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by **Malcolm** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:10 am

search is your friend
viewtopic.php?t=37654&highlight=rwd+levin

viewtopic.php?t=31882&highlight=rwd+levin

not levin specific but similar...
viewtopic.php?t=38736&highlight=rwd+fwd

some more
viewtopic.php?t=32542&highlight=rwd+fwd

more
viewtopic.php?t=21865&highlight=rwd+fwd

ae100
viewtopic.php?t=21067&highlight=rwd+fwd

and yet more
viewtopic.php?t=17376&highlight=rwd+fwd

to say that this topic has been covered extensively is an understatement. So far AFAIK not one single person who claimed they were going to do it go any further than their post on this forum

by **ollieboy** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:29 am

vvega wrote:
ollieboy wrote:
fivebob wrote:
ollieboy wrote:Sorry, I screwed that one up. I just talked to my friend on the net and I must have got the story wrong. He said that there were only a few made , as in a few he means less than ten variants on the same design. They were NZ assembled and used a Rover v8. They were really unreliable and weren't safe so couldn't be used on the road. In the end they abandoned the project. The reason my friend found out about it was cause his dad used to work for Toyota back in the 80's.

Still not right. AFAIK there was never a factory project using a Rover V8. The V8 Starlet as used by Trevor Crowe and later on sold to Rodger Freeth was very reliable and IIRC used a Buick V8 or it could have been a Rover with Buick internals, as they are the same basic engine.

Thsi car dominated the class for several years and I can't recall any reliability issues. So I will call BS on this developing urban legend.

Yeah, what I am saying is they were experimenting with it but it was never put into production. I think the test cars were probably scrapped as well. Yeah I agree with what you are saying about Trevor Crowe's Starlet I am just quoting what someone said and they worked for Toyota but then again they may be lying but I don't really know. You don't have to trust second hand info its just theres no reason for it not to be true, if someone made it up they wouldn't gain anything from it so thats why I don't really know. Also I wasn't even born in the early 80's so I wouldn't know anyway, its not my information so don't beat me up about it. Ok.

ive read a few of your posts now
and you my good sir are wierd

v

In what respect am I weird? Just wondering.

by **Mr Revhead** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:07 pm

the original question has pretty much been answered..... doable..... but you better have a big budget!

and the V8 starlet...... ollie, go slap your source! and NEVERlisten them again.
was it the same guy who had the piggy back cams? :lol:

by **ollieboy** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:30 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:8O

the original question has pretty much been answered..... doable..... but you better have a big budget!

and the V8 starlet...... ollie, go slap your source! and NEVERlisten them again.
was it the same guy who had the piggy back cams?

Nah it wasn't the same guy. lol. I should probably choose my friends better than aye? Not people who bullcrap all the time as they obviously do.

by **vhpacer** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:59 pm

A V8 Altezza would be frikkin sweet

by **MR2SIK** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:04 pm

i remember seeing a magazine with a gt starlet with a 3sgte in it

that would be fun

by **barryogen** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:52 am

Mr.Phreak wrote:
Sanxta wrote:A rear-wheel drive muscle Levin/Trueno would be phat. Love the shape. Love raw power.

Buy a Soarer

if he wanted an ugly car, he would have got one...

sorry, just not a fan of soarer looks... would still love one though.

by **92GTApex** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:56 pm

MrOizo wrote:
Mmm, Boost wrote:Ask Mattdunn about squeezing large engines into small cars...1JZGTE in a AE101, RWD....madness

well i have a spave 1JZGTE in me garage.. wanna chuck that in?

Yes... yes I do!!! :twisted:

Logan

by **92GTApex** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 3:58 pm

fivebob wrote:
ollieboy wrote:Sorry, I screwed that one up. I just talked to my friend on the net and I must have got the story wrong. He said that there were only a few made , as in a few he means less than ten variants on the same design. They were NZ assembled and used a Rover v8. They were really unreliable and weren't safe so couldn't be used on the road. In the end they abandoned the project. The reason my friend found out about it was cause his dad used to work for Toyota back in the 80's.

Still not right. AFAIK there was never a factory project using a Rover V8. The V8 Starlet as used by Trevor Crowe and later on sold to Rodger Freeth was very reliable and IIRC used a Buick V8 or it could have been a Rover with Buick internals, as they are the same basic engine.

Thsi car dominated the class for several years and I can't recall any reliability issues. So I will call BS on this developing urban legend.

Im glad there are still a few people around here that make sence fivebob

Logan

by **Mr Revhead** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 4:03 pm

hehe i remember that starship..... more when freeth raced it... in fact i recall drooling over it while he signed my autograph book!

legend. and yes very very fast and reliable.... which is more than can be said ofr a lot of its rivals! :lol:

by **RS13** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:24 pm

Hahah, I remember that Starlet.. was defintely a very much worked Rover V8, redline was 8000rpm from memory! I also remember having to help lift it out of a gully back onto the track a few years ago at Hamner, lol..

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