The Rover V8 engine is a compact OHV V8 internal combustion engine with aluminium cylinder block and cylinder heads, designed and produced by Rover in the United Kingdom, based on a General Motors engine.[1] It has been used in a wide range of vehicles from Rover and other manufacturers since its British debut in 1967.
^David Hardcastle (15 May 1995). The Rover V8 engine. ISBN 978-0-85429-961-4.
The RoverV8engine is a compact OHV V8 internal combustion engine with aluminium cylinder block and cylinder heads, designed and produced by Rover in...
versions of Triumph's six-cylinder engine were to power the car instead. The RoverV8engine was fitted in the engine bay. The three-speed automatic gearbox...
disc brakes. The Range Rover was originally powered by various RoverV8engines and diesel engines. Originally, the Range Rover was fitted with a detuned...
The Buick V8 is a family of V8engines produced by the Buick division of General Motors (GM) between 1953 and 1981. All were naturally aspirated OHV pushrod...
A V8engine is an eight-cylinder piston engine in which two banks of four cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration. The...
The Rover P6 series (named as the 2000, 2200, or 3500, depending on engine displacement) is a saloon car produced by Rover and subsequently British Leyland...
operations shipped a Land Rover Series II 88 to Britain fitted with an advanced small block all-aluminium Buick V8engine. Rover acknowledged the emerging...
appeared in September 1967. Now powered by the 3,528 cc (215 cu in) RoverV8engine also used in the 3500, the car was badged as the "3.5 Litre", and commonly...
the 3.5-litre (214 cu in) V8 Range Roverengine improved performance. It was initially available in the 110 with a Range Rover LT95 four-speed transmission...
offering the MGB GT V8 in 1973 powered by the aluminium block/aluminium head 3,532 cc RoverV8engine, first fitted to the Rover P5B. The V8's 137 hp (102 kW)...
rear-wheel drive variant with a V8engine was later sold. There was also an extended-wheelbase model. In 2001, MG Rover launched a badge engineered variant...
components as the Range Rover and 101 Forward Control, such as the LT95 gearbox and 3.5-litre RoverV8 petrol engine. The engine was detuned to 91 hp (68 kW)...
suspension than its sister car. 90 degree aluminium V8 All engines are based on the 3.5 L RoverV8 unit, with increased displacement on the later models...
16-valve Dolomite Sprint engine and later switched to the RoverV8engine (before the introduction of the TR8, so dubbed "TR7 V8"). They were reasonably...
and lack of engines—as MG and Range Rover had first priority—delayed the project. By 1978 some 145 prototype cars were built with V8engines (and usually...
the Defender continued on Land Rover's traditional since 1948 underpinnings. Use of the RoverV8engine in Land Rovers also ended with the replacement...
except the TDV6. The 2005–2009 Range Rover Sport HSE is powered by a naturally aspirated 4.4-litre Jaguar AJ-V8engine producing 300 hp (224 kW) and 425 N⋅m...
engines. Straight-six cylinder engines have been used for Land Rover vehicles built under licence. Land Rover has also used various four-cylinder, V8...
BMW would drop the RoverV8engine used in TVRs since the early 80's. Wheeler contracted Al Melling to design a brand-new V8engine to power the TVR Cerbera...
engine, the 3.5L, 3.9L, and 4.2L Rover V8s are also frequently used. (The original Buick / Oldsmobile, the Rover, and the related Morgan-licensed V8,...
The Triumph V8 is a 3.0 litre V8 developed and built by the Triumph Motor Company for the Triumph Stag. The engine was a development of the Triumph slant-four...
was sold in kit form. The design evolved to incorporate both Rover and Ford V8engines, as well as moving from kit cars to entirely factory-built cars...
ruined the lines of the car. In 1973, the MGB GT V8 was launched with the ex-Buick RoverV8engine and was built until 1976. As with the MGB, the Midget...
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