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Originally Posted by Not Anumber
The standard Vauxhall Slant Fan was not a bad engine especially in 2.3 litre form. Bomb proof bottom end because the thing was derived from a General Motors V8 just with one bank of cylinders removed- hence the slant.
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Vauxhall Slant Four bomb proof bottom end Not
Have blown up several...Design was loosly based on a GM V8 but no directly interchangeable parts. Poor lubrication system, weak crank and a block lacking stiffness which is why Lotus binned most of the vauxhall parts and made their own! then Vauxhall got busted for using mostly Lotus parts in their Rally Chevette
BV.