Got me confused. X2 was more than a engine option. It was dash and badges as well. The engine was just part of the X2 package surely. If you ordered an X2 they didn't just wheel you out a engine on a pallet did they. They gave you the rest of the car as well???
It was an engine option pure & simple. If you wanted an X2 or an S instead of the normal 149/161/179/186 engines in the HD/HR series you just ticked that box. Sure it included the extra gauges, tougher tailshaft for manuals & the all-important badges, but you could say the same about any other later engine option.Originally Posted by wbute
For example in HQ, if you ordered a 253 V8 instead of a 6-cyl, you got the disc brakes, bigger radiator, transmission & rear axles & of course the badges.
Take a look at a VL 3.0 Turbo, you got a tacho dash, bigger wheels, stronger trans, bigger front brakes, 4-pinion 31-spline rear axle, the list goes on.
In short, an engine option is just that, the option of fitting an upgraded engine with the necessary upgrades to the car so it becomes an option package.
Probably the most famous engine option package of all would be the L34. So great was the list of upgrades it virtually constituted a separate model.
The big myth about the HD/HR X2 & S is that they were a separate model, this is simply not true.
Dr Terry
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