Stupid things non petrolheads say....

[Ferg]

shirleynot said:

They did indeed use a Maestro floorpan.

http://www.groupbrally.com/rover.shtml

No they didn't. Don't believe everything you read on the 'Net. You'll notice it says the engine was derived from the Rover V8. That too is bks.

[Ferg]

No it isn't. David Wood's V64V shares no dimensions with the Rover (ex-Buick) V8.

Better get ready with that delete button again.

Edited by Ferg on Saturday 3rd November 16:34

[Ferg]

Go on then...explain what the V64V has to do with a Rover V8....
I'm looking forward to this.

[ArtVandelay]

Ferg said:

Go on then...explain what the V64V has to do with a Rover V8....
I'm looking forward to this.

It's V shaped....

[Ferg]

Here we go again.

Best stick to a subject you know something about.

[Ferg]

ArtVandelay said:

It's V shaped....

It runs on petrol.

[ArtVandelay]

Ferg said:

It runs on petrol.

Says you!

[DickyC]

Ferg said:

Go on then...explain what the V64V has to do with a Rover V8....
I'm looking forward to this.

Be nice. The prototype car had a Rover V8 cut n shut down to 6 cylinders and 2.5 litres.

O/T They did it at a time when Aston Martin were struggling and there was talk of a smaller car. I wrote to the Chairman of AML suggesting that, if Rover could do it with their V8, Aston Martin could it with theirs. I had a very nice letter back from Victor Gauntlett.

[Ferg]

DickyC said:

Ferg said:

Go on then...explain what the V64V has to do with a Rover V8....
I'm looking forward to this.

Be nice. The prototype car had a Rover V8 cut n shut down to 6 cylinders and 2.5 litres.

Yes, but that had NOTHING to do with the V64V. I think to come on THIS thread particularly and start trying to contradict someone, you either know your subject or it's going to end badly.
Particularly if you are someone who deleted all their posts LAST time they got into a discussion with me that ended badly for them...

[anonymous-user]

I for one don't car where the engine came from, they weren't really successful anyway with it.

[Ferg]

Oh really.

Oh yeah. Just remembered the thread title.

[DubZeus]

http://www.evo.co.uk/features/features/260041/birt...

[DubZeus]

Ferg said:

DubZeus said:

Ferg said:

6R4s used a Maestro floorpan...

good man

Well I'm confident ours didn't.

I'm agreeing with you, big 6R4 geek

[cure]

That there must be something very dodgy about my 650£ BMW 520.
Or that I had massive luck and stumbled upon the bargain of the century.

[anonymous-user]

Ferg said:

Oh really.

Oh yeah. Just remembered the thread title.

o.k how many wins and championships did the cars take?

[Ferg]

I can't be bothered to tot them all up! Plus, they still are so it's an ongoing thing.

[anonymous-user]

Ferg said:

I can't be bothered to tot them all up! Plus, they still are so it's an ongoing thing.

surprised as you make out you are the stato of the mg world.

but you are right I don't have a clue about the mg just its engine was a buick.

[Ferg]

The Spruce goose said:

surprised as you make out you are the stato of the mg world.

but you are right I don't have a clue about the mg just its engine was a buick.

Buick? In the 6R4?

I don't make out anything of the sort, but I do make a point of knowing any car I own inside out.

[Ferg]

Back again?? As already discussed the development cars ran with a cut down Rover V8, NO homologated cars ever did. They used the V64V which is actually a bespoke engine which used a fair few DFV parts.
Took a while to find that, didn't it? Any luck with the Maestro stuff yet?

[Ferg]

You should try not wasting your time cutting and pasting bks off the 'Net. It's getting a bit embarrassing now. Save us all from internet experts!

Ask someone who's owned one.
Oh.... me perhaps!