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RE: Rover V-8 and Ford V-8

To: servaij@cris.com, SpenceIC@Healthall.com
Subject: RE: Rover V-8 and Ford V-8
From: Fmarrone@turinnetworks.com
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 12:56:24 -0700
Yes, it was the Corvair turbo set up.  Turbo "sized" for the engine CID
running with no waste gate.

Frank
B9471116


-----Original Message-----
From: jumpin'jan [mailto:servaij@cris.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 3:45 PM
To: Ian Spencer
Cc: cole.harvey@baesystems.com; sosnaenergyconsulting@home.com;
jan.eyerman@usa.net; alpines@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rover V-8 and Ford V-8


Ian Spencer wrote:
> 
> My Dad had an Olds Jetfire that his father bought him new the first year
they were out. He later traded it for a Jag 140MC coupe.  If what I remember
him telling me is correct, they only built a small handful of those Jetfires
that year.

Ian,
        I think it was turbocharged. Maybe the same turbo that the Corvair
had.
Jan
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