i dont like v8s
It shows.
The TVR lumps have stronger cranks/rods/pistons and higher C:R. That's why the Bowlers had hybrid TVR/Rover engines.
The TVR
Tuscan got to use the crankshafts from the abandoned "Iceberg" project, the Rover V8 Deisel :twisted:
The Buick engine fitted to the Skylark and pontiac tempest only had an ali head for 2/3 years, later they were cast iron. Later engines had iron blocks too. Buick were making 5569 and 5752cc V8s into the mid 1980s based on the same design.
Oldsmobile also used the same basic design but developed it differently, the one "common" thing it has with the Rover V8 is the liners are pressed in whereas Buick engines had them cast in. Jack Brabham won the 1966 F1 World Cahmpionship with an engine based on an Olds block!
Then there's the Leyland P76..............