BL R-series engine BL R-series engine The R series is a line of petrol engines introduced by British Leyland in 1983 for the then-new Austin Maestro. It was only produced in one capacity—1.6 litres. The engine was essentially a lightly modified version of the E-series unit found in the Maxi and Allegro. The main differences over the older engine are to the sump and gearbox mounting flange, which were adapted to accept a traditional "end-on" transmission unit which had been bought from Volkswagen in place of the traditional BMC transmission-in-sump arrangement. The R series was mainly a stop gap, and had a very
BL Lacerta classic silent films. The ensemble currently resides and works with student musicians and dancers in the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. BL Lacerta BL Lacerta is the name of a long-standing music group, the "BL Lacerta Improvisation Ensemble". Founded in Texas in 1976, BL Lacerta has performed with musicians and composers such as John Cage (who wrote one of his last compositions for the ensemble and performed with them at the Dallas Museum of Art in 1986), Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, David Behrman, and a variety of visual artists, actors, and dancers including members of Ensemble