<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">The biggest issue between the 12 port heads was the spark plug depth</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.myaustinhealey.com/aec960-healey-cylinder-head.html">http://www.myaustinhealey.com/aec960-healey-cylinder-head.html</a></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best</div><div dir="ltr">Chris</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 22 Oct 2020, at 11:43 pm, Mark Donaldson <ardmorebusiness@xtra.co.nz> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#000099;background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua">Also the 100/6 MM 12-port head.</span><span style="color:#000099"> This is the same combustion pattern as was made by the Works for the early Rally cars - <b>AEC 721</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#000099">I have a retired aluminium Works head (made from melted-down diffs), with that number, sitting on my shelf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#000099">Some racers say the 721 head had a better ‘squish area’ than the later 3000 <b>AEC 960.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#000099"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#000099">Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#000099">Ardmore, NZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#4472C4"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:#4472C4"><div><image002.png></div></span><span style="color:#4472C4"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-NZ">-----Original Message-----<br>From: Bob Haskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net> <br>Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2020 6:38 a.m.<br>To: simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com; 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net><br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Westminster = Austin Healey 3000 engine?</span><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">Simon,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">The first 29 series Austin-Healey engine was the <span style="background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua">29D fitted to the 3000 MkI.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">Bob Haskell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">On 10/21/20 12:08 PM, Simon Lachlan via Healeys wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> I am on the lookout for an engine. Mine’s OK, touch wood but I fancy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> trying a rebuild.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> I saw this on eBay:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Westminster-Healey-3000-Engine/29378"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Westminster-Healey-3000-Engine/29378</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> 9700700?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D2250<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> 76%26meid%3Dedea0d2894e1498bae41c2ad71f3b0a9%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> 6rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D383753133286%26itm%3D293789700700%26pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> t%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DAustin-Healey&_trksid=p238005<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> 7.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A0a169643-13b6-11eb-aaa7-ca956a12330<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> a%7Cparentrq%3A4be0a0ef1750a0f2bc3ea8eefff338ce%7Ciid%3A1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> Quite cheap at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> The vendor was a bit sparse with information. Initially there was just <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> one photo; the ones with the numbers came after a query from me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> Likewise, he didn’t/doesn’t say if the engine turns. It does, he says.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> Now, the “29” makes it a 3litre and the “H” makes it a high <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> compression. But what else? What am I missing? What can one tell from <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> looking at the photos?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> Any advice would be most welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> _______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.team.net/donate.html</span></a> Suggested annual <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> donation $12.75<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://autox.team.net/archive</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Healeys@autox.team.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> Unsubscribe/Manage: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/rchaskell@earthlink.net"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/rchaskell@earthlink.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext">><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html</span><br><span>Suggested annual donation $12.75</span><br><span></span><br><span>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive</span><br><span></span><br><span>Healeys@autox.team.net</span><br><span>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/austin.healey@gmail.com</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>