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Re: Engine Trivia

To: David.Laver@morganstanley.com, brian@uunet.ca
Subject: Re: Engine Trivia
From: WSpohn4@aol.com
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 22:18:17 EDT
In a message dated 05/04/01 10:05:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
David.Laver@morganstanley.com writes:


> The Metro 6R4 prototype ran a cut-and-shut Rover V8 (Chevy small block).  The
> 'production' engine was bespoke to the car.  Not sure it counts as a 
> production
> car - like saying that a Porsche 917 was a production car.
> 
> 

I did not think that was the origin of the 6R4 engine - I thought it was much 
further to the east! BTW, the Rover was not a Chev engine, it was a 
Buick,Olds Pontiac  (BOP).

Bill

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