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Re: Bugeye engine mods

To: <Stella67@aol.com>, <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Bugeye engine mods
From: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 10:11:35 -0700
Reply-to: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@msn.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
John

The best place to start is with the David Vizard book. This is the bible on
the Spridget engines.

Tuning BL's
A-Series Engine

LM
-----Original Message-----
From: Stella67@aol.com <Stella67@aol.com>
To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Saturday, July 04, 1998 7:22 AM
Subject: Bugeye engine mods


>Having restored a number  of big Healeys over the years I am now
undertaking
>two bugeyes (one for each daughter which they have named Bud and Wizer).
>Anyway, since the 950 engine isn't much bigger then my lawn mower engine I
am
>wondering what steps I can take to improve the over all preformance without
>replacing it with a larger engine. I got four engines and transmissions
when I
>bought the two cars so I'd prefer to keep the engines if possible.
>
> I have several questions I would appreciate getting some advice on -
>
>1. How much can and or should be done in modifying the head.  Does this
head
>benefit from being ported and polished, cced, oversize valves, etc?
>
>2.  How much can be done with the block - I'll balance and blue print it
but
>wonder about piston sizes, cams, lightening the fly wheel, etc?  At what
point
>to I increase performance but increase risk of failure as well?
>
>3.  Are there any good headers and exhaust systems that should be
considered?
>
>4.  Without massive changes, is there anything that can and should be done
>with the carbs - I have about six sets of what appears to be the original
>carbs but is their a better alternative.
>
>I know this is a lot of information and each could have a book written on
it
>but I would appreaciate any advice old hands with these cars can provide.
I
>would like to keep the cars as orginal as possible while improving the
>performance and drivability.  We drive our cars and these will be driven.
>
>thanks  John
>BJ8, BT7, AN5
>
>




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