Bob MGT wrote:
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> There's all this talk about how long stroke engines won't rev. Does a long
> stroke engine design have any advantages? Better torque maybe?
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> Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
> EMAIL - BOBMGT@AOL.COM
> 52 MGTD - under DIY restoration NEMGTR #11470
> 71 MGB - AMGBA #96-12029, NAMGBR #7-3336
Recollecting back to the sixties when BMC and Ford were having BHP wars,
the shorter-stroke Ford had a higher peak BHP but the BMC engines had
more torque, more low-down power, and a flatter power curve. For a
given size of engine the BMC had more area under the power curve than
the Ford, which in the absence of dozens of gears, gave better
acceleration.
PaulH.
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