Interesting you should bring that Particular motor up.... being a Bit of a
Healey fan.... I have been around a couple of these motors... Rich your
right... bout bullet Proof and generally nice to play with....
Keith
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> From: V4GR@aol.com
> To: lsr_man@yahoo.com; jdincau@qnet.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: "G"-car
> Date: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 12:19 PM
>
> I liked the Lotus 907 as a "G" motor when I had one in my roadster. All
> Aluminum with drop in wet sleeves 4 valves. Large bore short stroke for a
2
> liter. bigger ports and valves than most motors of this size. You should
be
> able to find a junk Jensen-Healy motor for under $300 and maybe the 4 or
5
> speed too. Full girdle from the factory lots of finned aluminum (got to
make
> it faster). Mine sounded neat over 8000. Rich Fox
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