-> TW> Saddly the Ideal setup was the BOP aluminum V-8 engine but
-> TW> it was dropped after the 1962 year in favor of the 326 V-8.
-> TW> Interestingly after that BOP engine got shortchanged here
-> TW> in the US GM sold the rights and production machinery to
-> TW> Rover and they used it for many years. 

-> Would that be the 215ci aluminum V8 first used in the Buick
-> Skylark? 

Yes it is that engine. They enlarged the displacement a couple of times.

-> TW> And as I recall they only recently dropped it in favor of a
-> TW> BMW V-8 as BMW now owns Rover. 

-> Is the BMW engine also aluminum? 

I am not sure. Haven't been following Automobiles like I once did. 
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