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In a quandary!!

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Subject: In a quandary!!
From: Dennis Wilson <DWILSON@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1992 16:11 PST
Could you Chaps give me your opinion on what I should do!

I want to build a fast, town drivable motor for my Midget.  Last year I tried 
to do this but i am NOT impressed with the results.  So I am going to do it 
again
but hopefully get it right.

I have a late 1300 Spit lower half and a 1500 Midget/Spit head skimmed down
alot.

Should I stay with the 1300 displacement and tune it to the max OR should I 
get a 1500 block and crank and tune it to the max. I intend getting new pistons
and everything else is interchangable.

With 1500 lower half i will have a very high CR (about 10:1 I estimate).

The advatages with keeping the 1300 is that I have had the crank balanced
and I would not have to buy the 1500 parts for beaucoup $$ (unless Will 
Woodruf)still has a cheap 1500 for sale???).

So what is best for a torquey (not to be confussed with a seaside resort in 
SW UK) fast street motor which I rarely winde up past 5K revs??

Cheers DW


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