The '73/'74 Spitfires did not have the airpump, so the heads do not have the
air injection fittings (or more typically plugs ;-).
Jim
Spitfires and Sprites and Minis ... oh my!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kotting [SMTP:ckotting@iwaynet.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 02, 1998 3:53 PM
> To: Thecarguru@aol.com
> Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: More Info: Original 1500 Engine
>
> Not all of the 1500 Midgets had air injection at the head. The '77s (at
> least) had it into the exhaust manifold.
>
> Chris Kotting
> ckotting@iwaynet.net
>
> Thecarguru@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Hello.
> > The head may have been replaced at some time, which wouldnt change the
> block
> > number. If the head has four pipe plugs on top along the manifold side
> then
> > it has been desmogged.Would spitifires prior to 75 without california
> smog
> > specs have an air pump? Or Canadian 1500's? At the ABFM I saw a midget
> 1500
> > with no provisions in the head for air injection. I dont recall if the
> car was
> > stock or if he had found a federal spec cylinder head without the air
> taps.
> > Gary
> > 75 midget
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