<VV> V8 Conversion

[Roger Gault]

Yeah, you can burn rubber in all 4 reverse gears - until the trans croaks.

Not that it's easy to find the reverse rotation bits for the Rover motor.  I
couldn't.

Roger

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Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> V8 Conversion


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>  Now you've just sealed the argument for an LSx engine. LS1s START at 320
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> Especially if you add a turbo!  The Jetfire used a turbo on the 215 Olds
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> in 1962-63.  I remember seeing a 215 in a Corvair at Lime Rock many years
ago.
> It fit quite well with just a small notch in the frame rail.
>      Frank "boost IS the substitute for cubic inches" Burkhard
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> In a message dated 06/09/09 12:49:03 Eastern Daylight Time, ScottyGrover
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> Why not use a Rover (Land Rover) V8? they are the same as the Buick/Olds
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> 215 V8 but cast different and some of them are stroked for more CID.
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> is a 'Vair in L.A.  with the 215 in it and the weight balance is quite
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> Seeing as how 'Vair owners are somewhat tightfisted, the 215  can be had
> for much less than the LS series and might not have too much loss in
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