<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>What's the water pipe going back to the firewall for? Is there an expansion tank there? Is there another connection to the rear of the head we can't see?</div><div>Ken Freese</div><div>65 BJ8</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Peter Dzwig" <pdzwig@summaventures.com><br><b>To: </b>"Derek Job" <derek.c.job@gmail.com>, "healeys" <Healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, November 25, 2015 3:27:22 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Streamliner and Engines<br></div><br><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">Looking in detail at the pic again I noticed that the engine is "XSP 234-4" so<br>it is a Experimental Special Production engine built to the "234 type" whatever<br>that really meant (it is apparently still unclear). But note the engine in the<br>'56 streamliner was 234-6; the engine in the endurance car was 234-3;<br><br>According to Del Border in AHSTC Flash in February 2010 on p16 the full list of<br>234 numbers is unknown as are the cars for which they were built. The final<br>number signifies the number of the engine in the build sequence of that<br>configuration, so this is the fourth engine in the XSP 234 type. But it isn't<br>either the '56 streamliner's engine, nor the endurance car's engine. It might,<br>however, seem reasonable to surmise that this is a spare engine that was taken<br>to the US for the trials and later transplanted into this body for the '57 Sebring.<br><br>Note interestingly that Border's engine 815-3 which he suggests was run at<br>Sebring in '57 or '58 has very different carburation from XSP 234-4 and is<br>painted green rather than the metallic paint here:<br><br><https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/sn533ny1516><br><br>which is more like the later cars as I recall.<br><br>Anyone any thoughts/comments on any of the above?<br><br>Peter<br><br>On 25/11/2015 19:51, Derek Job wrote:<br>> Great photos, I love the overhead shot. I think you meant to say note the triple<br>> Webers.<br>> <br>> Derek<br>> <br>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 6:08 PM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com<br>> <mailto:pdzwig@summaventures.com>> wrote:<br>> <br>> I think that you might like to see these found in the Revs archive at<br>> Stanford..I think that they may have got some of the attributions wrong, but..<br>> <br>> Streamliner(?) at Sebring in 57 - Car 24<br>> <br>> <https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/qk940yk6550><br>> <br>> Ditto but number 25 (which is the one which is most likely to be the Record Car)<br>> <br>> <https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/wf471cc7658><br>> <br>> Presumably the same car. Note the triple SUs<br>> <br>> <https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/sn533ny1516><br>> <br>> The photos are from the Karl Ludvidgsen Collection at Revs<br>> <br>> Peter<br>> --<br>> <br>> ===========================================================<br>> Dr Peter Dzwig<br>> <br>> <br><br>-- <br><br>===========================================================<br>Dr Peter Dzwig <br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br>Archive: http://www.team.net/archive<br>Forums: http://www.team.net/forums<br><br>Healeys@autox.team.net<br>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/goldengt@cal.net<br></div></div></body></html>