Dan,
At 12:34 8/05/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Go for it! It would be a perfect candidate for a Ford 302 transplant. If the
>weight information I received on the MGV8 list is correct, the Ford (alum
>heads, etc.) only weighs 37 pounds more than the aluminum BOP/Rover 215 V8.
>Considerably less than the 6-holer now in the C. What is not generally known
>is the relative size differences between the Ford and the BOP/Rover. In width
>and height, the Ford is the SMALLER of the two --two inches narrower, one inch
>less height, but about one inch longer. 302ci vs 215, speed parts are as
>common as dirt and available every where (at least in the USA), and as much
>power as you can stand (400 on pump gas without nitrous or supercharging is
>easily obtained. 800 can be had with either of those options).
Bloody hell! Will it fit in a TR7?
Allen Nugent
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052 Australia
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