"Jerry" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in
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"Christopher Tidy" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:

There have been some with steel liners, including the 215 cu. in.
(3.5 liter) Buick/Olds/Pontiac aluminum V8 of the early '60s (which
became an engine used in the Jeep Wagoneer a few years later, and
was then sold to Rover in England, where it was used in the Land
Rover and the 3500 Rover sedan, plus the Morgan +8 and the MGD,
IIRC. And, with different liners and heads it won Formula 1 world
championships in '66 and '67. Quite an engine!) Those liners were
ribbed on the outside and cast in place. The F1 version, built by
Revco of Australia, had pressed-in, dry-sleeve iron liners.

It seems a pity to cast the liners in. By doing that you throw away
one of the great advantages of having a liner: the fact that it can
be replaced to remedy wear.

That isn't an advantage if you're Buick, Olds, or Pontiac. g

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Ed Huntress



the buick derived Rover V8 was developed a lot further by TVR and some
specialist shops in teh UK for the TVR Griffith and Marcos sports cars. A
production road version 5 liter TVR was good for about 320-340hp and 7400
rpm. A tuned 4.5 tuscan race engine was a reliable 420hp for a season. An
all out tuned road varient of 5.2 liter (318cu) produced 360 rear wheel
dyno hp, drivable on the road and all in a car around 2000lbs..

Wow. That must have made a really lively TVR. I had the use of a TVR Vixen
(2.5 liter Triumph Vitesse engine) for a few months, after my boss lost his
license by driving it at 140 mph on an Interstate in Michigan. g And
*that* one was fast.


A great original design by buick et al.

Yes, it was. For one year there was a turbo version of it -- I think it was
1962 -- in an Oldsmobile compact. Very lively, but the old-style turbo
really had to get wound up before it would deliver horsepower. That was the
same GM truck turbo used in the Corvair Spyder.

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Ed Huntress