P38A Fitting rear number plate

Grrrrrr · May 11, 2017

wammers said:
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.

Joss155 · May 11, 2017

Grrrrrr said:
Ask Doo. Even the diesel does over a tun and can sit on an autobahn at 90mph for hours on end (wearing ear defenders or plugs!)

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.

Grrrrrr · May 11, 2017

Joss155 said:
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.

James Martin or Wammers question, I'd imagine.

jamesmartin · May 11, 2017

Joss155 said:
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.

depends on whether its on over run or power

myfirstl322 · May 11, 2017

wammers said:
Well the RR V8 is an adapted American engine when all is said and done. Fuel use is not an issue over there.

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"
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.

Wazzajnr · May 12, 2017

Grrrrrr said:
Not when it was designed. They all drive a frugal Jap now unless it is a pickup.

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?

Thor1950 · May 12, 2017

wammers said:
Well the RR V8 is an adapted American engine when all is said and done. Fuel use is not an issue over there.

Buick had a 231 aluminum V6 which lead the way to aluminum engines to the Rover V8
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)

Grrrrrr · May 12, 2017

Wazzajnr said:
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?

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!

P38A Fitting rear number plate

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