Here here!!
-Drew
Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I think I represent the middle of the road view here. I am not in favour of
> a car with no synchromesh on first gear, that while being a sports car has
> trouble keeping up with Mr & Mrs Average, their kids and a dog in the back of
> Euro Hatch/Rice ride and gets scary when it does get up to 90mph or a corner.
>
> I think that what amounts to 'period modifications' are preferable to extreme
> engine swaps but do absolutely believe in uprating the car. In the UK at
> least the Rover/MG K-series engine is a popular swap and I guess if the
> engine went into the MG F cannot be all bad. Likewise the Ford gearbox went
> into the Caterham 7. Brakes are uprated all round on my car but still period
> British.
>
> Let us not forget though that these old cars and others have had extreme
> engine swaps since they were first made. A saw a picture (dating from the
> 1960s) in one book of a Morris Minor that had a 3.8/4.2 Jaguar XK engine
> under the bonnet (in fact half way into the car) in place of the little small
> block A-Series.
>
> Just how old is the Chevvy vee 8, and might it class as a period modification?
>
> And what is the alternative - another Spridget that goes to the crusher to
> say hello to 'Mr Cube -it'? Lets be honest our cars are not Bentley's (even
> vintage Bentley's get modifed with overdrive) are the historical value or
> scarcity is not such that another modified car is the end of the world.
>
> I simply wouldn't recommend a vee 8 swap in the Spridget because it just
> wouldn't go round corners. I wouldn't recomend a rotary swap because the
> engine is a deviant (I would rather get the power with a turbo K) - these are
> just my opinions.
>
> Each to his own.
>
> Daniel1312
>
> In a message dated 22/10/00 14:37:44 GMT Daylight Time, robert@woozy.com
> writes:
>
> << Arghhh...
>
> He could just go buy a Miata or a Z3 or a Corvette instead of
> chopping up yet another Bugeye. I still don't understand why anyone
> would want to do this to a classic car.
>
> I hope by the time I have the funds to buy a Bugyeye that there will
> still be some around that haven't been butchered.
>
> That's my rant for the day,
>
> Robert Weeks >>
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