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TerryG wrote:I was assuming with it being part of GM

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B.A.Y.

OK, google tells me that I know even less about American vehicle manufacturers than I thought.

Meh, American V8s are, he wrote, preparing to run, much of a muchness..

Funny thing is that America sold what may well be its best ever V8 to Rover!

I am a big tart for Rover v8s. I now have almost everything I need to build myself a 5.0 (I did debate a 5.2 until I was warned that they have a habit of detonating at high RPMs and they can't be turbo charged).

Anyway, are there any other Roadkill fans out there?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/111400230359?fo ... 9&viewitem

Loving the Suburban but can't help feeling that somewhere, there's a helicopter mourning the loss of its tyres. I'd enjoy putting one of those into the arena of automotive death (AsDa's car park) against a Wagoneer.

TerryG wrote:OK, google tells me that I know even less about American vehicle manufacturers than I thought.

you know more than me

That Merc 280 is a gift at 1500 Euros - you could break it for spares at that money and have a decent return - not that I would break it that is !!

Funny thing is that America sold what may well be its best ever V8 to Rover!

- I can but fully agree then again a big block Chev takes some beating

I fancy a big block in a 1958 Plymouth Belvedere. One American car that I do know a reasonable amount about.

TerryG wrote:I fancy a big block in a 1958 Plymouth Belvedere. One American car that I do know a reasonable amount about.

Why on earth would you want a GM engine in anything Mopar though? Chrysler had some very strong V8s of their own, many of them substantially more advanced than GM's engines.