In article .com,
RapidRonnie wrote:
Interesting point was that just about the only US V-8 that ended up
being made in the UK was the Buick unit which became the Rover one -
and gained some 20 bhp when being fitted with SUs. Of course that
wasn't the only mod. But I'm not sure what the original carbs were.
The RR V-8 is not an exact copy of any US engine but is very close
to the Olds in some ways and IIRC Chryslers in others. Bristol of
course simply used a blueprinted Chrysler: Jensen used them out of the
box.
I suppose there's not really that many different designs for pushrod V-8s,
but it was never mentioned at the time that the Rolls engine was based on
any other - nor did they, as far as I know, pay any royalties etc unlike
Rover who bought their design outright from GM. And of course the Rolls
engine was several years earlier - IIRC 1959 being the first year of
production. And still going...
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