But of course... the T-series are actually sports cars. Those small saloons
generally only had single carburetors, and were less highly tuned all
around. However, you could look at that as giving them significant room for
improvement, via simple measures such as dual carbs, or planing the head for
higher compression.... that is, if one were so inclined.
n 5/22/02 6:40 PM, Bullwinkle at yd3@nvc.net wrote:
> <<<snip>>>
> "a 4cyl. overhead valve powerplant of 84.82 cu. in. and a compression
> ratio of 7 to 1. Power output is the same as last year: 47 bhp at 4400
> rpm."
> <<<snip>>>
>
> So a MG TB, TC, TD, or 1250 TF, is acutally a lot better. "a 4cyl.
> overhead valve powerplant of 76.25 cu. in. and a compression ratio of
> 7.25 to 1. Power output is the same for most T series XPAGs: 54.4 bhp
> at 5,200 rpm." Or 57 bhp at 5,500 rpm for the TD MkII or the TF 1250.
>
> Blake
>
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