[Healeys] Rover V8 in a Healey

[Mark Donaldson]

The Rover V8 – Buick Riviera engine is actually lighter than the stock 100 engine.  I think it was 180 bhp.

One of our Auckland members fitted one to his BN1 – which had a tired engine – back in 1976.  It did a great job.

Officially clocked at 145 mph on a clear long straight in South Auckland.

The car now has a larger (Chev) engine fed by a Holley Quadrajet.  Even livelier.

 

Mark

Ardmore, NZ

 

Here it is last Sunday



 

From: HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, 14 February 2024 3:31 AM
To: Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
Cc: Chris Scholz <drscholz at visioncenterpc.com>; Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] Rover V8 in a Healey

 

The Rover V8 is basically the 215 ci Buick aluminum engine that Rover later bought the rights to.  It really doesn't put out enough power in stock form for the heavy big Healey but is much better suited to a Sprite.  For me, who loves these old Healey drag cars this was a very fun read from Facebook:

 



 

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This is a picture of my brother driving my car back in 1969 at Morosso in Palm Beach, Fl. I purchased the car new in 1960 a dealer in Bayport NY. I street drove the car until 1963 when I purchased a new 1963 Corvette Z06. I had an accident in 1962 that destroyed the bug eye lights so I purchased a Peasmarsh fiber glass bonnet. It looked like an XKE Jag with the headlights under plexiglass covers. With the Z06 to drive on the street my brother and I installed a Buick 215 CI aluminum engine. We built the engine with Hilborn fuel injection, Isky cam and kit, 13:1 Forge True pistons, Mickey Thompson Alum rods, Thomas magnesium rocker arms, Vertex Magneto, T-10 transmission, 57 Chevy rear end shortened to fit under the body and used M&H slicks on widened Corvette wheels. With the hood surround we ran B Modified Sport and If we removed the surround we ran C Altered. It ran very well, the cam and set up produced max HP at 10,500 RPM so the straight exhaust had the sound of any Indy car. This is what happens when a H Production car grows up."

 

 

Se

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 9:25 PM <alfuller194 at gmail.com <mailto:alfuller194 at gmail.com> > wrote:

Has anyone here put the Rove V-8 in a Healey? I think I heard that was a nice balance between weight savings, increased power and level of difficulty.

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All the best,

Al Fuller 

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