		Bristol Cars - Owners and Enthusiasts Forum > Bristol Forums > 8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
Looking for a 409 engine bonnet-compatibility?

8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars Type 407 onwards - restoration, repair, maintenance etc

Looking for a 409 engine bonnet-compatibility?

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Display Modes

#11 (permalink)

15-08-23, 08:56 AM

dwomby

Member

Join Date: Oct 2014

Location: Florida / Nova Scotia

Posts: 270

Quote:

Originally Posted by pasini s

....................... so much heat generated and preserved in those massive V8 iron blocks and the very narrow engine bay...
Cheers
Stefano

I have always thought Bristol should have changed the engine bay side sheet metal instead of sitting those V8s in the narrow space designed for the Bristol engine. Did they eventually do that on the later cars?

David

Tags

409, 410, bonnet, engine

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is Off HTML code is Off Trackbacks are Off Pingbacks are Off Refbacks are Off

All times are GMT. The time now is 05:14 PM.