aluminum block 215" V8 for sale!

[Stowe, Ted-SEA]

what is it from ? I am very interested. I live up in seattle and this would
make a nice change for my 77 mgb


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jake Sternberg [SMTP:chickens at ccwf.cc.utexas.edu]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 07, 1999 6:08 PM
> To:	diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject:	aluminum block 215" V8 for sale!
> 
> 
> I have an aluminum 215 cubic inch (3525 cubic centimeters) V8
> from an oldsmobile/buick/triumph/TRV/land rover/etc.
> 
> This is the aluminum V8 everyone has been talking about. It's
> so light you can pick up the block with one hand, and both
> heads with the other.  The intake manifold is a one-finger
> item.
> 
> Comes disassembled with pistons, rods, nuts, bolts, oil pump,
> pickup screen, oil pan, heads, valve covers, valves, nuts,
> bolts, front cover, rear cover, crank, camshaft, etc..
> exhaust manifolds, intake manifold, flywheel, generator,
> EVERYTHING. (no starter but i think a plain buick V6 will fit)
> 
> 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 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.
> 
> My price is $500 for everything, not including shipping.
> I'm in austin, texas..
> 
> -jake
> chickens at mail.utexas.edu
>