Chris Thompson wrote:This car will be used as a daily driver on all but the
worst weather days.
(major snip)
> (We do get ice and snow and, yes, road salt) So I dont want something with a
> lumpy idle and no pull.
>
> I'm also not worried about making it go 120mph. (Although I had a 1985 Ford
> Escort there once. Dumb.) I've pretty much decided that if I want to race,
> I'll buy a race car. These things are cheap enough to do that.
>
> I'm looking for that elusive quality of "Zip".
>
> The 1950cc bore job (0.60 over?) looks like fun. The Crossflow head makes
> sense. Dual DCOE's make sense. A nicely tweaked cam, new valves, a new
> header and exhaust. New brakes, shocks to help it stick of course.
>
> What I dont want is something that moves the powerband up top too far. I've
> got a copy of Burgess' book on Power Tuning on order from amazon, so I hope
> to understand more of this after I read that (Which will be before I yank
> the engine). Someone said "Dual DCOE's will suck for low end power".
>
Chris,
Once you get and read Peter's book, I think you'll realize that what you wrote,
above, i.e., "The 1950cc bore job (0.60 over?) looks like fun. The Crossflow
head makes
sense. Dual DCOE's make sense. A nicely tweaked cam, new valves, a new
header and exhaust." DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!
As always, IMHO...
Bill
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