According to my Austin Healey Sprite MKI shop manual, general
information section, the "U" designates "centre gear change gearbox".
which all Sprites have of course.
In more detail:
1st prefix <underline>number</underline>- cubic capcity
9= 950cc
1st prefix <underline>letter</underline>
C=Austin Healey
2nd prefix <underline>letter</underline>
A-Z used for variation engine type
2nd prefix group- gearbox and ancillaries
U=centre gear change gearbox
3rd group- compression and serial number
H= high compression
2640=serial number
Gerard
At 7:13 PM -0500 6/6/99, Bill Miller wrote:
>I'm confused. Nothing new, like normal. I have just picked up a
engine.
>It's number is:
>9CG-U-H 2640
>
>Now comes the confusing part. My manuals say that the 9CG engines
were
>introduced for the Mark II Sprites only. It also states that the "U"
was
>only used on the Mark I sprites only. So is this engine out of a Mark
I or
>a Mark II? Some other items that would suggest a later MKII is the
>generator does not have the tach connection and it has the "breather"
that
>my earlier MKII does not have.
>
>What say you, oh wise ones, what do I have in my garage. (I know it
really
>doesn't matter, but I am curious!)
>
>Bill Miller
>61 AH Sprite MKII
>78 Triumph Spitfire 1500
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