I bet it's a factory Junior motor. They started making these in late 1961,
and they were a precursor to the 1070 Junior engine, which had the bigger
bore/shorter stroke.
Brian
At 09:33 AM 7/30/99 -0400, you wrote:
> I just happened on an A series motor which I cannot identify by block I.D.
>A little help would be appreciated. The block tag says"XSP 18669" it has a
>2.67" bore, with a 3.00" stroke. It has an 11-bolt, 1-stud pattern, the head
>has no heater take-off. It has 2 lock-wired caps on the back of the manifold
>side of the block, and, of all things an 8-bolt flywheel attachment. Does
>anyone know any possibilities? I have an old Clymers manual which says that
>Huffaker bored out 948s to 2.67"to make a 1096cc Formula Junior motor, It's
>set up for inline application,and has valve reliefs cut into the block. The
>head is a 12A128 casting, which should be a Cooper 'S' MKI head. Any help
>would be appreciated
>Mark Haynes
>'62 Sprite (with unknown motor waiting)
>
Brian Evans
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