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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roger D. Key [mailto:rdk@xxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:13 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: V8 shoehorning; was Selling out
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>Many years ago (1967-71) I owned a Morgan +4, which used the
>2.2l. 4-cyl engine from a Triumph TR4a. When Triumph stopped
>producing that engine, Morgan created the +8 by merging the +4
>and the 3.5 litre ex-Buick V8 (I very nearly bought one, but
>succumbed to the (VW-)Porsche 914). The Morgan
>+8 was and is still very successful; I do not believe that they had any
>serious back-end problems.
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>Roger Key
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>Piers wrote:
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>... those MGBGT-V8s and the TR-8
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>Both of which had a 3.5 litre *Buick* V8 originally licensed
>by Rover Co for the P5B, later fitted to P6, SD1, Range Rover etc etc.
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>Piers
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>PS Irrelevant local interest curiosity for Donald - Buick is
>an East Coast name, and the Mr Buick who founded the car maker
>was a Scotsman who came from not far away from you. As I am
>sure you know!
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Costello
>Sent: 04 August 2004 21:13
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Selling out
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>Yeah, I know ... What WAS BL thinking with those MGBGT-V8s and
>the TR-8? ;-).
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>Over here, Ford 5 litre V8s and Chevy 5.7 litre V8s made it into
>everything:
>Jag XK/XJ's, MGBs, Rovers, etc.
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>Jamie
>Fort Myers, FL
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 3:58 PM
>Subject: [OM] Re: Selling out
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>> Surely it would not have been the bhp that did for the diff?
> It would
>> have been the torque as you dropped the clutch. Anyway, why spoil a
>> lovely, pukka sports car with some ghastly V-8? ;-)
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>> Chris
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>> On 4 Aug 2004, at 16:43, Jim Sharp wrote:
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>> > A little study of the development history of the Cobra might have
>> > been helpful. Shelby went though similar things after
>shoving a high
>> > horsepower American V8 into a Brit sports car.
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>> > Even the first cars were fast as H%!! but you could watch the
>> > chassis disintegrate around the engine...
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>> > --
>> > Jim
>> <|_:-)_|>
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>> C M I Barker
>> Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
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