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Re: Miata (& MG) Stuff

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Subject: Re: Miata (& MG) Stuff
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 12:41:18 -0700
Florrie & Allen Bachelder had this to say:

>>From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
>>
>>I keep hearing this "tractor engine" stuff. I know it's funny and it's a
>>myth we perpetuate ourselves, but really, the B-series engine was an LBC
>>powerplant all along... I suspect the canard is derived from the
>>characteristics of an earlier generation of British engines, with the
>>extremely high stroke-to-bore ratios (hence high torque compared to peak
>>power, as in a tractor) driven by the antiquated tax laws.
>
>Yes, I understand they used to tax the bore.
>>
>In fact, wasn't it some early Tr***ph engine that originated in a tractor?
>Or is that a myth also?
>
Well, Standard (of Standard-Triumph) may have made lorries, I believe, 
but honestly, I don't know, although I've heard that story many times. 
Perhaps one of our cross-over owners can straighten us out?


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great, 
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.


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