<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><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 3:21 AM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg7018874007519212316"><div lang="EN-GB"><div class="m_7018874007519212316WordSection1"><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><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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