Dayton, the spit engine is actually a hardy engine that can take almost
anything you throw at it. As long as you have a good strong engine to start
with (which a good spit engine is) you sould be fine. The problem with the
spit engine has more to do with the limitations of the head and cam
arrangement which NOS can overcome. A good NOS system out of a junkyard, oh
say 50 bucks or so plus probably another $100 to get it completely set up
and I would say that is well worth the cost. When you realize it can
possibly double the spit engines output.
Truth be told no one needs an engine in their spit that punches 150 or 200
horsepower, but I would not mind the possiblity of it for a few moments for
the mere cost of a couple hundred.
I bet there would be a good number of larger sports cars that I could stomp
at the stoplight with that arrangement.
Patrick
----- Original Message -----
From: dayton carpenter <djcarpen@hotmail.com>
To: <Laura.G@141.com>; <djcarpen@hotmail.com>; <PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>;
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: Nitrous Oxide
>
> Laura
>
> Compare apples to apples we were not talking about formula cars. We were
> talking about something that can built within a reasonable budget, can be
> used for more than one race, and can be used on the street. Nitrous is
one
> way to go for some engines that have been properly prepared in the lower
> end.
>
> If you have a racecar budget I guess that is great but we are talking
> streetcars. I have owned about 15 Spitfires, 2 Midgets, 1 MGB, 1 TR-6,
XKE
> Jag, London taxicab, and a TR-8. The only one that impressed me with any
> kind of real performance, reliability, and comfort was the TR-8.
Certainly
> using what was previously a Buick V-8 helped in the overall package.
>
> Spits are fun but just lack the real get up and go at least for what I
want.
> That is why we spent about 3,000 hours to replace most the drive line in
> my Spit using a Chevy 4.3L V-6 as my power plant. The car is reliable and
> handles great actually far better the original Spit set up. The car is
> quicker than most other vehicles on the street.
>
>
>
>
> >From: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
> >To: "dayton carpenter"
>
><djcarpen@hotmail.com>,<PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil>,<spitfires@autox.team.net
>
> >Subject: Re: Nitrous Oxide
> >Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:28:19 -0800
> >
> > > Get real! Cubic Inches is the name of the game. Torque, Torque, then
> > > Horsepower, Horsepower. The Spit engine is wimpy 1.5 liter. There is
> >only
> > > so much you can do with it and you still have 1.5L. So if you really
> >want
> > > to move that little spitfire body then replace the 1.5 with something
> >has
> > > some cubic inches and can be built strong enough for nitrous without
> >putting
> > > you in the poor house.
> >
> >Well, in the world of *real* racing-that is-Formula One-they did quite
> >well with 1.5L! It's not always the size of the engine....
> >
> >Laura G.
> >
> >(Real race cars don't have doors!)
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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