[Healeys] BJ7 vs BJ8 engine block

[Jonathan Einhorn]

Great: thanks. I bent two rods and one of the valves destroyed piston #6.
Need a spare engine
Jon

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On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 8:57 PM Richard Mayor <boyracer466 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
>  The blocks are essentially the same.  I believe the BJ7 block has the
> dipstick in the same location as all of the previous 6 cylinder engines.
> The BJ8 blocks have the dipstick in a slightly different location but other
> than that they are the same. Also the BJ8 engines don’t use a mechanical
> tack drive.
>
>
> Richard Mayor
> boyracer466 at gmail.com
>
>
> On Jun 24, 2024, at 3:43 PM, Jonathan Einhorn <einhornlawoffice at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I’m building a new engine for my BJ8 racecar and I have a rebuilt BJ7
> block in my garage. Does anyone know the BJ8 block and the BJ7 block are
> the same? I don’t know yet if I’ll use a stock head or a Denis Welch
> aluminum head, which was in the racecar previously .
> Thanks
> Jon
>
> Jonathan J. Einhorn, Esq.
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