Hi,
Is this 2.6 "Wolseley" engine the same as the one fitted to the
Wolseley 25HPs?
Gergo
2010/12/4 Patrick and Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
> G'day Josef
>
> In my list of Austin-Healeys in Australia there are 27 100/6 BN4s with
> engine numbers starting with 26C out of a total of 158 cars (100/6).
>
> In my car (BN3/1) the engine number starts with C26W which stands for
> C-series, 2.6 litre and W-Wolseley.
>
> It is a very early engine supplied by BMC to the Donald Healey Motor
> Company
> to see how it would fit into the Austin-Healey. As we know that once
> fitted,
> it provided inferior performance than the 2.6 litre 4-cylinder. That was
> fixed by working the cylinder head and fitting triple dual-throat DU-6 SUs.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Josef.Eckert@t-systems.com
> Sent: Saturday, 4 December 2010 7:36 PM
> To: Healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] 100/6 engines with prefix 26C
>
> Here`s a question to the 100/6 experts.
> Some 100/6 cars were fitted with engines prefix 26C, not 1C-H or 26D.
> Does anyone know about them. We have about 10 on the UK register and we
> couldn`t find anything in the books about them.
> Would be great to have an answer on this.
>
> Josef Eckert
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