.