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Re: MGs could've been taken over by Aston-Martin

To: "Paul Root" <proot@iaces.com>, "Dan DiBiase" <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: MGs could've been taken over by Aston-Martin
From: "Kai M. Radicke" <kmr@pil.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 12:29:03 -0500
Paul Root wrote:

> It is the O-Series Engine. The B-Series just couldn't keep up any
> futher with emissions. Because of the dizzy apparently couldn't be
> kept in proper tune for extended periods.
>
> The 0-Series sounded like a nice engine, too bad BMC and BL
> would never fund any development.

That isn't entirely correct.  British Leyland did develop the O-series quite
extensively, and it was produced and found in a few British Leyland cars..
Morris Ital, Montego, Austin Allegro, and even a few Rover SD1s.  The engine
is quite a strong unit, even appearing in turbocharged form producing about
190hp.  Two displacement variants of the motor were produced, 1.7L and
2.0L... the 2.0L being the rare of the two.

Kai

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