Okay already, My point was that it didn't make sense to me to go back to a
948 because I drive the thing all over and enjoy the extra power of the
1275. If anybody out there has a 948 in their car (I know Mike does) fine.
I'm not sayin' your a corn nut. When I suggested a Chevy V-8 I was joking.
I meant, like the 1275 I have, it there anything bigger, preferably British,
that fits relatively easily, like perhaps a BL product. It was just for
ideas--to see what info was out there. Since my 1275 has been freshly
rebuilt, it will probably be a while before I do anything to it. My other
point was, that these cars were made for enjoyment. If you enjoy a 948, so
be it. If you want to put a 5.7 L diesel into it, be my guest. I plan to
modernize mine with an alternator, halogens, a radio, and probably a 5-speed
(although I came across a web site that advertised a six speed and wrote to
them and I'll let you all know what they have to say--even if it causes you
all to say I'm a complete fruitcake for contemplating such). They built the
cars as best they could for their time. I'm making it the best I can for
mine without, IMHO, changing it's basic character.
Ryan Marro
>From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
>To: ryan marro <ryan_marro@hotmail.com>
>CC: Daniel1312@aol.com, robert@woozy.com, toyman@digitex.net,
>spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Engine and Transmission
>Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:29:45 -0400
>
>ryan marro wrote:
> > Never having known
> > any of the Healeys personnally, I can't speak with authority, but I
>doubt
> > that they would still be building their cars with a 948cc engine these
>days.
>
> I think that's the fundamental "discontuity" in the logic.
>
> The Healey is not a car of today. It's a car of yesteryear,
>and that's what's wonderful about it, and they "ain't making
>any more".
>
> To try to put a modern engine into it because "Donald would
>do it today" would imply that you are trying to modernize
>the car. If you want a new car, you are likely better off to
>just buy one, because after the engine and tranny swap
>the braking and suspension is going to be horribly out
>of place.
>
> 90% of these projects die. Strangely, a lot of them are
>completed until they are driveable and even usable, but that's
>about the time reality strikes and the illusion of the
>dream is shattered by the reality.
>
> Eventually, it all ends up in a stack of boxes as another
>unfinished project.
>
>--
>Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
>Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
>ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>"Wanna see me comb my hair really fast?" - Johnny Bravo
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