- 1. Engine Mounts (score: 1)
- Author: Kris & Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 21:56:38 -0600
- Here's a detailed question about BOP 215 engine mounts. I have engine mounts that have 15/32" holes for the bolts that go into block, but the block bolt holes are only 3/8". This leaves 3/32" of slop
- /html/buick-rover-v8/2000-02/msg00008.html (7,053 bytes)
- 2. Spit-V8 Questions (score: 1)
- Author: Kris & Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 22:02:05 -0600
- I am in the process of fitting a BOP215 into a Spitfire, and I have a couple questions which I'm hoping one or two of you might be able to answer. I have determined that I am tight for vertical space
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-11/msg00023.html (7,753 bytes)
- 3. What's a T-5 worth? (score: 1)
- Author: Kris & Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:29:10 -0600
- Greetings from unseasonably warm Houston: I am stuffing a BOP215 into a MKIII Spitfire and I am finally to the point of purchasing the tranny. (As if I need more parts!) Research I've done from the M
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-11/msg00038.html (8,587 bytes)
- 4. Re: What's a T-5 worth? (score: 1)
- Author: Kris & Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 21:25:23 -0600
- Whoa! Thanks for the info. I looked back over the information I have to see where the "4.3L" requirement came from. I can't find it. I wonder now if it wasn't one of the junk yards I called that told
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-11/msg00046.html (9,232 bytes)
- 5. Re: What's a T-5 worth? (score: 1)
- Author: Kris & Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 20:46:40 -0600
- The MG V8 Newsletter article I have been using as a reference (Issue IV Vol. 1) states that the distance from the front of the tranny case to the C/L of the shifter is 12.25" on the S-10 T-5, 19.5" o
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-11/msg00047.html (9,166 bytes)
- 6. Re: What's a T-5 worth? (score: 1)
- Author: Kris & Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 22:02:13 -0600
- I may have been mislead about the 4.3L. Bob Wilson sent me some info that indicates I *don't* want the 4.3L tranny. Back tracking my research, it looks like that bit of "guidance" came from one of th
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-11/msg00048.html (11,585 bytes)
- 7. T-5 Trannies and tailpieces (score: 1)
- Author: Kris & Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 08:35:28 -0600
- Thanks to everyone (Jim Stuart, Dave Williams, Kent Christensen, Bob Wilson, Ted Schumacher, Larry Hoy, Glen Wake, Steve at SSEverist, Kevin Brown, and Vesa Konttinen) that helped me sort through the
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-11/msg00051.html (6,933 bytes)
- 8. New Rear End (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 21:31:10 -0500
- I am in the process -- although just barely -- of stuffing a BOP215 with T5 transmission into a Spitfire MkIII. The MkIII has the dreaded swing axle rear end, so I want to replace it with an IRS that
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1999-04/msg00014.html (7,036 bytes)
- 9. Buick 215 Ring Specs (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 08:03:58 -0600
- I have just taken delivery of two Buick 215 V8's (disassembled) and want to verify that the pieces are still usable. I know the bore is 3.5", and I have specs on the rod bearing bores, but I can't fi
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-11/msg00013.html (6,969 bytes)
- 10. Re: Rhoads Lifters (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 15:52:36 -0500
- Here is what David Hardcastle says in his book "Tuning Rover V8 Engines" (I got my copy through Amazon.com): "The other choice of lifter is the Rhoads lifter, which is not only hi-rev, but also 'blee
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-09/msg00059.html (6,860 bytes)
- 11. Wanted: Vitesse motor (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Wessale <wessale@iwl.net>
- Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 15:56:11 -0500
- I want to purchase a Rover V8 with the following specs: SD1 block, 3.5 liter, Vitesse heads, Vitesse pistons (CR 9.75:1), Vitesse con rods, mild performance road cam such as Kent 200 or Real Steel Hu
- /html/buick-rover-v8/1998-09/msg00060.html (6,808 bytes)
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