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Originally Posted by jcp123
While we're on the subject, I'd love to see what an Olds F85 or Buick Skylark with the 215 all-aluminum V8 and a 200-R4 trans could do...I bet at least 30 since Mustangs and Falcons with comparable weight, aerodynamics, and displacement (200cid) were touching 30 without overdrive bone stock.
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Look at anyone in the UK with a "Rover V8" as it is essentially the same engine as the Buick. Rover 3500 (SD1) drivers have reported around 15 MPG around town and roughly 20-25 on a journey - these are Imperial gallon of course.
I have a personal lust for a Rover P5B (B=Buick=V8) coupe. It wouldn't get much coverage here (ecomodder) of course (probably struggle to 20mpg) but I love the shape. I read an article about the P5B development which described the purchase of the engine by Rover. As part of the deal a retired Buick engineer agreed to assist with changing the engine to rev to 6000 RPM. He asked why, so they took him for a trip down the M1 motorway in a P5 at 100-110. The rest, as they say, is history.
An older Range Rover or Discovery V8 has the same engine. I have a desire to put a VW V6 TDi in a P5B at some point, and a 3.5 V8 into my older MGB GT.
It went from 3.5 Litres to 4.6 (no idea about cu-inch) before BMW replaced it.
EDIT : The rover version got twin SU carbs which are super-efficient.
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that and being all-aluminum in a relatively light car (~1200-1300ish kg) should make give some nice FE with an overdrive gear, unfortunately lacking from the factory.
