Editing Rover V8 engine (section)

==Racing==
As the aluminium block made this engine one of the lightest stock V8s built, it was an obvious choice for use in racing. [[Mickey Thompson]] entered a car powered by this engine in the [[1962 Indianapolis 500]]. From 1946 to 1962 there had not been a single stock-block car entered in this famous race. In 1962 the Buick 215 was the only non-[[Offenhauser]] powered entry in the field of 33&nbsp;cars. Rookie driver Dan Gurney qualified eighth and raced well for 92 laps before retiring with transmission problems.

The Rover version of this engine was extensively developed and used for rallying, especially in Triumph TR8 sports cars.

The Australian [[Repco V8]] F1 engine being based on Buick 215 block<ref name="hammill2004">{{cite book | title = How to Power Tune Rover V8 Engines for Road and Track | last = Hammill | first = Des | isbn = 1-903706-17-3 | year = 2004 | publisher = Veloce Publishing | page = 11}}</ref><ref>Pinder, Simon (1995) ''Mr Repco Brabham Frank Hallam'' pp. 20–23 Pinder Publications</ref> is technically a common misconception, as the Rover/Buick V8 had only 5 cylinder head studs around each cylinder unit and that cannot accommodate the 6 stud Repco RB620 heads. The [[Repco V8]] was based on the [[Oldsmobile]] 215 block of the same era, which was very similar in appearance, size and material, but used 6 cylinder head studs per cylinder. The subtle difference in block design/head clamping originated in [[Oldsmobile]]'s intention to produce the higher power, turbo-charged [[Oldsmobile Cutlass#First-generation (compact) 1961–1963|Jetfire]] version of the small/light V8, however, the public/press tended not to be aware of the internal difference.

[[Hotstox]] use Rover V8 in their stock cars.