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[transam]

Probably the worse V8 engine ever designed was a 3 ltr developed by Triumph UK. What was it based on ?

Four cylinder Saab

Nope.

[Ace of Pop]

2 Dolomite Sprint Blocks..

[Ace of Pop]

What does the O stand for.?

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2 Dolomite Sprint Blocks..

Near enough, the block was based on two bored out slant 4 engines.

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Why do you think street class (and other) drag strip racers mainly use automatic transmissions.?

[Woodsie888]

2 Dolomite Sprint Blocks..

Near enough, the block was based on two bored out slant 4 engines.

And where did the Dolomite motor originate from?

Clue= Saab 99

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2 Dolomite Sprint Blocks..

Near enough, the block was based on two bored out slant 4 engines.

And where did the Dolomite motor originate from?

Clue= Saab 99

No reference from me regarding Dolomite. The V8 was a Triumph in house design using a small Triumph in house design 4 pot engine.

Triumph did try to sell the V8 to Saab though.

[Woodsie888]

2 Dolomite Sprint Blocks..

Near enough, the block was based on two bored out slant 4 engines.

And where did the Dolomite motor originate from?

Clue= Saab 99

No reference from me regarding Dolomite. The V8 was a Triumph in house design using a small Triumph in house design 4 pot engine.

Triumph did try to sell the V8 to Saab though.

Quite correct. Triumph designed the four pot for Saab originally, not for their own use. That came later and then they developed the V8 from that design for their own use.

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Why do you think street class (and other) drag strip racers mainly use automatic transmissions.?

Noooooooooooooo guesses ...............

[VocalNeal]

The changes are quicker? I remember something about a big BMW auto being quicker than a manual box or maybe it was the 5 series diesel.

Torque multiplication?

Consistency?

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The changes are quicker? I remember something about a big BMW auto being quicker than a manual box or maybe it was the 5 series diesel.

Torque multiplication?

Consistency?

Yep, quicker change and they can deal with far more HP with a few cheap upgrades.

[Ace of Pop]

Drag Racers cant remember where the gears are.

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Drag Racers cant remember where the gears are.

Actually you do shift manually in a race prepped auto trans.

[wilcopops]

Grand Turismo. First used on Italian Tanks.

Roots are much, much older than that and first connected to motoring via Rolls Royce.

Perhaps Rolls and Royce were Italian. Id have thought they would have referred to a Grand Tourer, of which there wasn't one back then. Cortina G.T. seemed to start the craze on Brit Cars.

The origins aren't actually in the Italian Language at all.

[wilcopops]

Hydrolastic suspension

As I said Issigonis was a huge fan of Citroen and the original mini was envisaged with Hydrolastic......I think it may have been price that prevented it from being on the original.

The rubber cones were from an idea of Mr Moulton of the famous bicycle.

[wilcopops]

MG Gnat

the Gnat never went into production because unlike the Hornet and elf, the spec was already available in the mini range in the form of the Cooper. BMC/BL did get a bit fed up with paying a fee to Mr Cooper for every badge they stuck on their tuned up minis and the MG would have got them out of that.

[wilcopops]

2 Dolomite Sprint Blocks..

SAAB and Dolomite had the same engine. Triumph design "improved" by SAAB.

The Triumph V8 wasn't actually a bad engine, there was a top end problem...oil I think which was solved outside of Leyland and is usually found on any Stags that are still about. If Triumph had done this it is still unlikely the engine would have gone on in further production as BL preferred the Rover V8 (GM Buick?) built under iicence as their one and only V8 for the merged company.

Unlike the original the Rover was all alloy and much lighter.

Again it reflects poorly on BL that they really didn't appreciate what they's got and it took others to show them the way. - e.g. - The MG(B)V8, originally built by a company outside BL was lighter than the MGB. The there was the mid-engined Alvis which used the Rover engine - again eded up just as a pipe-dream.

Edited February 17, 2014 by wilcopops

[wilcopops]

The changes are quicker? I remember something about a big BMW auto being quicker than a manual box or maybe it was the 5 series diesel.

Torque multiplication?

Consistency?

Yep, quicker change and they can deal with far more HP with a few cheap upgrades.

Back in the 70s motor magazine was saying that none of their test drivers could out accelerate the automatic Mercs in a manual. However when it comes to gearing down it's a different matter.

Edited February 17, 2014 by wilcopops

[Ace of Pop]

The Stag Era was about my time in the U.K. Word was many probs with the engine was caused by owners not replacing inhibitors after Anti-Freeze top ups n water changes. Bit like the nit wits here not gong back and having a regular dealer service.Regarding Autoes i was supprised the Merc 280 SE 3.5 Auto i had at that time hung on easily to the same year Aston Manual.

[VocalNeal]

This maybe too easy?

Excluding Rolls Royce name some post WW2 production sedans/saloons that have suicide doors. There is at least one American and one European. There Maybe more. I wrote sedans to exclude the easy one. RX7

Edited February 18, 2014 by VocalNeal

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Cadillac, Citroen and I think Jag.

[Jitar]

+ Late 60's Lincoln Continental

[funcat]

2 door 'sedan'...FSO Syrena...

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Push rod engine, cam is driven buy the crank via cog/gear on both, can you list the various items/parts that can drive the cam via the crank depending on designs.?

[Woodsie888]

This maybe too easy?

Excluding Rolls Royce name some post WW2 production sedans/saloons that have suicide doors. There is at least one American and one European. There Maybe more. I wrote sedans to exclude the easy one. RX7

Sunbeam Talbot

Jowett Javelin

PS I'm wrong about the Talbot

Edited February 18, 2014 by Woodsie888

[VocalNeal]

Lancia Aurelia started me off. First car I ever did over 100 mph in, as a passenger.

[MMarlow]

This maybe too easy?

Excluding Rolls Royce name some post WW2 production sedans/saloons that have suicide doors. There is at least one American and one European. There Maybe more. I wrote sedans to exclude the easy one. RX7

It would take less time to list cars that did not have suicide doors of and since that era!

Renault, London cabs, Rover, Facel Vega, MG, Fiat, Delahaye, Peugeot, Chrysler, Ford. There's probably more.

The RX7 did not have suicide doors.

[VocalNeal]

This maybe too easy?

Excluding Rolls Royce name some post WW2 production sedans/saloons that have suicide doors. There is at least one American and one European. There Maybe more. I wrote sedans to exclude the easy one. RX7

It would take less time to list cars that did not have suicide doors of and since that era!

Renault, London cabs, Rover, Facel Vega, MG, Fiat, Delahaye, Peugeot, Chrysler, Ford. There's probably more.

The RX7 did not have suicide doors.

You paint with a very wide brush! Yes correct my error. Visually I know which one it was just a numbers thing.

As I said it was probably too easy. I did think about asking about cars with no B-Pillar.

Edited February 18, 2014 by VocalNeal

[stubuzz]

Posted Today, 11:03

Push rod engine, cam is driven buy the crank via cog/gear on both, can you list the various items/parts that can drive the cam via the crank depending on designs.?

Chain; belt

[wilcopops]

Posted Today, 11:03

Push rod engine, cam is driven buy the crank via cog/gear on both, can you list the various items/parts that can drive the cam via the crank depending on designs.?

Chain; belt

shaft