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Re: Engine weight

To: gofastmg@juno.com, WSpohn4@aol.com
Subject: Re: Engine weight
From: DANMAS@aol.com
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 11:59:16 EST
In a message dated 2/11/98 5:11:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, gofastmg@juno.com
writes:

> For the later (post SD1 engines the figure is about 35-40 LBS low.
>  For Buick engines and early Rovers the 318 is complete except for cast
>  iron exhausts.  For the record, when I got my Buick 215 engine, less
>  flywheel and with cast iron exhaust manifolds, the little booger tipped
>  the scales at 328 lbs.

Rick,

Did that 328 lbs include the alternator, starter, carburetor, fan, and
pulleys?

Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN

'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
                    http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition, slated for a V8 soon!
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74

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