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RE: 6 cylinder in a 100 chassis

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Subject: RE: 6 cylinder in a 100 chassis
From: "i erbs" <eyera3@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 16:26:11 -0700
It was a Rolls engine. Had twin headlights
I Erbs
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From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
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Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 3:42 PM
To: Healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 6 cylinder in a 100 chassis


In a message dated 5/12/04 11:31:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
TMHEFFRON@aol.com writes:
About 15 years ago I saw an attempted installation of a 3.8 liter Jaguar 
engine in what I believe was a 100-6, though it may have been a 100-4.  It 
was an 
ugly situation and I doubt the car was ever completed.  It was in the south 
suburbs of Chicago.
BMLC did exactly that making a Mark IV Healey 4000, it had a Jag or was it a

rolls engine...now my memory is fuzzy.  Anyway, in order to fit the engine, 
they had to cut the car in half longitudinally and widen it considerably.
Would 
have been an interesting vehicle but still wouldn't pass crash test in the 
States...I am sure someone on the list will rmember which engine it
was...the 
V-8 swap is common and certainly reduces weight while adding LOTS of HP...a 
friend had one with a built to the gills 327 that was scary fast.  His
current one 
is getting an FI Ford 302 to replace the current 289.  Ford fit better 
because it is narrower...I am pretty much a purist and like the big six but
if I 
found one without an engine...who knows.

Cheers,
Dave





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