aluminum block 215" V8 for sale!

[Bruce Plecan]

-----Original Message-----
From: Shannen Durphey <shannen at grolen.com>
To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: aluminum block 215" V8 for sale!

Ya take off for months atta time, and then try to sneak in HA, gotcha
Bruce


>diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu wrote:
>> 
>> I have an aluminum 215 cubic inch (3525 cubic centimeters) V8
>> from an oldsmobile/buick/triumph/TRV/land rover/etc.
>> 
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>> Includes transmission!  This is a weird item: automatic trans
>> with SIX positions/notches on the shifter arm (PRND321 ??) plus
>> a kickdown lever. NO TORQUE CONVERTER OR CLUTCH; it just has a
>> disc that looks like a clutch disc, but has boltholes instead of
>> a friction material.  It bolts onto the flywheel (included with
>> the engine) and drives the transmission directly.  This is all
>> that i know about the transmission.
>> 
>
>This could be the hydramatic trans that first saw service in 55 Chevy
>pickup and Olds(called the Jetaway in Olds).  It's got a "taurus
>coupling" where the converter should be.  Is it aluminum or cast
>iron?  The ones I've seen are cast, and weigh as much as a smallblock
>Chebby.  Shift positions on the pickups were, in order, R N 1-4 1-3
>1-2.  Don't know the Olds, but can get copies of original service
>literature for both, if needed.
>
>> This motor would make a great small car swap, as the entire setup
>> will weigh less than an iron 4 cylinder by far and is much meaner.
>> This motor is smaller than a chevy V8 by far enough that
>> mounting it in a volvo or something would be a piece of cake.
>> 
>
>Is bellhousing pattern like triditional Buick/Olds/Pontiac?  What's
>the engine originally from?
>Shannen
>
>> My price is $500 for everything, not including shipping.
>> I'm in austin, texas..
>> 
>> -jake
>> chickens at mail.utexas.edu
>