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Originally Posted by Othen
Hi John,
What an interesting story - looking at the RB's engine bay I can imagine a V8 (particularly an OHV one like the Rover/Buick) would have fitted pretty well and would have pushed the car along quite nicely.
PS. Now there is a mischievous thought: a Rover V8 conversion for the RB's 50th birthday!
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Attached are shots taken at Billing and Market Harborough VBOA National meets showing the underbonnet layouts of an FD-series V8, an VX-series with the standard Vauxhall slant-4 and an FE-series (essentially identical to the VX-series) car with a Rover V8 to give you an idea of what might be possible.
Another FD showed up that had a Chevy 327 cu in V8 with an Edelbrock riser manifold and a BIG Holley 4-barrel petrol pump fitted but I can't find a decent photograph of that one. (I'll keep looking though as I'm sure I photographed it...)