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Well the RR V8 is an adapted American engine when all is said and done. Fuel use is not an issue over there.
Not when it was designed. They all drive a frugal Jap now unless it is a pickup.
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Not when it was designed. They all drive a frugal Jap now unless it is a pickup.
Yes that I can agree on. The diffs in mine are fairly worn I think as they Have a distinct whine. Probably need the preload doing which of course I have no idea how to do. That'll be a thread for another day though.
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James Martin or Wammers question, I'd imagine.
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depends on whether its on over run or power
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Didn't a Rover engineer stub his foot on a tarpaulined lump on a visit to Buick in early 60's and exclaimed..."Damn busters, what on earth is under that tarp old bean"Well the RR V8 is an adapted American engine when all is said and done. Fuel use is not an issue over there.
I seem to recall said toe hurting thingmy lump was actually a marinised example but the design and lightness was what interested aforementioned engineer.
Whatever the myth, the rest they say...is history.
They don't, I regularly rent cars in the states And today's 26mpg was quite a revelation.
Last time I was here I has a bog standard petrol fusion (mondeo) petrol 2.0 and it averaged 18.2mpg. Now, the Yankee gallon is only 3.8ltrs but even so, sub 30mpg from a modern 4 door saloon?
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Buick had a 231 aluminum V6 which lead the way to aluminum engines to the Rover V8Well the RR V8 is an adapted American engine when all is said and done. Fuel use is not an issue over there.
started life ............It is a derivative of Buick's 215 cubic inch (3.5 L) aluminum V8 family, which also went on to become the Rover V8, another engine with a very long life (1960–2006)
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Yes, 2.0 litres and 2.5 v6s. Sorry, that was my idea of frugal, or at least frugal compared to what they used to have. It was all Jap last time I was on the West coast. Well, maybe not all but I was amazed how many there were.
American pint only has 16 fluid ounces instead of 20. 8 pints in a gallon so it is 32 fl.oz. short, over 1/1/2 pints!
