Rover engined GT40

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Simon

• Apr 30, 2004

• #1

Is anyone in the UK in the process of building a Rover V8 engined GT40?

 

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BenL

• Apr 30, 2004

• #2

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Is anyone in the UK in the process of building a Rover V8 engined GT40?

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Lotus and GKN/Vanwall put a Rover V8 engine (4.4l) with four Webers and a ZF transaxle into a modified Lotus Europa. So I don't see why you shouldn't be able to put one in a GT40 replica.

 

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Mark Worthington

• Apr 30, 2004

• #3

Tony Marsh has one with a couple of hair dryers fitted to the exhaust system.

 

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Simon

• Apr 30, 2004

• #4

Just wondering if anyone's building one, I may have some parts.

 

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ChrisL

• May 3, 2004

• #5

With Ford's part ownership of Landrover, its probably a reasonable choice of engines. And unlike the Windsor, it can probably also be made to meet the current emissions standards /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

Brett James-McCall

Moderator

• May 3, 2004

• #6

The old SD1 line has now ben disposed of, can't say what will be replacing it but.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Brett

 

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BenL

• May 3, 2004

• #7

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With Ford's part ownership of Landrover, its probably a reasonable choice of engines.

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While BMW owned Rover, they replaced the classic Rover V8 with their own V8. So now Ford is selling BMW-powered Landrovers.

 

C

• May 5, 2004

• #8

rover v8s are cheaper but cost a fortune to tune for big power