Quote:Actually the Rover is the Buick, since the Buick engine was made first [1963] then later the design was sold to the Brits & they fixed it up with Lucas electrics [gag choke]
The problem with the Buick/Pontiac/Olds/Rover engine is the length. A friend of mine runs one in his Nash Bucket & has done so for about 30 years now. He loves it. It's light, has great power to weight, it's narrow & it makes the right noises, but it's long. This doesn't matter in a Hot Rod where the chassis was made to fit even bigger engines, but in a car that came with a small & short 4 cyl engine, it just doesn't fit quite so easy.

Damn pity says I.

Speaking of lightweight British engines, I remember one fellow that removed the six cylinder engine from his Rover 90 & replaced it with a 1957 Ford 272 cube Y block engine, & they were an overweight pig at the best of times.

He had to lower the front of the Rover almost 2" to make it look stock.

there used to be a white 1200 sedan with a 302 windsor running around here, street driven (not street legal), best ET was a low 10 on da gas. he sold it, the guy who bought it had it for sale on ebay a while back down the gold coast. i have no idea where is it now?

A Rover aluminum V8 looks like it might fit *reasonably well* and they are very light. A lot of guys stick them in MG's, and they say they are lighter than the British 4 cylinder motors.

In the US, the motor is a Buick 215 as I recall.

A single cam version of the VG will fit i have seen photos

not well its tight--- hammer helps

oh and if you read the site http://vg30.com you might get some help

it mentions the wieght as the same as L20b

A12 - 87Kg
A14/A15 93 Kg

personally I'd use the VH45 or what about the VK56???

ok they are V8's not V6's but what the hey....in fo a penny in for a (hundred?) pounds

some of us have been asking why NOT the VG30 or VG33? they fit easily in 510's why is it nobody does it?
v6 / 3.3 liters... isn't it lighter than the sr20? ( 1.3 liters more... is your current engine much larger than that... )


oh it's the weight... it looks so small...

Stock VG30E in a Datsun 1200

15-second 1/4 mile. That's six seconds quicker than an A12.




Datsun 1200 Timeslip

Is there more room between the strut towers in a 120Y than a 1200? Or do the turbos sit closer to the center than the valve covers? Does that
question make sense?

just to let you know that there is a 120y here in perth that has a vg30 turbo in it that is stock and runs 11.6 down the 1/4. not bad huh, ohh pulls the front wheel off the ground
by about a foot in the process.

josh
datsr20t

I agree that the V6 would be much heavier but wouldn't it have alot more torque than either of the 4 cylinders you mentioned? To be honest, the reason I'm considering it is I've got a
line on two free engines and at least one transmission. As far as the CA or SR engines are concerned, I've been told that making it rear drive is tough here in the states because there
were no cars with longitudinal transmissions imported. Is this a false assumption?