I just re-read your post. You mean the Rover motor is the unobtainium.
My bad. (Shuffles away with a sheepish look)
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed McGuirk" <emcguirk@optonline.net>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Cc: <DANMAS@aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: possible engine swap for TR6
> I stand corrected.
>
> I always get fascinated by high tech parts made out of unobtainium.
>
> Ed McGuirk
>
> At 11:06 AM 6/20/2002 -0600, you wrote:
> >Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:44:18 EDT
> >From: DANMAS@aol.com
> >Subject: Re: possible engine swap for TR6
> >
> >Let me say this about that:
> >
> >A brand new 375 HP Ford 302 will cost you about $4,000, complete, and
weighs
> >35 pounds LESS than the stock TR6 engine.
> >
> >A Ford 302 with a T5 transmission weighs about 50 pounds less than a
TR6
> >engine with an OD tranny.
> >
> >A Ford 302 is smaller than the BOP/Rover engine, and only weighs
about 60
> >pounds more.
> >
> >375 HP from a BOP/Rover will cost an arm, a leg, and a small portion
of your
> >torso.
|