As a shot in the dark, I recall an old Pontiac 4 called the "Iron Duke",
which leads me to believe it derived from a cast iron V8. Also, half of a
215cid (3.5L) V8 would only have been a 1750cc 4, which would scarcely
have been powerful enough to drag any kind of American vehicle around. I
think about 2.5L would be more like it, which is close to half of the
Pontiac 326 V8 (5.3).
Florrie & Allen Bachelder had this to say:
>Thanks, Larry, I just learned something. Now, my '61 Tempest was
>definitely a 4-banger and I recall, this much-ballyhooed engine was cast
>from a half of a V8 block. Can you tell me which V8? Did I have a half of
>a Rover engine and give it up?
>
>Allen
>
>>From: Larry Dickstein <bugide@tfs.net>
>>
>>Florrie & Allen Bachelder wrote:
>>
>>> I don't recall the aluminum 215 V8 being in the Tempest - it was in the
>>> Buick Special and the Olds F85.
>>
>>Yep, they were in a few of them but darned few of them. The '61 models
>>offered
>>a 155 hp thing w/ either an automatic or manual transmission w/ a 2 barrel
>>carb. The '62 models jumped up to a 185 hp engine which could only be
>>obtained
>>w/ an automatic transmission. These engines were the Buick version of the
215
>>and used the transaxle setup. (Info from the MG V8 Newsletter)
>>
>>--
>>Larry Dickstein
>>Lone Jack, MO
>>
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