RE: Spitfire 1500 engines<ECS9511150810F@elec.qmw.ac.uk>

["Richard Jackson - Network Technician ext. 2570"<RICHARD.JACKSON@nene.ac.uk>]

>The 1500 engine is basically the same whatever car it came from.  It and the 
>2500 engine cannot be revved as
>hard as the smaller versions because they have a long stroke.  In general, if 
>the stroke is significantly longer than
>the bore, then it is not likely to be good at revving.  I can't remember the 
>precise figures, but the bore on all the
>engines is about 74 mm.  The stroke on the 1300 is a similar figure, but that 
>on the 1500/2500 is 90something.

Does this mean that if the bore is bigger than the stroke by a significant
amount it will rev it's nuts off.....:-)

Rich