depends on which Healy he has , if it is a 3000 or a jensin it will out
perform your 66 1600 which has a top end of 105 mph .. Now nothing from
healy will touch a good running solex roadster......except for a jensin 440
which has a crystler 440 V8 in it untill you reach the first turn.. Not
much that is a stock set up will l out perform a good 2000 solex if you
have the tires and suspention , the ones that can out handle the roadster ,
don't have the power and the ones with the power can't out corner the
roadster..
Healys , have a following and a lot think they are fast cars, but in
fact they are tanks the motor is a tractor engine , a very heavy car that
is not that fast or handles that well , it will out accelerate a 1600 but
on a curvey road the 1600 will go faster....
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-----Original Message-----
From: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, May 05, 2000 11:16 AM
Subject: Healys and Datsuns
>Hi,
>
>What is a Healy compared to a Datsun roadster? I can't find much info about
>it.
>
>Yesterday my wife Annie says she got vocal with this co-worker, after
>talking about our roadsters. He says he has a Healy sportscar, so he knows
>sportscars and he knows for a fact that "That Japanese crap can't go over
>100 mph!". It didn't matter what Annie said, mentioning that she has ridden
>with me several times when we went well over 100. Also why would Datsun put
>140 and 160 speedos in their cars if they could only do 90. It didn't
>matter what she said to this jerk.
>
>I'm going to challenge this guy to take a ride in my '66, and then we'll
>see what he says. I'd like to know why he likes Healys, so anyone got any
>stats?
>
>TIA - Fred
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