> has anyone heard of a 1500cc Spit engine being brought above 100 hp?
> (I know a twin SU equiped spit is rated at 71 bhp without catalyst.)
Yes. When the engine on my car was being rebuilt, the PO had the intention
of
racing it-so....it was tweaked. Remember-F1 engines used to be 1500-it's
not the size-it's the skill of the mechanic!
The engine was completely taken apart. A lot of time and effort was put into
putting it back together. (Remember-he does this for a living-and he used to
build
race cars-) Combined with the headers and side draft Weber...Oil cooler...I
mean
every little detail. It's a very fast car. And there haven't been any engine
problems-
and I drive it hard. But, he and his son took it out to test it when they
finished-to see if
he could "break" it-and he couldn't (and he drove it REALLY hard!)-it
redlines up
around 9500.
I know that no one on the list believes me-so, I won't even go into the
datails-
the answer to your question is emphatically YES-given the time, skill and
money-
YES!
Laura G. and Nigel
> The reason I'm asking is that since an engine swap for another engine
(289?
> 302?)
> is a very daunting task, requiring mods for frame, body, drive-train and
> suspension,
> I'm wondering how effective it would be to have another Spit engine built
> up with
> performance cam, dual point distributor, roller rocker, tubular push rods,
> competition valves, dual valve springs, etc. (I'm specing the cost, and it
> seems
> a lot more reasonable to do than to modify the car with a larger foreign
> block and
> drive train.)
>
> Terry L. Thompson
> '76 Spit 1500
> Maryland
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