Need opinion on eBay dizzy

Anything else related to the Stage 1 V8
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Need opinion on eBay dizzy

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Hey all. I asked before, but no one saw. Does this look suitable for our engine? It certainly is a lot cheaper than anything else that is new. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Accel-Di ... enameZWD1V
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Hi Arcticrover
I posted this a while ago, don't know if it will help you or not.

Aluminum V8
The Oldsmobile/Buick 215 V8 was a small 215 in³ aluminum engine for midsize cars of the 1960s. It was introduced in the 1961 Buick Special, Oldsmobile Cutlass F-85 (where it was called the Rockette), and Pontiac Tempest and retired by General Motors just three years later due to high production costs.

The tooling was sold to Britain's Rover Group, and this Rover V8 engine saw widespread use by many manufacturers. This engine was the basis for a 198 in³ V6 which, after being sold to and bought back from Jeep in the 1970s, became the current GM 3800 engine.

Don't know wether it will tell you wether the dizzy will fit the engine??? :shock: Looks very nice though.
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it should fit a 215 acording to the title....
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Samro-

Are you saying Buick model only or Rover as well? I don't know if the Rover dizzy is any different. . .
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I just read Hardcastle's second Rover Engine book and it would seem that this "Buick" dizzy is not compatible with the Rover block because of changes in the dizzy's drive gear over the years. For one third the price of the Mallory, though, it may be worth ordering it and attemping to fit it . . . I can always get rid of it if it doesn't fit.
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