> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Curry [mailto:spitlist@gte.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 4:26 PM
> To: Roger Elliott
> Cc: Bill Miller; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Was: Oil preferences Now: 1600cc's
>
>
>
> Roger, Actually it goes back even further than that. The
> roots of that engine were in the Standard Eight which had an
> 803 cc version.
>
> The bore was 58 mm with a stroke of 76 mm
>
> The 948 was a bored out version of the 803 (63 x 76 mm)
>
> Then came the 1147 (69.3 x 76 mm)
> 1296 (73.7 x 76)
>
> After that, it was determined that they could not safely
> increase the bore so to increase the displacement, they could
> only tackle the
> stroke. So the 1500 (actually 1496) has a bore of 73.7 mm
> and a stroke of 87.5 mm.
>
> Joe
>
Joe,
Actually it is 1493 cc engine, not 1496.
But I am sure that you knew this, just that your fingers have
a mind of their own. ;)
Doug Mitchell
mailto:dbmitchell@bigfoot.com
'73 Spitfire 1493 (temporarily (since 1981) Spitfire 1296)
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