Actually, the Buick 3.8 V-6 is a most reputable engine. It is rated as one
of the best v-6s ever made. Now as to its application to a spit that is
another arguement
Patrick Bowen
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Sivertsen [mailto:siv@education.ucsb.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 9:59 AM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: engine swaps
Just to throw my two bits into the discussion:
I've seen several engine swaps in Spits:
The most questionable:
Tr7 motor (good god. why? Sorry -- not a fan! Say "head gaskets" over and
over)
Buick V6 (more garbage)
The local guy who dropped the 215 Rover into a spit, and got it in by
extending the front frame and splicing two GT6 hoods together to make up
for the length (it's got a hood scoop, too. I hear it really moves, and
have seen it autox. But I can't look at it for too long -- makes my head
hurt)
The smoothest:
the Spit 6 (a fairly clean, easy conversion) (but GT's are so nice --
restore one instead!)
The ROTARY -- the most sensible I've seen. There are several people around
who've
done these, and Grassroots Motorsports did a nice feature on the
RoSpit in their magazine. There are "how to" instructions around, and you
end up with a lot more horse (what is it, 140 or 150?) and less front end
weight.
Tom S. in Isla Vista
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