>>>The A90 could also be found in Austin Taxis.
>>Mr. Healey incorporated the engine unchanged into the Healey 100.
>Not according to my sources when I was researching the article
>for _Victory Lane_. According to what I was able to determine,
>they changed cam timing, compression, and carburetion.
What I meant was that there was no *design* work on the engine.
Changing the timing, compression and carburetion, to me, are
changes in tuning. These are the kind of changes made for competition,
rules permitting.
>What a car.
Yeah, but I think you are missing some punctuation; it should read:
What a car!!!. |-)
>Also, there wasn't
>room in the sports chassis for a remote-control mounted on the
>back of the gearbox
A remote-control was added for the Mk.II and Mk.III 3000. It doesn't
seem that room, or the lack of it, would be an issue. I do know that the
Healey family had solutions for many of the problems (engine heat, exhaust
heat, minimal ground clearance, etc.) with the car and that Geoff Healey
once complained that BMC did not like spending money for "sustaining
engineering" unless it had to. The center shift transmission was offered
just before BMC started to "civilize" the car with roll up windows, a real
convertable top and a wood dash.
>I know at least one person who salvaged a wrecked 100 that had
>no motor in it when he acquired it; he installed the Rover/Buick/Etc
>aluminium V8 along with a TR8 5-speed transmission.
How well does this fit? I've seen Ford/Chevy conversions and they either
won't fit without cutting/welding or are VERY tight fits.
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