Relax Chris,
I only said I was "skeptical" and asked about "having any issues" with boring
out to 120 thou. I'm not challenging your statements so don't get your
knickers in a twist. I Just wanted some additional information. In the good
ole USA, we - I mean "SCCA" (Sports Car Club of America) - only allow 30 thou
max. overbore. So I don't have a lot of personal experience with overboring
engines in the 120 to 200 thou zone.
As for the Aussies whooping the American's asses a few years back, I would
like to sum up my impression of that series with a statement I made to Phil
Coombs on the eve of the very first event at Road America, in 2005, after I
had surveyed the Australian Healeys in the paddock. " I think I have come to
a gun fight with only a knife."
In spite of that statement, I still whooped a lot of Aussie ass!!!! Do you??
Richard Mayor
BN7L-466 Vintage Racer
Portland, Oregon
> From: austin.healey@gmail.com
> To: eyera3@gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] just wondering
> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 03:46:31 +1100
> CC: mayorrichard@hotmail.com; healeys@autox.team.net
>
> Oh. And while I'm making sweeping overbore statements, supported by
> years of AJFoyt tuning ("nothing beats cc's, son"), the 1275 A Series
> block is probably the least overboreable BMC engine.
> Most A series only go to e.g. 1380cc You do the maths.
> 1560 is also genrally relying on stroke.
> And Richard.
> What amazes me is you guys have to ask....
> We tend to share....
> Anyone else still wondering why we Aussies wooped your USA asses a few
> years back????
> ;-)
> Ok. Now I'm just being silly & Patriotic. Overboring isn't necessarily
> the answer. But we've all tried it.......
> Hell. I even have smaller exhaust valves than std.....,. More than one
> way to skin a cat......
> And of course, there are rules.
> Different classes Different Rules thats why we "invented" Healey
> Racing
> Ok i did
> A control tyre solves most performance issues and we can't use alloy
> panels in place of steel, for example...
> YMMV. And your rules might be different!
> ;-)
> Chris
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 08/12/2010, at 2:49 AM, I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com> wrote:
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