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Hello from a newbie with an unusual car for this site
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:30 pm
by The Saint
Hello all, I am new on this site as I have just purchased what I believe to be a Land ranger kit car but I have nothing to support this. It has what I believe to be a Rover 3.9 V8 which I think has seen better days, so I will be asking lots of questions soon
I know this thread is worthless without pictures, so here you go. Thanks Ben.
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 5:48 pm
by richardpope50
That looks fun.
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:09 am
by The Saint
richardpope50 wrote:That looks fun.
It is fun when the sun is shining.
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:31 pm
by Rossco
You dont want to sell it do you....I have a Buick 455 in need of a good home
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 2:35 pm
by The Saint
Rossco wrote:You dont want to sell it do you....I have a Buick 455 in need of a good home
Sorry no, I've only had it a week. Been out in it this morning and it's still putting a grin on my face.
Not sure what a Buick 455 is but I might be able to give it a good home
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:38 pm
by Rossco
The Saint wrote:Not sure what a Buick 455 is but I might be able to give it a good home
It's 7.4 litres of pure American muscle. They fitted it to numerous cars but the grandaddy of them all was the Buick GSX Stage 1........the unrivaled king of the 70's muscle cars.
I've got two engines in the workshop, a standard 455 producing about 420bhp and a slightly tweaked version with 502 cubic inches and around 600bhp
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:10 pm
by The Saint
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:43 pm
by ChrisJC
Nice motor.
Chris.
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:28 pm
by Rossco
ChrisJC wrote:Nice motor.
Chris.
OI Chris I've got first dibs
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:20 am
by ChrisJC
Rossco wrote:ChrisJC wrote:Nice motor.
Chris.
OI Chris I've got first dibs
I got enough projects on!, 'tis still a very nice motor though.
Not sure what a 455 would do to it, apart from make it drive around with the rear wheels in the air though.
Chris.
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:27 am
by Rossco
Ah someone else who mistakenly thinks the 455 is a huge lump of heavy iron.
In standard trim it weighs the same as a Land Rover diesel lump, or about 11kg more than a Chevy 350 and 70kg less than a Chevy 454
With alloy heads and an alloy intake it's about half way between a Rover V8 and a Chevy 350
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:32 am
by The Saint
Thanks for the comments.
