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Re: V8's vs. straight-6's & the gee whiz factor!

To: DANMAS <DANMAS@aol.com>
Subject: Re: V8's vs. straight-6's & the gee whiz factor!
From: Allen Nugent <A.Nugent@unsw.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 12:52:45 +1000 (EST)
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Dan,

At 12:34 8/05/98 EDT, you wrote:

>Go for it!  It would be a perfect candidate for a Ford 302 transplant.  If the
>weight information I received on the MGV8 list is correct, the Ford (alum
>heads, etc.) only weighs 37 pounds more than the aluminum BOP/Rover 215 V8.
>Considerably less than the 6-holer now in the C.  What is not generally known
>is the relative size differences between the Ford and the BOP/Rover.  In width
>and height, the Ford is the SMALLER of the two --two inches narrower, one inch
>less height, but about one inch longer.  302ci vs 215, speed parts are as
>common as dirt and available every where (at least in the USA), and as much
>power as you can stand (400 on pump gas without nitrous or supercharging is
>easily obtained.  800 can be had with either of those options).

Bloody hell! Will it fit in a TR7?

Allen Nugent
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney  2052  Australia


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