Hi, just received mailing from Rovernet. The new Rover 75 V8 / MG version is finally ready for production. In the text, a V8, 4.6 litre is mentioned. What engine is this? From the specs i would say the V8, like in the previous Range Rover, the old Buick V8 (3.5, 3.0, 4.0, 4.2, 4.6) Or is it a completely different engine? (Ford?)
Gr. iggy
Ford 4.6 V8 engine. As used in the Mustang.
375bhp comes out later on. With a more extreme body. The 'standard' V8 looks pretty much like a regular Zt/Zt-t....
It's a Ford engine as far as I know. Autocar have had a few snippets about it over the last year or so. It will come in various staes of tune from basic rover-ey grunt to manic supercharged excess in the MGSV supercar. I can't remember who is doing the tuning for it but they're an well known American tuning outfit.
Ian.
In message , Dan writes
Shame on them! They should drag the old Rover V8 into the 21st Century and fit that. How about with quad-cam 32 valve heads and 4 wheel drive, now that would be awesome! Seriously though, it has been almost 2 years since I left Rover and they had been talking of a RWD Ford V8 ZT for months back then, we even had a few concept pictures sent to us. Is it really going to happen at last?
Al
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The rover v8 is not theirs anymore, thats why...
Brian.
In message , Brian Gunn writes
I know why, just dreaming that's all.
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