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Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 18:11:10 +1000
From: Joe Armour <sebring@illawarra.hotkey.net.au>
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To: Bob Spidell <bspidell@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: Update to Healey 100 Restoration Site - DMD engine
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Bob Spidell wrote:
> If I recall the "Works Healey" book at all correctly, the last Works
> cars put out about 200hp and roughly 200lb-ft of torque. Think a
> stock 4.2 E-type might do 250/250.
>
> But a Healey is a bit lighter than a Jag, giving a pretty awesome
> power/weight ratio (appropriate top-down driving song? "Giddy Up 409" ;)
>
> bs
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> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net
> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <healeys@n4vu.com>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 3:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Update to Healey 100 Restoration Site - DMD engine
>
> > On Fri July 16 2004 6:01 pm, Patton Dickson wrote:
> > > WOW close to double the 148HP of the last 3000's (almost x3 that of my
> > > BN4)!!!
> > >
> > > How much HP were the works cars putting out?
> >
> > And how much torque (for getting off the line) and also, how much torque did
> > the 4.2 Jag E-type have? That was always my favorite when it came to
>pulling
> > away from a stoplight -- what a torque monster -- but maybe the DMD engine
> > can make the Healeys even more so.
> >
> > --
> > John Miller
WORKS HEALEY H.P.
GEOFF HEALEYS BOOK has dyno charts for several Healeys including the last 3000
raced at Sebring in 1965.The figures shown are with the dynamo,water pump,full
exhaust fitted and taken behind the gearbox.So the figures are conservative
compared to some where the max. number was more important than usefull
horsepower.
197hp is the figure @ 5750rpm. In fact there is a whole chapter on engines and
their development. Remember these cars ran all day long. Also shown are charts
for standard cars.
Cant beat a good book.
Joe
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