Hmmm. I'd still like to see that setup! Capable of close to 120? For how
long and how many times.Once? :o)
It was a smaller engine but the stresses on the mains must have been
terrible.
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
> Dan,
> A four cylinder engine with only two main bearings can, actually,
> operate pretty well. MG used only two bearings on four cylinder engines
> on a number of models. I think the PA was the first Midget engine to get
> three mains, so the J, D and M cars had only two.
> According to J. Wherry, in his book The MG Story, the J4 was said to
> have been capable of close to 120 mph, in 1933, with 750cc supercharged.
> However, I can find no reference in his book to any extended warranty
> programs for the engines.
> Bob
>
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