[Healeys] Frame torsional rigidity - was: Working on door gaps

[HealeyRick]

Chris,

Maybe we don't need to draw lines at all.   If we're on this list, we love
Healeys.  Some of us love concours cars, others want to make improvements,
others want to think totally out of the box.  So what?  We all pay homage to 
DMH in our own way.  In my thoughts, there's no one way to appreciating
Healeys.  If you don't like what someone does, avert your eyes and keep
quiet.  Folks were attracted to Healeys because they were different.  Express
that Healey individuality as you see fit.

Rick


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--- On Tue, 9/6/11, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Frame torsional rigidity - was: Working on door gaps
To: "ATIGHTPROD at aol.com" <ATIGHTPROD at aol.com>
Cc: "healeys at autox.team.net" <healeys at autox.team.net>,
"tadeusz.malkiewicz at gmail.com" <tadeusz.malkiewicz at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 2:09 PM

At some point you draw a line.
My line might not be your line.
As long as this list doesn't become full of spam, and self promotion, I'm
good.
Rich, David Nock et al give FAR more than they take.
But when we talk about cars designed in the 1950's, there are just so many
things you can improve. That's where my "line" comes in....  When do you draw
that line???
4 plus litre alloy blocks and downport alloy heads from Dave Woodhouse/ the
Healey Factory?  Great stuff.
5 speed smitty conversions?  Great  Redesigned chassis from Jule or others?
Great too.
But it's now gotten to the point where you can build a "Healey Hotrod" - using
"great" stuff.
So what have you got when you put a  jule chassis, a 4.4 litre Woodhouse block
with downport alloy head, a smitty 5 speed Toyota box, Volvo brakes, and a
custom built wide alloy body... Is it still a Healey???
What have you got? When is a Healey still a Healey and not a Cobraesque kit
car??? ,,
Sure. The chassis was built as a production car chassis. So was the head/
engine tech.
That's what is great.
Me? I draw the same line as the FIA. Cosworth pistons, high quality steel
cranks/ rods etc. Now that's awesome.
Because it looks standard.
And I'd just to draw another line.
Do the fastest race healeys use this stuff??
Nah. Nice to have if you are lazy & just  drive on the road.
Chris

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On 06/09/2011, at 5:32 AM, ATIGHTPROD at aol.com wrote:

> I agree, but I can say that nothing quite feels like a 3000 on the  open
> road when you flip into overdrive and the car just kinda sucks down onto 
the
> road and hits that cruise note in your head. Much different than the 100 I
> drive now. That said, the nimble feeling of my 100 makes my last 3000 seem
> "clunky" if that makes sense.
>    And then the "style" of the Austin-Healey is second  to none in my
> opinion.
> Steven Kingsbury
> BN1 #598
>
>
> In a message dated 9/5/2011 10:32:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> glemon at neb.rr.com writes:
>
> From  seat of the pants feel the Healey frame/structure is stiffer than a
> TR2-3,  but less rigid than an MGA.  The 100 was pretty good for its day,
> as
> I believe Geofrey Healey noted in one of the Healey books the whole thing
> was weakened/compromised by adding the length and weight for the 6
> cylinder
> motor.
>
> The Healey was good to maybe even ahead of its time  for its design time in
> the early fifties, but auto technology grew by  leaps and bounds from the
> early fiftes to the mid sixties, and the 3000  was certainly not state of
> the
> art in its final days.
>
> Greg Lemon
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