British Leyland

[YellowDog]

Well thanks for that, but I was thinking of the cockney rhyming slang version

[Dadpole]

Well thanks for that, but I was thinking of the cockney rhyming slang version

I am always interested in seeing what inflation does to thrupennybits

[eldog]

Slightly off topic... a year or so before I retired I had a maths class in which the majority of kids were 'above average' and they became interested in arithmetic in other than base 10... so I showed them all four computations in pounds, shillings and pence. That lead onto inches, feet, yards, chains, furlongs and miles. As far as they were concerned, using pre-decimal money and imperial measure was far more interesting than using other bases or using decimal money or metrics...

That would go for using the Roman numbering system as well.
must have been a lot of work adding, multiplication, division etc.
never really used imperial weights and currency.

i still use the imperial measurement inches etc at work, quite a lot actually.

there is still a vast amount of stuff about that is still being made using those units.
there is nothing like an 1-1/2" bolt or a 3-1/2" bore for hydraulic cylinders.

its only the young ones who are starting to use bar vs psi.

a change of culture I guess.

i must get the details off the engine I have at work, pretty sure it's a Leyland diesel.
an old clunker works perfectly as long as you take it slowly.

[eldog]

Another Waimak one.

Porn. Pure fucking porn.

1973 rover p5b 3500
Nice to hear the engine, and the music suits, after initially thinking oh no not again, music overrides the image.

great camera work, what's the engine bay like?

enjoyed a trip I did in one of the 3.5 litre rovers can't remember the model.

[YellowDog]

That would go for using the Roman numbering system as well.
must have been a lot of work adding, multiplication, division etc.
never really used imperial weights and currency.

i still use the imperial measurement inches etc at work, quite a lot actually.

there is still a vast amount of stuff about that is still being made using those units.
there is nothing like an 1-1/2" bolt or a 3-1/2" bore for hydraulic cylinders.

its only the young ones who are starting to use bar vs psi.

a change of culture I guess.

i must get the details off the engine I have at work, pretty sure it's a Leyland diesel.
an old clunker works perfectly as long as you take it slowly.

Yes, all BL engines work perfectly, if you take it slowly.

Met a guy in Birkenhead with a stunning Triumph Stag. I congratulated him on owning such a stunning example and asked him how long ago he'd restored it and what engine it was running?

He assured me that he had bought the car from new and it was it was in its original condition, including the engine, which had not ever missed a beat

[yevjenko]

Yes, all BL engines work perfectly, if you take it slowly.

Met a guy in Birkenhead with a stunning Triumph Stag. I congratulated him on owning such a stunning example and asked him how long ago he'd restored it and what engine it was running?

He assured me that he had bought the car from new and it was it was in its original condition, including the engine, which had not ever missed a beat

I bet he changed the cam chain for one that didn't stretch - the only real problem with that engine as long as the cooling system was maintained.

There's a story that during the merger the stag development engineers told the bl manager that the Buick motor wouldn't fit in the engine bay of the stag so they could finish the development. This was obviously a lie as most get the Buick motor when they invariably over heat from poor maintenance

[Motu]

When NZMC were getting out of BL, there were brand new P76 engines sitting on the floor in the parts dept going dirt cheap. They had ''Goldseal'' Mini and 1100/1300 engine units too...painted gold. Supposed to be factory reconditioned. No one bought them, so then they started splitting them up - cyl heads, short blocks and trans. I did a few, and as far as I noticed they were brand new - std bore engines with new pistons, every stud and bolt new, new cams tappets etc, brand new gears in brand new gearbox cases. I reckon they were brand new old stock - paint them and flog them off as recon. Some people got bargains.

Yes, BL was Triumph - BMC wanted to make a new sports car, do the obvious and mid mount the power unit, but there was room for only one sports car, the TR7.

[YellowDog]

I had a TR7. Cost me three and a half engines and then I sold it with a screwed gearbox.

The new owner was lucky enough to write it off, before replacing the gearbox or paying for another engine to be fitted.

