Come to Clinton Maine Lions Club truck, tractor and lawn mower pulls..You
will see V8 powered lawnmowers....
daveS
----- Original Message -----
From: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>
To: Rob Beddington <RoadsterGB@aol.com>; roadster List
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: How can I put a V8 in this?
> Rob Beddington wrote
>
> >Second - in the UK a Jag XJ6 with a Chevy engine would be almost
> >unsaleable. The only guys who do engine transplants here are the Hot Rod
> >and Custom boys - and many of them fit Jag engines, drivetrains and IRS
> >into lesser metal. Used XJ6s or XJ12s are commonplace and the engines are
> >sweet when they've been looked after. To fit a Chevy engine into a Jag
> >would (to many) be considered sacrilege (like fitting an MGB engine and
> >Lucas electrics into a '67 2000 roadster - or have some of you crazy guys
> >tried that too?)
>
> I think it's in the water over here...the need to put a V8 into virtually
> anything is all over, though I haven't seen a V8 pus lawnmower yet. I've
> even had people suggesting putting a V8 into my 320 truck. One of the
> reasons I'm fixing up the little datsun is so I can shed what to me is a
> huge Dodge V8 behemoth, but it looks like a small truck in these parts.
> You don't need a V8 engine to pick up a couple sheets of plywood, and if
> I need a lot of material, I'll spring for a delivery fee. I will,
> however, be getting some MGA stuff for the 320...the J13 is close enough
> to use some parts. Not on the Roadster though. the R16 does quite nicely.
>
> -Marc T.
>
>
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