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Re: [Healeys] Closest to BN4L 052381

To: Peter Svilans <peter.svilans@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Closest to BN4L 052381
From: Austin Healey <pajtamuvek@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:01:23 +0100
Hi Peter,

The engine in my car is a ver early 2.9. Only nominaly sronger than the
original 2.6. The head does eve have the "thermo switch" for the
"auto-choke".

Gergo
2010/12/10 Peter Svilans <peter.svilans@rogers.com>

> <     My bn4 came with a 3000 engine  >
>
> The Browning/ Needham book on the A-H from 1970 has extensive detailed
> tuning
> info on the various models.  The Tuning section for the 4-port 100-Six
> consists of one sentence:
>
> "The larger capacity '3000' engine will fit into the'100-Six' without much
> difficulty."
>
> Gergo, I don't know how late your 3000 motor is, but visually, the only
> real
> difference between a late 2.6 and an early 2.9 motor is that the 100-Six
> head
> doesn't have the little flat "shelf", for the Thermo-Carb sender, next to
> the
> thermostat at the front.
>
> Peter
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