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Any of you know wheather Suzuki or some other foreign maker , made a small
V8 and if so what model car was it in? I am building a 3/4 size Ford 32 Duce Roadster and looking for a small powerplant for it. Thanks, Mike Chopped 66 Bug |
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Mike West wrote:
> Any of you know wheather Suzuki or some other foreign maker , made a small > V8 and if so what model car was it in? > I am building a 3/4 size Ford 32 Duce Roadster and looking for a small > powerplant for it. > > Thanks, Mike > > Chopped 66 Bug British Rover all aluminum V8, 3.8 liters. They made them in the... 70's? Lightweight, but can't say anything about physical dimensions. I believe it's originally a Buick engine though. Jan |
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The Buick aluminum V8 was 215 cu inches. Would be closer to 3.5 liters.
In the F85 Jetfire, it was turbocharged and put out 215 hp. Only drawback was, like the turbocharged Corvair, the turbo did not get its oil lubrication from the engine. You had to go to the GM dealer and by bottles of turbocharger oil. [now I am dating myself] Here is a link: http://www.442.com/oldsfaq/ofjet.htm "Kidd" > wrote in message ... > Mike West wrote: > > Any of you know wheather Suzuki or some other foreign maker , made a small > > V8 and if so what model car was it in? > > I am building a 3/4 size Ford 32 Duce Roadster and looking for a small > > powerplant for it. > > > > Thanks, Mike > > > > Chopped 66 Bug > > > British Rover all aluminum V8, 3.8 liters. They made them in the... > 70's? Lightweight, but can't say anything about physical dimensions. I > believe it's originally a Buick engine though. > > Jan |
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"Mike West" > wrote in message
... > Any of you know wheather Suzuki or some other foreign maker , made a small > V8 and if so what model car was it in? The Yamaha V8. 3.4 liter (207ci). Ford used it in their '96 Taurus. It's out of production now. |
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"Mike West" > wrote in message
... > Any of you know wheather Suzuki or some other foreign maker , made a small > V8 and if so what model car was it in? > I am building a 3/4 size Ford 32 Duce Roadster and looking for a small > powerplant for it. > > ............Those Olds/Buick/Land Rover aluminum block V8's are hard to find and expensive. Parts availability would make rebuilding one somewhat expensive as well. You might want to consider instead the Buick 3.8 liter V6 which was actually used in every other GM division except maybe Cadillac. They're plentiful and cheap in the salvage yards. It wouldn't take too much expense to rebuild one and there's enough aftermarket stuff available to get maybe 250-300 hp out of one without going to a turbo. |
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Karl wrote:
> The Buick aluminum V8 was 215 cu inches. Would be closer to 3.5 liters. Yes, that was a typo on my part. Sorry. The Rover model number is also 3500. They made them with smaller engines too (non v8) Jan |
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Tim Rogers wrote: > "Mike West" > wrote in message > ... > > Any of you know wheather Suzuki or some other foreign maker , made a small > > V8 and if so what model car was it in? > > I am building a 3/4 size Ford 32 Duce Roadster and looking for a small > > powerplant for it. > > > > > > > ...........Those Olds/Buick/Land Rover aluminum block V8's are hard to find > and expensive. Parts availability would make rebuilding one somewhat > expensive as well. You might want to consider instead the Buick 3.8 liter V6 > which was actually used in every other GM division except maybe Cadillac. > They're plentiful and cheap in the salvage yards. It wouldn't take too much > expense to rebuild one and there's enough aftermarket stuff available to get > maybe 250-300 hp out of one without going to a turbo. >In the F85 Jetfire, it was turbocharged and put out 215 hp. I work on one of the 347 of these cars made at a street rod shop in NY .. This is one of the cars most people never see because of cost , and that includes what it takes to restore them. Mario Vintage Werks resto |
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On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:43:46 -0500, "Mike West" >
wrote: >Any of you know wheather Suzuki or some other foreign maker , made a small >V8 and if so what model car was it in? >I am building a 3/4 size Ford 32 Duce Roadster and looking for a small >powerplant for it. > >Thanks, Mike > >Chopped 66 Bug > Why not use a ford V6? It's a good engine if you get the 3.0. Otherwise the smallest thing (in cubic inch displacement) I'd use would be a chrysler 273 V8. They were plenty powerful and parts are almost all the same as a 318/340/360 as far as periferals. I admit there's nothing terribly cheap about old chrysler engines, but this particular engine is pretty reliable and very modifiable. Of course the dimensions are almost identical the 318/340/360.......they share the same block. difference is in bore and crank and water jackets and such. Good luck. Remove "YOURPANTIES" to reply MUADIB® http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...IN%20PAGE.html If A Quiz is Quizzical, What is a test? The Peacemaking Meeting scheduled for today has been cancelled due to a conflict. |
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"Tim Rogers" > wrote in message ... > ...........Those Olds/Buick/Land Rover aluminum block V8's are hard to > find > and expensive. Parts availability would make rebuilding one somewhat > expensive as well. You might want to consider instead the Buick 3.8 liter > V6 > which was actually used in every other GM division except maybe Cadillac. > They're plentiful and cheap in the salvage yards. It wouldn't take too > much > expense to rebuild one and there's enough aftermarket stuff available to > get > maybe 250-300 hp out of one without going to a turbo. > > The 3.8 GM V6s can be real powerhouses with a TON of aftermarket stuff available for them, or if you are lucky, find one of the Grand Nat'l or Typhoon motors in a junkyard. I think there was even a supercharged model in some of the later big FWD Buicks. Sneaks '68 T1 |
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"Sneaks" > wrote in message
. .. > > The 3.8 GM V6s can be real powerhouses with a TON of aftermarket stuff > available for them, or if you are lucky, find one of the Grand Nat'l or > Typhoon motors in a junkyard. I think there was even a supercharged model in > some of the later big FWD Buicks. > > .............I forgot about those supercharged Buicks. If one could be found, that would be a terrific answer to the original poster's question. Were those Buicks transverse engine/tranny layouts under the hood? |
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