What would you do if there were no american engines?
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Easy, Aluminum Rover V8, or Mercedes 4 cam V8.
Ummm...if I'm not mistaken, the Rover V8 is an American engine. It started life as the Buick 215. My Dad and I rebuilt one in a 1963-4(?) Buick special, and then dropped it into his Alpha. The same engine also showed up in the Triumph TR8.
Well, actually, only the Buick 215 is American,,,,,,the specs for the Rover are GM (as is/was the tooling) but the process they used for the block in England is better.
GM used to pour the alum in around the steel sleeves,,,,while the Rover has the sleeves pressed into place. The Rover set up assures that there is no "shifting" of the cylinder and therefore has better cyl wall square.
This is a great little motor. I have one on the bench right now with a pair of very rare 64 buick 300 alum heads. These were only available for one year in aluminum and they have larger ports, and valve seat capabilities.
I was going to use it in a Manta Montage kit that I now have for sale. (to help pay for the frieght of my new GT40 kit)
The MBZ alum V8 is quite a bit heavier,,,,but the 5.0 in my 92 500e made 326 hp in stock form and has wide torque curve.
With a few mods, this engine easily makes 400hp, and can idle almost as smoothly as the stock unit.
Of course none of this matters since my 40 will have a small block ford in it. (hopefully with 8-sinister looking stacks in the rear window!)
GM used to pour the alum in around the steel sleeves,,,,while the Rover has the sleeves pressed into place. The Rover set up assures that there is no "shifting" of the cylinder and therefore has better cyl wall square.
This is a great little motor. I have one on the bench right now with a pair of very rare 64 buick 300 alum heads. These were only available for one year in aluminum and they have larger ports, and valve seat capabilities.
I was going to use it in a Manta Montage kit that I now have for sale. (to help pay for the frieght of my new GT40 kit)
The MBZ alum V8 is quite a bit heavier,,,,but the 5.0 in my 92 500e made 326 hp in stock form and has wide torque curve.
With a few mods, this engine easily makes 400hp, and can idle almost as smoothly as the stock unit.
Of course none of this matters since my 40 will have a small block ford in it. (hopefully with 8-sinister looking stacks in the rear window!)
OK, how much can I dream here?
Is Cosworth American? Its ownership is in Ford, but I think everything else is British. While I'm dreaming... Ilmor would be nice - there's the Australian connection there.
But a little more down-to-earth the Honda NSX engine responds well to turbo-charging I believe - and you get a 6 speed transaxle with it too!.
Is Cosworth American? Its ownership is in Ford, but I think everything else is British. While I'm dreaming... Ilmor would be nice - there's the Australian connection there.
But a little more down-to-earth the Honda NSX engine responds well to turbo-charging I believe - and you get a 6 speed transaxle with it too!.
Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R RB26DETT twin-turbo I6 !!!!!
Nissan Skyline GT-R - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Good reading.
Nissan Skyline GT-R - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Good reading.
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David Morton
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PT6 with torque converter and running on diesel.....
I would agree with Gweitzel.
M5 400hp and you dont have to play.
Not like some of the other nuggets that have been suggested.
(know your thinking I wonder which one he is talking about)
Jim
M5 400hp and you dont have to play.
Not like some of the other nuggets that have been suggested.
(know your thinking I wonder which one he is talking about)
Jim
Dave I will do one for the modular 4.6
Not enough time in your life to do everything.
Jim
Not enough time in your life to do everything.
Jim
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