no, the early Elans had the twin Weber DCOE carbs, only the later
ones had the Zenith Strombergs. Both heads had integral manifolds.
Jim
------- Original Message -----
>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 08:38:31 -0700
>From: "Louis & Laila" <bwana@c2i2.com>
>Subject: Re: Rover V-8
>
>The whole story on that one is that they wanted Ferrari to design a head for
>them that used the Weber carb setup like they did for the lotus elan. lotus
>had a head with integral manifold that was standard with Zenith Strombergs.
>They eventually swapped it for the head with webers. Increased performance
>considerably! sunbeam wanted the same, but never got it. Lou
>- ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Russell & Neola" <rmaddock@petrie.hotkey.net.au>
>>Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 3:45 AM
>>Subject: Re: Rover V-8
>>
>> Speaking of expensive, according to Langworth's book, Rootes also
>> considered a Ferrari engine.
>> Hmmmm. Anyone out there got a scrap Ferrari? :-)
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