> Robert Allen Writes...........
>
> > Didn't the pre-Cobra Ace have a goofy overhead cam that used down draft
> > SUs going right into the top to the head? Or maybe that was a Singer?
> > Anyway, it looked pretty odd.
. . . and John Hardy responded...........
> Of course.......I think that the Bristol engine had them.
I think the Bristol engine used in the AC was a pre-war BMW design built under
license by Bristol (or maybe it was a spoils of war deal), which had a rather
complicated, pushrod and rocker arm setup opening its hemi-head valves.
As all good German engines were, it was equipped with Solex carbs.
I'd trade my GT in a heartbeat for an AC Aceca Bristol D2. Hell, I'll even
through in my old Dodge van (or anything else I own) to seal the deal.
Regards,
Jerry Causey - 1967 MGB GT
Whidbey Island, Washington, embraced by the Puget Sound
(fairly close to Seattle, and the rest of the USA)
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