Nolan,
The engine that ended up in the Spitfire started life fitted to the Standard 8,
capacity 803cc, and was known as the SC engine (for small car). It was bored
out to 1147 for Mk I and II Spitfire, then stroked to 1296 for the Mk III and
IV, and then 1493 for the 1500. Exactly which versions were also used in
other cars I'm not sure - the Herald used some variation, as did
smaller-engined Dolomites (and Toledos?), and the 1500 was used in the MG
Midget 1500 (which had used the Austin A-series engine up to then).
No doubt the likes of Graham Stretch and Andy Mace can tell you much more than
I can (which is largely taken out of a page in the Moss UK catalogue)
Richard and Daffy
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