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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!network.ucsd.edu!btree!hale
  2. From: hale@btree.uucp (Bob Hale)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
  4. Subject: Re: '57 TR3 no engine go jap?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug13.200647.934@btree.uucp>
  6. Date: 13 Aug 92 20:06:47 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: btree.1992Aug13.200647.934
  8. References: <1992Aug10.231238.420@gtephx.UUCP> <1992Aug12.063427.9552@mr.med.ge.com>
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  13. In article <1992Aug12.063427.9552@mr.med.ge.com> hinz@bonfire (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987) writes:
  14. >On a lighter note, there was some guy from South Africa posting here a week or
  15. >so ago about putting Chevy v-8's in Jaguars....perhaps he can help you out with
  16. >info...I personally feel that he is trying to 'improve' the Mona Lisa with
  17. >a crayon, however.
  18.  
  19. Swapping a small block Chevy into Jauguar XJ's has been popular for
  20. at least 30 years.  The Chevy engine doesn't have the oil fouling
  21. or the unreliability of the Jag engine and it runs better, at least
  22. at typical U.S. speeds.
  23.  
  24. Bob Hale                                      ...!ucsd!btree!hale
  25. ...!btree!hale@ucsd.edu                       ...!ucsd!btree!hale@uunet.uu.net
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