I loved that car, but not as much as the Lotus Esprit Turbo I replaced it with ��

[dangerous]

Motu was pondering what Rover would have come up with had they developed their own V8. An interesting thought.

3L stag engine, smak 2 tr7 engins togeather...4.4 p76?
would a proberly been like the Damlier 2.5
christ knows...

[Motu]

F head V8 - they would probably have had the intakes on the outside and exhausts coming out the middle. Rover didn't folllow the herd.

[Grumph]

F head V8 - they would probably have had the intakes on the outside and exhausts coming out the middle. Rover didn't folllow the herd.

You're probably right - I can visualise the distributor sitting in a pocket of the exhaust manifold, LOL...

Didn't you just love the Rover habit of putting a plate over the waterjacket opening on the back end of the head instead of a frost plug ?
Bastard things always rust out. If someone shows me a Rover I always look on the firewall to see if it's been cut and patched where they've got at the water leak...

[scumdog]

When NZMC were getting out of BL, there were brand new P76 engines sitting on the floor in the parts dept going dirt cheap. They had ''Goldseal'' Mini and 1100/1300 engine units too...painted gold. Supposed to be factory reconditioned. No one bought them, so then they started splitting them up - cyl heads, short blocks and trans. I did a few, and as far as I noticed they were brand new - std bore engines with new pistons, every stud and bolt new, new cams tappets etc, brand new gears in brand new gearbox cases. I reckon they were brand new old stock - paint them and flog them off as recon. Some people got bargains.

Yes, BL was Triumph - BMC wanted to make a new sports car, do the obvious and mid mount the power unit, but there was room for only one sports car, the TR7.

Down here in the early 80's you could buy a brand new P76 motor for $1,600.

[husaberg]

3L stag engine, smak 2 tr7 engins togeather...4.4 p76?
would a proberly been like the Damlier 2.5
christ knows...

F head V8 - they would probably have had the intakes on the outside and exhausts coming out the middle. Rover didn't folllow the herd.

That Confuses me wasn't the Rover V8 vs A pommy built Buick engine?
As far a i know the Daimler SP250 2.5 liter v8, was actually 4 triumph 650 motorbike engine top ends (Edward Turner designed it) on two car bottom ends.

You're probably right - I can visualise the distributor sitting in a pocket of the exhaust manifold, LOL...

Didn't you just love the Rover habit of putting a plate over the waterjacket opening on the back end of the head instead of a frost plug ?
Bastard things always rust out. If someone shows me a Rover I always look on the firewall to see if it's been cut and patched where they've got at the water leak...

Those welch plugs holes everone thinks are there for frost damage protection, are actually where the core prints were in the molds, or runners and risers.

[Edbear]

Slightly off topic... a year or so before I retired I had a maths class in which the majority of kids were 'above average' and they became interested in arithmetic in other than base 10... so I showed them all four computations in pounds, shillings and pence. That lead onto inches, feet, yards, chains, furlongs and miles. As far as they were concerned, using pre-decimal money and imperial measure was far more interesting than using other bases or using decimal money or metrics...

Correct there Sir. '71 was when they changed.

I remember. I remember my Mum wasn't impressed.

[spanner spinner]

[QUOTE=husaberg;1131001330]That Confuses me wasn't the Rover V8 vs A pommy built Buick engine?
As far a i know the Daimler SP250 2.5 liter v8, was actually 4 triumph 650 motorbike engine top ends (Edward Turner designed it) on two car bottom ends.

close it's heads where designed by edward turner as you said but where only based on the combustion chamber shape being a new design suitable to be mated to a Cadillac bottom end. next bit has been stolen for wikipeda

Shortly after being appointed Managing Director (Chief Executive) of BSA's Automotive Division in 1956, Edward Turner was asked to design a saloon car powered by a V8 engine.[6][7] Turner and his design engineer Jack Wickes began considering the initial concept of their new engine by examining the manual and spare parts list of a Cadillac V8 engine.[note 1][6][8] Using a pushrod overhead valve system kept down design, development and production costs and allowed Turner to base the design of the cylinder head on those he developed for Triumph motorcycles