10-27-2003, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Anglesey,
UK
Cobra Make, Engine: Hawk 289FiA with Le Mans hardtop. AC CS(X)2131,289 (my father owned it from `67-`73)
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What is the 'glitch' with the Rover(Buick) engine? Size, originality, unreliability, parts availability?
OK, Everyone would (probably!!) rather have a 289 sat in there, but on our side of the pond, that (or even a 302) is a lot harder to come by.
In it`s defense, and bearing in mind that our Petrol (Gas) costs five and a half bucks per gallon(imperial...of course!), You could quite easily expect to get 30+ mpg on a run and 15+ mpg when giving it some boot.
We laugh in the face of the thirsty 427 s/o brigade and their 6-12 mpg. 
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