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To: yankeedame
Unfortunately, the art of building aluminum engine blocks was in its infancy back in 1971 ...

BS. The Buick Skylark and Old's Starfire of the early sixties had all aluminum 215 c.i. V8s. Some came with turbochargers.

Those motors had cooling problems because owners couldn't get it through their thick heads that you shouldn't fill the radiator from the garden hose. (water jackets would corrode and the motor'd overheat)

When GM discontinued the motor, it sold the tooling to Rover and is the basis of the V8's Rover still uses.

150 posted on 11/26/2008 8:52:15 AM PST by uglybiker (1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d 2 g3t l41d)
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To: uglybiker

“When GM discontinued the motor, it sold the tooling to Rover and is the basis of the V8’s Rover still uses. “

Um, Rover went bankrupt and closed a number of years ago.


208 posted on 11/26/2008 7:44:20 PM PST by Nik Naym (Everyone has a right to my opinion.)
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