[Spridgets] Classic Motorsports Midget Project

Trevor Jessie trevor.jessie at gmail.com
Sat Aug 29 07:39:42 MDT 2009


Forget the webers. If you have a 7port head then port injection is the  
way to go.

Trevor Jessie
(Typed on a tiny keyboard with fat fingers!)



On Aug 28, 2009, at 10:44 PM, brian S <bugeye15 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Seems damn expensive to me, but I'm sure that all the parts were
> "retail price".
> For that kind of money I would have gotten the new
> 7 port head from Pierce/Dr. Marty Ferrillo.
> More power and cheaper.
> Introductory priced at at $750 assembled!!!!!
> You'd have to get a pair of Webers for it tho.
> I just got some information on it.
> I'd show pics, but they aren't allowed on the list.
>
> Brian S.
> Bugeyeracer finally resto'ed!
>
>
>
>> From: WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com
>> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:37:23 -0400
>> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Classic Motorsports Midget Project
>>
>> I know this thread has died BUT I wanted to have another look at  
>> this #11K
>> motor.
>>
>> Well, it's not really an 11K motor at all.  It's an 8k motor   
>> including a
>> cylinder head + dyno time, carbs, clutch and flywheel, etc,  etc.   
>> So for
>> anyone comparing a race build motor you have to consider like  for  
>> like.
> Do
>> the race build motor prices quoted even include a new  cylinder  
>> head and
>> rockers let alone include carbs, dyno time, clutch and  flywheel,  
>> starter
>> motor,
>> etc?
>>
>> The one thing that doesn't make a lot of sense is a clutch disc  
>> with a
>> solid hub - does this mean it has no damper springs?  No need for  
>> that kind
>> of
>> clutch on a road car.
>>
>> Also I'd have thought a decent thermal barrier coating on the inlet
>> manifold would have been money really well spent but it's omitted.
>>
>> Still US$ 8K including a new head and roller rocker gear - thats  
>> not an
>> unreal price.
>>
>> Weslake-Monza 1330
>>
>> In a message dated 25/08/2009 17:26:30 GMT Daylight Time,
>> ladaniels at sbcglobal.net writes:
>>
>> http://classicmotorsports.net/project-cars/1971-mg-midget/
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