Vauxhall Ventura

turbo_lover · 15th August 2005, 10:38

ohh thanx for correcting me with info dude .

cheers

ArmourOfGod · 15th August 2005, 13:31

Well I really used to love Contessa, & still do as it is the only Muscle car India as ever seen...........& also wish to drive one, one day!

ananthkamath · 16th August 2005, 21:35

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Originally Posted by ajmat

Came with a 2 litre engine with average performance and then Rover bought Buicks V8 and stuffed it in and it was the "bee's knees" .

I would like to add something about the Buick V8 - It was first offered in the 1960 Buick Special and was known as the "Fireball Aluminum" V8...It was revolutionary design because it used a cast-aluminum block as compared to the cast-iron boat anchors in use then..Buick however went back to thinwall iron casting in the name of cost-cutting. Rover bought this design and most of the dies and put it into the P6 saloon...This engine grew to be a favorite among the specialist car makers because of its light weight and good response to tuning.

Ananth

ajmat · 17th August 2005, 09:45

Rover stretched it to 4.6 for the later Range Rover - unfortunately the walls are bit too thin leading to trouble if highly stressed

Psycho · 17th August 2005, 10:11

Well I did not reply to this thread earlier just to gauge the reactions people had for the contessa... however a v8 in a conti would mean a huge amount of torque for a car without a ladder chassis would eventually mean the car getting twisted due to the torque pull...

As for the mods on the conti seriously now it is a daily drive hence a complete stop on mods.

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Psycho Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,043 Thanked: 110 Times View My Garage	Well I did not reply to this thread earlier just to gauge the reactions people had for the contessa... however a v8 in a conti would mean a huge amount of torque for a car without a ladder chassis would eventually mean the car getting twisted due to the torque pull... As for the mods on the conti seriously now it is a daily drive hence a complete stop on mods.
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