If I recall the "Works Healey" book at all correctly, the last Works
cars put out about 200hp and roughly 200lb-ft of torque. Think a
stock 4.2 E-type might do 250/250.
But a Healey is a bit lighter than a Jag, giving a pretty awesome
power/weight ratio (appropriate top-down driving song? "Giddy Up 409" ;)
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <healeys@n4vu.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: Update to Healey 100 Restoration Site - DMD engine
> On Fri July 16 2004 6:01 pm, Patton Dickson wrote:
> > WOW close to double the 148HP of the last 3000's (almost x3 that of my
> > BN4)!!!
> >
> > How much HP were the works cars putting out?
>
> And how much torque (for getting off the line) and also, how much torque did
> the 4.2 Jag E-type have? That was always my favorite when it came to pulling
> away from a stoplight -- what a torque monster -- but maybe the DMD engine
> can make the Healeys even more so.
>
> --
> John Miller
> Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm
>
> Whatever doesn't succeed in two months and a half in California will
> never succeed.
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