In a message dated 3/22/02 11:03:39 PM Pacific Standard Time,
jamesnazarian@netzero.net writes:
> The guts of the engine are all high zoot stuff. The
> engine makes 172hp and pulls to 8000rpm. It has Pierce crossflow Al head,
> weber side draft carbs, twin point Mallory dist etc. From what the article
> said the thing really comes alive at 6500rpm, and that mated with a 5speed
>
Comes alive at 6500?
Driveable???
Methinks a contradiction lurks, nay prances through that statement!
The 'cammines' of such an engine, and the lower end figures you'll find,
preclude the sort of flexibility that you or I would find useful, unless we
regularly drove to that little shopping mall just off the Nurburgring......
BTW, a Twincam MG engine with similar stuff (and a bit lower displacement
displacement) can produce in the 190+ bhp range, and it still has a slightly
better torque curve ;-)
Bill '2 cams are better than 1' Spohn
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