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Andrew-S:

--- Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on April 01, 2020, 04:50:44 PM ---Work colleague had one at Racal (1981-ish)

It was dreadfully unreliable.

He swapped it for a Dolomite Sprint (and then an Alfa something as the Dolomite was dreadful too!)

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Same here at Racal Wembley, an engineer by the name of Mike had a Magenta one which sounded great - we used to race round Wembley Way in the late 70's (me on my CB750 K1), that's when I decided I wanted one.

The Lucas PI was the main problem, it would overheat on a nice hot sunny day (just the kind of day you'd want to use it!!). Luciky a Bosch replacement pump would sort the problem and most other common issues have been engineered out these days.

Orcade-Ian:
yes, the Rover V8 was from the Buick, my 1993 MG RV8 has the 3.9 injected version (from the Range Rover) still a bit agricultural though but at least the injection system is a bit more up to date.  Same unit was bunged into lots of TVRs too. 

Ian

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