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Tom,

Marty Jule actually put a supercharged V12 Jag in a 100.  It's pretty
amazing:  http://www.jule-enterprises.com/projects/100-4-v12-supercharged/

Seems funny to be talking about "re-engineered" Healeys while we're
remembering Rich Chrysler,who seemed to prefer his Healeys as they left the
factory.  His presence on the list is truly missed.


On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net> wrote:

> I believe it was Jule, from the Jule frame place, who installed a 3.8L Jag
> engine in his Healey--not sure of the year.  I remember driving to Ashville
> and he blowing past us at a fast pace.  That engine took up every bit of
> space under the bonnet.
>
> tom
> ---- Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
>
> =============
> You just opened a can of worms, splendid.
> Although I think that the later 6-cilinder AH's looked better than the
> BN1, I always disliked that heavy lump of cast iron under the bonnet.
> What about a 6 in line BMW engine. Plenty of those around. I have seen
> some very neat conversions using that engine, especially in a Jensen
> 541S which originally had a 4 liter 6 in line Austin engine. They had to
> fit much weaker front springs and alter the shocks but it resulted in a
> far better road behaviour and, not unimportant, the steering effort
> became much more manageable and pleasant.There should be a few Japs as
> well that can supply enough 6 in line grunt. I am not sure if
> Datsun/Nissan supplied any lightweight/aluminium 6 in line engines but
> if so it would keep it a bit in the family as Datsun more or less
> started life producing and developing/improving Austin products. I have
> heard that even the early (and perhaps later) in line sixes from
> Datsun/Nissan will match up with an Austin gearbox.
> Do not forget the lightweight Buick derived Rover V-8 which should fit
> without to much bother and also has some relation to Austin.
> There are probably some Australian engines as well that are suitable but
> I do not know anything of those.
> Not only did BMC self destruct, the entire UK car industry did. Only
> some assembly from foreign cars left: e.g. Nissan and Mini (BMW) plus
> some niche manufacturers mostly in in foreign ownership, e.g. Lotus,
> Rolls Royce, Morgan
> Kees Oudesluijs
>
>
> Larry Varley schreef op 6-7-2014 9:57:
> > I think it's time that the list had a healthy debate, and some fun. I
> > would propose that the only real Austin Healey was the BN1, designed
> > by Donald Healey and Gerry Coker. Everything after that was BMC, who
> > never made a decent car after the 50's, just using what they had to
> > keep producing the cars, that were for some part good ideas, but bad
> > design. The mini was a great idea, but mix the gearbox oil with the
> > engine? Oh dear. The BN2 with a extra gear in a much heavier gearbox
> > that really added no extra performance, then the 100-6 with that
> > horribly heavy engine and no more grunt. Why would anyone do that, and
> > just ruin the balance of the car? Ok after that they added the 12 port
> > head to it, but the sixes at their best are really ponderous in the
> > steering department relative to the BN1, which is a nibble well
> > balance car. I'm going so far as to use an alloy block in my BT7 to
> > turn it back into a descend handling car and restore the weight
> > balance. BMC basically self destructed, while the rest of the world
> > moved forward, what a shame.
> > Cheers
> > Larry Varley
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