At 07:18 AM 9/2/98 -0700, neil.cairns@virgin.net wrote:
>...
>This had a belt driven double overhead camshaft, four valves per
>cylinder, with 3 ltrs capacity. With Lucas Micos fuel injection adapted
>from the Jaguar XJR racing car, electronic ignition it produced 250bhp
>initially, and eventually 400bhp.
I have often thought about how nice it'd be to have such heads
with an extra cylinder on them, the thought of a twin-OHC 3.9 litre
Rover V-8 is intoxicating.
>...
>produced, but this is disputed. They were eventually outlawed from
>competing, and Autin/Rover sold them off for pennies.
>
I wish one could find them for pennies today...
-Keith Wheeler
Team Sanctuary http://www.teamsanctuary.com/
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