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Re: Twin Cam... 1700cc comparison

To: chapman-era@Autox.Team.Net, "Erik V. Berg" <erikb@elrond.sp.TRW.COM>
Subject: Re: Twin Cam... 1700cc comparison
From: Michael and Betty Braun <elan66@ccia.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 23:53:29 -0700
:
> 

> Mike, I'd forgotten that yours is a short deck, cross flow stroke 1700.
> So is mine, in the '65 Elan I just acquired recently.  I have no idea
> how much hp mine makes, but it is darn torquey.  My curiosity runs
> rampant, too, but before I even think about getting it on a dyno I've
> got to sort out some of the quirks of Fred Miranda's fuel injection
> system.

I gave Jeff Robinson from JAE a ride at last years LOG, he seemed very
impressed with the power. Of course he may be biased, his builder, CRD,
did the short block.....
> 

> 
> My Elan just develped a miss tonight.... Aaaakkk!  I'm gonna take it
> over to Clay Vyzralek tomorrow, and get a quick leak down check and a
> diagnosis.  Hope it is ignition or fuel related (read: cheap!)  I
> wouldn't want to end up tearing down the engine for a rebuild, right
> now!
> 
> 
Good luck, probably nothing serious. I have one of Clay's cassette water
pumps in my car...  hard to find a nicer guy to deal with.

                                Mike

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