[Healeys] Nice 'Nasty Boy' 100 for sale.

[Randy Dickson]

If I were to make a Nasty Boy I sure wouldn't use the Rover V8. I'm not sure
about the 383, interesting choice.  Instead,  I would opt for a Ford small
block 289/302 or even a 351W.  They are slightly  longer than the Chevy
small blocks but much narrower.  The listed weight for a late 80s 302 is 411
pounds.  A 289/302 that is an earlier block is 460 pounds.  Considerably
less than a Healey 6 and probably less or the same as a 100-4 engine.  I
have a 351W in a kit Cobra with near 400hp and these are very good motors,
very tough and parts are very inexpensive.  There is a fellow in my state of
Wisconsin with a 454 Chevy big block in a 100-6.  It seems to handle fine.
I coincidentally have the original motor from that car which was swapped in
the 1970s.


Randy 
60BT7
63 BJ7

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Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 7:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Nice 'Nasty Boy' 100 for sale.

The info I have indicate around 700lbs for the Chrijsler engine and around
560lbs for an AH 100-6 so I expect a 100-4 to weigh in at about 500lbs or
less.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Op 25-8-2012 14:23, healeyguy at aol.com schreef:
> Regarding engine weight, the Mopar 318 V8 is around 525 pounds (238
kilos).
> Actually not that much different than the 100 engine, probably a bit
lighter.
> The AH gearbox weighs about115 pounds. The Mopar trans is definitely 
> lighter, of course that weight is amidships.
> Aloha
> Perry
>
>
> From: Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl>
>
> I would be suspicious about the road behaviour of this car. Way to 
> much ower and a very heavy lump of cast iron in the engine bay. Op 
> 25-8-2012 11:12, Derek Job schreef:
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> From: Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl>
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> I would be suspicious about the road behaviour of this car. Way to 
> much ower and a very heavy lump of cast iron in the engine bay. Op 
> 25-8-2012 11:12, Derek Job schreef:
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