So long as you drove a stake through the T*8 before burying it,
preferably in some remote location that can never be found again.
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Mon, 02 Feb 1998 08:44:29 -0800 Larry Dickstein <bugide@tfs.net>
writes:
>I cannabilized a TR8 for my Rover V8 engine for an MG B. Is that OK?
>
>Larry Dickstein
>Kansas City, MO
>
>
>
>MGMagnette@aol.com wrote:
>>
>> Subject: Re: Use a Rover, NOT an Buick V-8
>> Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 12:32:30 EST
>> From: MGMagnette@aol.com
>> Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com)
>> To: mgb.roadster@juno.com
>>
>> Hey All-
>> Someone said:
>> "I doubt that the 63 Buick 3100 series engine was under-powered,
>compared
>> to the first Rovers. " It was.
>> Strangely enough there is a story in the February 1998 Issue of
>Classic And
>> Sportscar. In that issue they compare a Rover P5B Coupe and a Buick
>LeSabre
>> 400. They compared the two cars ofcourse because they have "the
>same" engine.
>> But they aren't the same. Let me quote two sections...
>>
>> "The Rovers ability on the motorway is still a thing of wonder.
>Moving
>> naturally into the outside lane, the P5B sits at 85mph, ebbing and
>flowing
>> with the quickest of moderns. Kickdown delivers enough thrust to
>shift past
>> liines of uphill, middle-lane queues and onto speeds that will cost
>you a
>> license before they'll worry the P5B. That's thanks to the British
>> interpretation of the Buick V-8.
>> When the engine came over to be developed for the P5B, a Buick
>man came to
>> help. (re-read that, "developed" means the engine was changed).
>Rover wanted
>> it to rev higher than its top whack of 4400 rpm, and the American
>couldn't
>> understand why. So Rover put him in a 6 cylinder P5 with a
>development driver
>> and send him up the newly opened M6 at 100mph plus. He returned
>white faced
>> and wise to the demands placed on British cars. (Re-read that, it
>means it
>> red lined where you'd just start going until Rover got ahold of it)
>In due
>> course, the Buick 3.5-litre V8 became Rover's own, giving 184 bhp
>gross at
>> 5200rpm, a 30 percent hike on the original. "
>>
>> Ah, 30% hike. That might just mean faster. Ok, so we've
>established that
>> from the beginning, the Rover versions had more horsepower and a
>higher rev
>> line. Sounds like the Rover might make a better sportscar engine...
> Let me
>> quote some more.
>>
>> "On the motorway, the Rover just dissapears. The Buick pulls well
>to about
>> 60mph but then begins breathing hard, just at the point where the
>Rover
>> explodes into the distance." You want to breath hard at 60 or
>explode into
>> the distance at 60?
>>
>> Someone completely different said:
>> "You encourage people to use the Rover engine in their conversions
>then
>> ask them not to use certain Rovers, the very Rovers that use the BOP
>> engine. See anything contradictory in this? If you are concerned
>about
>> saving P5Bs or P6s then encourage the converter to use the BOP
>engine."
>>
>> Yes, we should save the remaining P5Bs and P6s, but I've never
>minded anyone
>> dismantling a Range Rover. You engine choice is gonna be a
>compromise between
>> availibility, price, power, and maybe a desire to save British
>Classics. The
>> BOP (Buick Olds Pontiac) engine doesn't have the power. That leaves
>Rover
>> Engines. While price and availiblity change from region to region,
>ripping
>> the heart out of a Range Rover doesn't make me too upset, but
>destroying a P5B
>> would be tragic. Obviously if any of these cars are beyond repair
>why not
>> give the engine another life, but most trashed cars have trashed
>engines. So
>> for most, a Range Rover engine will be the greatest compromise.
>>
>> Then someone said:
>> "I have to disagree with your statement, "You'd be just as happy
>with a
>> normal MGB, and a nice restored Rover to drive to work". You
>obviously
>> haven't driven a high performance sports car. No one who enjoys
>cars and
>> has driven a MGB V8 would make such a statement."
>>
>> I guess the V-12 XJ-S I drive everyday isn't a high performance
>car... What
>> is a V8 MGB? It's called a TVR, why don't you get one of those?
>You've
>> obviously never driven a Rover to work. No one who enjoys cars and
>has driven
>> a Rover would make such a statement.
>>
>> I again put out my plea to stop the destruction of Rovers for the
>sake of a
>> hotrod MG. I say this as an owner of 3 MGs, and former Rover owner.
>>
>> Ofcourse, this information isn't meant to criticize, just to
>enlighten, please
>> accept it in the manor it is given.
>>
>> John
>
>
>
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