Did anyone see the recent Junkyard Wars episode with the "tractor
tug-of-war"? One of the teams was overjoyed to find a Rover V8 for their
3-wheeled monstrosity (motorbike front fork, 4 spd, welded-up diff) and were
practically delirious about the "great gobs of torque" available. This
cracked me up, since if it was an American junkyard they'd have had no
problem finding a 7+ liter V8 or a 6.2 liter diesel. But it pulled the pants
off the Ford V6 that the other team scrounged. Actually, to be fair, the
Ford burnt out its torque converter as they revved from a standstill on the
3rd pass. But it still was a tribute to the toughness of the Rover
drivetrain that it held out, considering the advisor's instructions to the
driver were "rev it to 4000 and drop the clutch in 2nd". This with giant ATV
tires on dirt.
on 2/13/01 2:50 PM, Barney Gaylord at barneymg@ntsource.com wrote:
> Forward from the autojumble list.
>
> At 10:02 AM 2/13/2001 -0500, Fred Zampa wrote:
>> a guy who just bought a car from me said that he has a 218 c.i.d. v8
> oldsmobile aluminum engine to sell. isn't that the rover v8 ? in any
> case, the engine has been overhauled and he wants $200 for it. anyone
> interested should call him directly at 912-746-4907 (macon, ga.)
>
> Basically same engine, but usually wears a 4bbl carb and puts out another
> 50 hp. If it is really freshly overhauled it sounds like a steal to me.
> Hope one of you on the mgs list jumps on it immediately. Keep us informed
> of course.
>
> Barney Gaylord
> 1958 MGA with an attitude
> http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg
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