Hello,
One of the few , now many ,missing A/H books in the 'Li-berry', does this
book also contain the notorious 'MM' model story from the November
1957(good
yr. for cars and people!) Sports Cars Illustrated article titled,"21 More
Horses for the Healey" , as advertised on the cover?? it has resided on my
desk for yrs.It covers the separate manifold,ram effect,c.chamber
mods,larger valves,larger carbs,....says it's the same as the 'Bonneville
head' , less 1 carb(note to 'So Al' special!) and a slight reduction in
compression ratio.and a few other twweeks......lots of ads for aftermarket
Healey hard tops but my favorite page in the mag is the ad inside the rear
cover by Castrol.
just ramblin',
HoYo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jerry adams" <cjerryadams@yahoo.com>
> To: "Michael Salter" <michaelsalter@rogers.com>
> Cc: "Healey list" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:27 PM
> Subject: RE: Healey 100 Cam Specs
> Micheal,
Others have answered you about this but here goes more. There is a really
good article in the Austin-Healey 100 & 100/6 Gold Portfolio 1952-1959
compiled by R.M. Clarke. It was first published August 1956 in Sports Cars
Illustrated, titled More Horses for the Healey. A Ken Swanson of
Consolidated Motors of Long Beach, CA did the work written about.
The valve lifters were Buick part #GM 1393910 and Buick pushrod part
#GM1310479, doesn't say whether V8 or Straight 8 (I should know). Also
didn't say what year Buick. It goes on to tell what else he used, 1953
Olds
valve springs, high compression pistons by Merryman Ehgineering, a Plymouth
clutch disk 1940-1952, 270 degree reground camshaft-stock lift, and on
offset key for the crankshaft to resolve "tendency to be hypercritical in
regard to ignition timing". There were a few more things he did to the
engine but you get the idea.
Jerry
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