[Spridgets] Big Healey question

[Kitterer Bob]

It seems to me that "not being able to corner" is some what  
relative.  My first sports car in 1958 was a 1954 100.  With bias ply  
tires I would regularly make 90 degree turns at speed with only a few  
cars able to keep up with me BUT this 1958-59.  Also this was not "on  
rails" cornering but mostly drifting the car around - - a tricky  
thing to do in a 100 which liked to get the rear end in front of the  
front end when pushed hard.  Compared to todays cars, say a Miata,  
they do not corner, they are rough riding and steer like a truck.  On  
the same line I finally got my bugeye really drivable and was  
surprised at how hard it is to steer compared to my memory of driving  
the car.   Also how "slow" it is thru corners as compared to my Miata.

If the car is a BN2  I would proceed cautiously before chopping it up  
and installing a V8.  I am certainly not a purist but those cars are  
worth a fair sum of money and there is the possibility that if may  
have an important history.  Check it out before making it into a  
Nasty Boy.

Bob Kitterer

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition




On Apr 19, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Brad Fornal wrote:

>
> Yes Frank, I know it will drive like a tractor, but if the price is  
> right, I
> have a friend with an aluminium V8 that I may be able to purchase.  
> Since it
> won't corner, I might as well make it go fast straight.
>
> Thanks,
> Brad
>
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Bob Kitterer

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2000 Miata Special Edition