[Healeys] motor rebuild

Oudesluys coudesluijs at chello.nl
Sat Feb 7 15:12:56 MST 2009


The same really except two instead of 3 Dell'Orto's.
Kees Oudesluijs

rrengineer @dslextreme.com schreef:
> What about the 4 cylinder engine?  What mods can it take?
> Mike MacLean
> 56 BN2
> 60 AN5
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl 
> <mailto:coudesluijs at chello.nl>> wrote:
>
>     Triple Dell'Orto's/Webers 40/45 mm, venturi's around 35/38, larger
>     SS valves, porting and balancing of the head, free flow exhaust,
>     electronic ignition to start with.
>     If you have to build up the engine from scratch, have the crank
>     ground on very tight tolerances in all bearings, have it
>     tuftrided, polished and balanced, balance and polish the piston
>     rods increase oil pressure by using a high volume pump if that is
>     available or rebuild and use shims under the relief valve spring.
>     Use an electric oil pump to prime the system before starting up.
>     Use an oil cooler with thermostat.
>     Lighten the flywheel a little for a bit more accelleration
>     allthough it does not provide extra BHP, do not over do it as you
>     may wreck the gearbox, drive shaft and differential because of
>     unsufficiently damped, by mass, vibrations.
>     Kees Oudesluijs,
>     NL
>
>     john doe schreef:
>
>         looking to rebuild a 3000 motor but looking to get more hp out
>         of it what are the available options without putting in a cam
>         that would make a rough idle any articles out there
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