It was a 1595cc inlet-over-exhaust developed for the Rover P3 saloon car, 50bhp at 4000rpm. 80ft lb of torque at 2000 rpm.9in Rover clutch (soon changed for Borg & Beck version)
IIRC.
High mileage
Nov 16, 2005
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You don't believe me?
Huw
I remember you - snotty sort telling me I couldn't leave the Isle-of-Wight parked off Pembroke - I would have told you to get knotted but had a mouth full of rope...
...and Mother"
We used to have a nuffield tractor. Used it to push the wrecks off a stock car track.
fun party piece as follows.........
put foot on clutch.
stand hard on single side brake of choice
engage 2nd
give hand throttle full welly
pop clutch.
the front wheels would lift off the ground and the breast would do a full pirouette before the wheels touched down again!!!!!!
Always got a cheer from the crowd!!!
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:29:03 -0000, "Martin Edwards" made me spill my meths when he wrote: clutch.
A tittillating effect, did you have to milk it much?
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