G'day
Bloody Hell! I go away for a few days and everyone goes completely off
the rails.
Except for Peter and Joe!!!!
There was and never has been any such thing as a Tulip engine. There was
a Rally called the Tulip Rally where the Austin-Healeys prepared by the
MG factory at Abingdon performed very well.
Why? Because the cars were fitted with a special set of gear ratios that
provided improved acceleration out of corners. The ratios have gone down
in Austin-Healey lore as Tulip ratios or gears. Now I can't recall if it
was the same rally, but there was one where Pat Moss had a taxi diff
ratio fitted as well. This gave her car a top speed of around 90mph, but
it got there very quickly.
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia
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