Scott Hower wrote:
>>From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Re: Will a 74 engine fit a 77B?
>>
>
>>Paul, my only point here was that I believe the widening/changing of the
>>transmission tunnel was due to the 'C' being introduced, not the 'V8'...
>>And I'm not sure the factory would change the car simply to accomodate Ken
>>Costello!
>>
>
> Not to add fuel to the fire, but...
>
> I've read that the reason the B engine bay is so wide, was to accomodate a
> V4
> engine being developed in Australia by a BMC subsidiary. Believe it.. or
> not.
Yeah, there was a V4 and some other odd configuration. There development
didn't get far. As was typical of the BMC and BL development budgets.
> Seems to me the tunnel was initially widened to accomodate the 4 synchro
> gearbox, it had nothing to do with which engine sat forward of it. More
It was the automatic that was offered in '68.
> changes
> occurred when the factory copied Costello and fit the BuickRover V8.
>
> --Scott
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