As I understand it the Spitfire engine was based on the 948 Herald engine
and was increased to 1500 (boy were those original engines over
engineered). The Midget ended up using the Spitfire engine mainly because
the MG engine was close to the limits of increased size.
So while 1275 to 1380 and 1500 to 1600 may be the about same percentage
increase, you are really looking at both being increased from 948.
Roger Elliott
On Thu, 11 May 2000, Bill Miller wrote:
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> Joe,
>
> Sorry to take so long replying to you, I wasn't ignoring you, I was out of
> town for work.
>
> I tried a quick search, all I came up with was info on a BMC A series
> engine. Same principle though. This guy took a 1275cc (originally the A
> series were 948cc) all the way up to 1380cc in his bugeye. 1275 -> 1380 is
> 8.5%; 1500 -> 1600 is 6.5% so we are basically talking the same thing
> here, if not a little more. His website is:
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> Take Care,
> Bill
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