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Re: Engine Swapp pt.3

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Subject: Re: Engine Swapp pt.3
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:28:58 -0700
on 9/29/03 2:02 PM, David Breneman at idcb@airborne.com wrote:

>> on 9/28/03 1:54 AM, Rick Rick at rickus284@yahoo.com wrote:
>> 
>>> all i was askin is something more with "B***s".... i am pretty sure all 1974
>>> midgets have a 1275cc....and yea a some Triumph's have a inline 6.... maybe
>>> about 135bhp.... compared to 74' midget with  75bhp.. SO THERE IS A DIFFEREN
>>> CE !!!!!
> 
> Max Heim SEZ -
>> Look, just think for a minute. Is an inline 6 going to fit in your Midget
>> (especially the big Triumph unit)? So why even talk about it?
> 
> Max -
> 
> You're not paying attention!  Read his post again.  He has a 74'
> Midget!  The engine bay alone has got to be at least 20' - 30'!


Oh yeah... no wonder 75 HP is insufficient. <g>

Come to think of it, 75 HP sounds like a gross exaggeration for a stock
smog-era Midget. I believe 55 is the factory claim for that era. 75 at the
crank would actually be a major revelation.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires




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