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<DIV>If your going to go down that path and throw away all the parts from the
block acquire a new head etc. why </DIV>
<DIV>don’t you bight the bullet and acquire both an alloy block and head from
DMD Australia parts from the </DIV>
<DIV>Healey Factory here in Melbourne Australia contact <A
href="http://www.healeyfactory.com.au">www.healeyfactory.com.au</A> I’m sure
Robbie</DIV>
<DIV>Rowland and his guys would love to hear from you.</DIV>
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<DIV>Then you would have something really special I believe there have been a
number of the engines exported</DIV>
<DIV>to the USA in completed Healey Factory restorations and I’m sure the guys
at the factory would be only too </DIV>
<DIV>happy to provide you with references.</DIV>
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<DIV>Good luck whatever you decide to do. The DMD engines are pretty special
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net>Alan
Seigrist via Healeys</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 20, 2023 12:09 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title=simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com>simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</A>
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<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net>Healeys</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] Westminster block</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>A westy block is identical to a later motor, the only difference is
the head. If you want to convert, you need to get a new head.
Honestly, for most levels or road tune, there isn't a huge amount of difference
and one nice thing about the westy head is it is less thirsty with the fuel, and
if I recall there isn't much penalty on torque, most of the penalty is over
3,000 rpm, which for a road car really doesn't matter much.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 3:21 AM Simon Lachlan via
Healeys <<A>healeys@autox.team.net</A>> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>For ages I’ve been thinking of buying a 3000 engine and
doing it up to a fairly high spec. Nothing too clever, definitely a road car
version. But I always hang back when I see the prices of whole
engines.<U></U><U></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>And, it strikes me, that one will probably have to ditch
most of the moving parts so why buy them in the first place?<U></U><U></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Maybe buy a block and add the rest as and when. Some from
eBay, some from the usual suspects……<U></U><U></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Tell me please:- am I right in my assumption that a
Westminster block is as near as makes no difference to a 3000 block? And that
the main differences in the engines would be in the moving parts and the
head?<U></U><U></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>ie isn’t a Westie block as good a place to start as
any?<U></U><U></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I ask this as there is a very presentable looking block up
for sale near me.<U></U><U></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<U></U><U></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Simon<U></U><U></U></P>
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