I'm not impressed.
Don't have time to work it out...... but the '76 had a 3.9 diffy. The 3.7
was, of course, N/A to the 1275. <grin>
Anyone have a Road and Track from '78 or 79?
Mike
Woodrat <woodrat@spacey.net> wrote:
> Whap! Socko! Smash! Take that you Leylandophiles!
Right arm, brudder! We dont need no freakin Tr****h
trash.
----- Original Message -----
From Ron Soave
To:
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: 1500 for 1275 swap
> > However, according to all the period road tests I
> > have seen,
> > the 1500 outperformed the 1275 by a considerable
> > margin.
> >
> > Even in full emissions trim, it allowed the
Midget
> > to "top the
> > ton" (do over 100mph), something the 1275 powered
> > cars never did
> > in stock form, even pre-emissions.
>
> May, 1976 Road and Track, pg 76. Midget 1500, 4th
> gear 5100 RPM, 83mph top speed.
>
> September 1967 Road and Track pg 106, Midget 1275 ,
> 4th gear, top speed 93
> mph.
>
> =====
> Ron Soave
> '60 Bugeye
> '72 BGT
> '87 325iS
>
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