New 403 owner

[Hal]

Originally Posted by rubbond

Don't worry about the Rover engine -
Andrew.

Thanks Andrew, if the engine fits a 403 then that could be a good option, as there are lots of scrapped Range Rovers about.

Originally Posted by rubbond

That's not a viable project in my opinion (just worked out what IMO means).

Lol

[Kevin H]

That Daimler V8 is a sweet sounding engine, wouldn't have anywhere near as much grunt as the Rover V8 but might be more in keeping with a 403.

As for Bristol's use of Chrysler engines, don't forget that Jensen also used them at the time, so did Facel Vega and Monteverdi. So Bristol were in good company.

The fact is, adopting the Chrysler power train instead of developing their own would be a major contributing factor in Bristol's survival to this day.

Kevin

PS. Don't even think about going down the electric route!

[Hal]

Originally Posted by Kevin Howard

PS. Don't even think about going down the electric route!

So I take it that going electric would be grounds for excommunication ?

[Claude]

Originally Posted by Hal

So I take it that going electric would be grounds for excommunication ?

Yes, Kevin. A sound engineering analysis of why such an assertion would be appreciated.

We had a visit years ago from an overseas visitor just out of the army who had the disconcerting habit of responding with "You are wrong", said with sufficient finality that it took us quite a while to figure out how to have a reasonable conversation.

Claude