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[Healeys] Compression ratio for a fast road 100

Subject: [Healeys] Compression ratio for a fast road 100
From: happolk at cox.net (Hap Polk)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:54:28 -0800
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Jonas,
Thanks for the info. I surely do not know of all the early 60s conversions
going on. Having owned a stovebolt Chevy 6, (Paid the dealer $100 for the
car with a guarantee good 'til the driveway) I am having a hard time see why
someone would want to put a stovebolt 6 in a Healey 100. Because it was
lying in the garage? As you probably know the stovebolt Chevy had splash
lubrication of the rod journals--not want one would want in a performance
engine--and it was heavy.
Hap Polk

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonas Payne [mailto:JPayne at ThorCon.net] 
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 10:33 AM
To: Hap Polk; I Erbs; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Healeys] Compression ratio for a fast road 100

I have seen a couple 100's on ebay with Chevy 6's.  One with a "blue flame"
the other with a regular stovebolt.

The latter was a real hatchet job.

Jonas Payne
PBR
Cell:   (702) 358-5084

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